Comments on: Two execs confirm teams want to know about Te’o's sexuality

By: tominma

tominma — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:01:32 +0000

As far as I know, it’s illegal for an employer to ask about the sexual orientation of a prospective employee!

By: patssteelersorgiants

patssteelersorgiants — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:54:49 +0000

Somebody should have asked Jerry Sandusky the “Do you like girls?” question.

By: martyks55

martyks55 — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 05:04:41 +0000

Pinion8ed, what? You are saying Te’0 would not fit in if he were gay? I’m sorry. You are ignorant AND stupid. Ask ND players who their leader was. Your premise flies in the face of that fact. He was, flat out, the most inspirational player at ND in decades, but your assumption is that this simply cannot be true… right? Because of what you know about gay people? about football? about life? Huh? Think. The man was an amazing leader there. Do you really think the NFL would be that different?

By: Mr. Wright 212

Mr. Wright 212 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:55:39 +0000

The only “mistake” repeatedly being made is people constantly trying to draw parallels between racial discrimination and resistance to gays trying to “normalize” (i.e. push their agenda) onto everyone else, while they claim people are trying to do the same to them.

By: CP

CP — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:29:06 +0000

Seems like we keep repeating the same mistakes of the past over and over. The same arguments against gays were used against minorities in the past, people will be uncomfortable, they will disrupt the locker room, same B.S. arguments. The ironic thing is that there are already gay players in every locker room in the NFL. People are so stupid!!

By: lancewhite00437

lancewhite00437 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:58:38 +0000

“because it’s relevant to how they’d fit in””

Fine. Then why aren’t they asking players if they are racist? That can’t go over well in the locker room, either

By: gregmorris78

gregmorris78 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:38:57 +0000

You are kind of a jerk by putting all this stupid middle-aged white people angst on the guy (as well as on RGIII)

Really dude – you’ve made more than enough of this

By: pistolpete0903

pistolpete0903 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:51:05 +0000

Any GM thinking of drafting him should be aware of the intense media scrutiny (at least in the initial days) this guy is going to attract.
The team is going to be Teo’ed (an obvious reference to the attention grabbing antics of a certain TO)

By: gsomatt

gsomatt — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:13:17 +0000

You’re making a big deal out of something that’s not supposed to be a big deal.

By: atchick

atchick — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 04:45:40 +0000

Really? Who cares? Can these guys just get over themselves? The odds are there are already gay men in the NFL. And when they are done playing I hope they use this article and other players comments to sue the league for discrimination. Get over yourselves and grow up. Articles like this only feed into ignorant attitudes.

And before all the ignorant comments come rolling in about a female working in sports and loving football, I am looking forward to my 18th anniversary this year with my husband. I was just lucky enough to have parents that raised me to judge people on Who they are, not What they are. Too bad the rest of the sports community wasn’t so lucky.

By: jd82482

jd82482 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 04:37:18 +0000

Really??? This is so pathetic that they are allowed to ask such degrading questions to these kids that are coming in from school. Stick to the more relevant questions about performance and leadership.

By: paulpearson2k

paulpearson2k — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:14:24 +0000

They are very comfortable telling other people what they should do whe they don’t have to live with the results. They just pass judgement from that high horse.

Dear Kettle,

You’re black!

Signed,
The Pot

By: nothanksimdriving123

nothanksimdriving123 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:01:50 +0000

Many NFL teams have very solid core fan bases. For such teams, few, if any, will dump their team if a player comes out as gay, especially if he’s a really good player. It’s 2013 and the minority of people still grossly uncomfortable with the reality that gays are everywhere is forever shrinking. More likely is that new fans will get interested and start cheering that team. Yeah, it will be a big media deal for a while, until the 2nd guy says, yeah, me too.

By: elvoid

elvoid — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:56:06 +0000

I’m fairly convinced that the media will not leave this kid alone until he eats a bullet.

Pathetic.

By: opshuns

opshuns — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:48:16 +0000

Are those execs looking for some action???

