Wrong. The law is the law, and it doesn’t matter if you wear a jock strap, suit or hard hat to work. The line of questioning is plainly targeted at sexual preference and in the United States this is not a lawful criteria for determining employability or contract status.

It’s only a matter of time before this one is labeled as a “Snitch” if he has not been so already. Will be interesting to see if he is drafted at all.

Isn’t that the point of question interviews? See who thinks the best on their feet? Why should we have interviews. Why don’t we just make the hiring laws show people’s stats and accomplishments and that’s it. The employer never actually meets the person. That way we’ll take out any “hiring bias”.

Why would anyone hire a person? Because they like them. They seem personal, responsible, honest, funny, etc. Or it could be as simple as that person didn’t shave or didn’t wear a red tie. But no, they can’t hire them because we had another interviewee with a better GPA, or faster 40 time, etc. My God.

Steve Jobbs frequently asked people odd questions he said in his biography. Such as, “have you ever done LSD before?” “are you gay?” It’s not to rule them out. It’s to see how they answer the question.

There are some things that need to remain personal. Come on now.

Not enough wrong in the world that we have to read about silly questions. If he didn’t want to answer the questions or if he felt uncomfortable about them then leave.

The Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Act (EEO) prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation according to the accepted interpretation of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

If the NFL wants to keep its anti-trust status intact, it should not be messing with federal statutes. This is a blatant and serious violation of Federal Law. However, it is only a violation if Mr Kasa is not offered employment. Clever boy.

I agree with asking tough questions, but this is an irrelevant question. They aren’t asking about drugs, or any type of problem. They aren’t asking about if his diet will keep him from producing at a high level. They are asking about his sexual orientation. They wouldn’t ask who your girlfriend is. By the way I’m Texas born and raised in small towns. Two republican parents. Both of them as well as myself think it really doesn’t matter if you’re gay or straight. Honestly why does anyone care?

duece5 says:

Well, MANY people care. But, they care in different ways. For some, it is a moral issue. For others it is a basic human rights isue. And, for others, it is somewhere in between. There are MANY pieces in motion about this subject…..from the OWNERS who pay said salary, to management, to the players, to the fans.

Many will SAY: “I don’t care one way or another.”
Some of those teammates of said gay player may say that, but not really believe it. They don’t want to be in a shower/locker room with a gay man. That is reality for SOME of those guys. From a fan standpoint, we are disconnected from that relationship…….we don’t deal with that specific environment, as we are NOT NFL players….grabbing, tackling, showering with a gay man……at least a gay man that STATES he is gay.

If you owned the team, would you want that sort of diversity? How “healthy” is it for your team? Would it be a CONSTANT distraction? What if said gay football player complained that he was discriminated against….opening up liability to the owners/management/players. Personally, if I owned the team…..who would want that? I don’t think the teams from owners to management to players are not equipped to handle this, especially the non-stop media coverage about said player(s).

It’s not similar to an office, where some are gay, most people know it, most are not bothered by it, and life goes on.

“If I have X amount of money and I’m offering you X amount of money then you will take any verbal abuse I choose to give you.”

Sorry… you all sound cheap. Your dignity and values have a price tag.

At that point, is his NFL career over? Does that sound like how people are hired in the U.S.?

If the prospects asked that question fall down the draft farther than they should then, in my view, have every right to challenge the NFL in court. This IS a hiring interview, every bit as much as someone going to apply for a job at Microsoft and being asked that question as opposed to finding out about their job skills.

With the concussion thing and now this ‘MAYBE’ some of the NFL faithful will realize what much of the inner core of the league is “probably” all about.

Who cares what they ask them. Some are legitimate questions to test football IQ, some are curveballs to test mental agility, and some may just be to see if the player is paying attention. If he is a dullard for all the questions and then gets real excited when you ask if he likes girls, maybe you can assume he is a poonhound and has a propensity to get into trouble off the field.

Then if he goes off and says something to the media that can be indicative of his inability to keep it in the lockerroom. Maybe this is a red flag to teams that if this guy turns out to be real good he is going to want to negotiate his next contract in the media. What team wants that?

It’s funny 50% of American agree 50% dosn’t that does not make it acceptable, it just means 50% don’t give a sh1t

just like the election 48 million to 51 million… votes 48 million do not agree with the current administration and I wonder how many of the 15 million illegals in this country voted…?

Tolerance is the virtue of a man without conviction.

Quit using the NFL & sports in general to force acceptance on people when it’s a personal decision..

That alone is pretty intolerant, isn’t it?

It is quite illegal to have a hostile work environment under sexual harrassment laws and making people share a shower with someone attracted to them would seem an obvious violation. Teams that want to discriminate against gay players could easily use the sexual harrassment laws as cover. They’d say they were asking in case a reasonable accomodation was required.

No, I like women.

I know Pats LB Jerod Mayo was asked some jacked up question by some team (not the Pats) like, “Have you stopped beating your girlfriend?”

I worked in HR for a major company and if a woman was actually giving birth on our office floor, we couldn’t ask if she was pregnant. Illegal. We couldn’t even ask how they were going to get to work or if they had a family. I can’t see how the NFL is exempt from that stuff. I understand and appreciate the need to try to get a guy to show how he reacts under pressure or fan taunting, but surely there’s a better type of question such as, “How would you react if a fan screamed a racial epithet at you?” or “How have you handled that in the past?”

I guarantee you no team will touch this guy in the 1st round. He just has too much baggage.

You right-wing bigots are something else. Finally the people with common sense are running this country again.

Too bad you frittatas are holding us back.