By: Punk

Punk — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:31:14 +0000

randomcommenter,

I don’t understand. Why is it the left pushes their agenda, but you aren’t pushing yours?

I also don’t understand how hard it is to… wait for it…

NOT DRAFT HIM.

Is there any liberal, anywhere, that is going to FORCE you to draft Manti Te’o?

But apparently we liberals are forcing our agenda by demanding that you conservatives… you know… follow the law.

By: Mr. Wright 212

Mr. Wright 212 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:15:25 +0000

pixelito says:
Feb 28, 2013 5:28 PM
The idea that a gay person would upset team chemistry is the kind of thing a person with a very low IQ would say.
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How so? Te’o is trying to play in the NFL, where media scrutiny follows players and teams at an ungodly rate 24/7. Everything is a potential story, and it can indeed cause distractions for the team that drafts or signs him as an undrafted free agent.

Te’o is not seeking to work at Duane Reade or Shop Rite, where your assertion would carry more weight.

By: pinion8ted

pinion8ted — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:06:30 +0000

pixelito says:
Feb 28, 2013 5:28 PM
The idea that a gay person would upset team chemistry is the kind of thing a person with a very low IQ would say.
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I’m guessing that in high school, your idea of a “team activity” was the Pep Squad, not football.

By: Mr. Wright 212

Mr. Wright 212 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:46:33 +0000

More agenda-pushing by even posting this…

By: jayquintana

jayquintana — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:46:32 +0000

Isn’t asking someone if he’s gay kinda gay?

By: baddorange

baddorange — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:41:10 +0000

Ash him if he likes playing drop the soap with men

By: thestrategyexpert

thestrategyexpert — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:40:36 +0000

Si what are the rules, I mean guidelines, for a team to hire an attractive man to bump into him in the hallways to strike up an innocent convo? And which team already tried it first?

By: trojan33sc

trojan33sc — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:34:11 +0000

Jeff Garcia got along alright with the 49′ers and he once had an interview while walking his little “Foo-Foo” dog to the pet shop for a shampoo and clipping ! He didn’t destroy the continuity of the team and Jeff was “Flaming” in his behavior, LOL !!!!! Has he come out the closet yet ????

By: illicitbehavior

illicitbehavior — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:20:32 +0000

For the sake of team chemistry here’s what I would ask:

“Would a gay teammate bother you?” Anyone who says yes is off my board.

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I’m sure you’d coach a great team. Is that you, Rich Kotite?

By: randomcommenter

randomcommenter — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:10:15 +0000

NFL teams absolutely have the right to know any information that could impact the team and the reality is that a gay player would impact the team.

Why can liberals never confront reality? They are very comfortable telling other people what they should do whe they don’t have to live with the results. They just pass judgement from that high horse.

In reality, a GM is a real person who will get fired in real life if the team starts losing because of a distraction.

It’s the same reason why many teams would not want Tebow. He will be a distraction. There is no political agenda involved here by the GMs.

It’s so easy to claim the moral high ground and say that you’d sign a gay player and to heck with the fallout because you’re righteous.

It’s much harder to be the guy who actually does it and gets fired because team unity broke down and you went 6-10.

By: vismajor1966

vismajor1966 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:06:56 +0000

Remember children, hide who you are to keep the bigots happy.

By: papacrick

papacrick — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:02:14 +0000

Didn’t the Titans have a gay on their team a few years ago? I swear I read about it somewhere

By: irishdodger

irishdodger — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:46:35 +0000

No matter where Te’o is drafted or how he pans out in the NFL, the blogs about him on tis site sure get a ton on comments. And in the end…that’s all the media cares about.

By: Punk

Punk — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:46:24 +0000

I’m pretty sure nobody has to ask any questions to know whether or not there is going to be a Teo circus.

By: vismajor1966

vismajor1966 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:39:04 +0000

For the sake of team chemistry here’s what I would ask:

“Would a gay teammate bother you?” Anyone who says yes is off my board.