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Gay England Soccer Player to Come Out Publically This Sunday
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According to Twitter.
Apparently it's someone who's been "out" for years but is the worst kept secret for people in the know and in them circles.
Obviously I don't want to say anything illegal but I think it's a positive step to solving the stereotypes in football.
Apparently it's someone who's been "out" for years but is the worst kept secret for people in the know and in them circles.
Obviously I don't want to say anything illegal but I think it's a positive step to solving the stereotypes in football.
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What a sad sentence.
You don't think it's sad a player can't just live their life (as they were genetically prepositioned to do) without it causing a tabloid frenzy?
Football really is 30 years behind the rest of the media world, isn't it?
Its also a remarkable marketing tool to make money after your career is over - look at Gareth Thomas for example. He would just be another retired Welsh rugby player - coming out has led to an extensive reality and media career.
Clearly there must logically be loads of gay premiership players - but they aren't going to come out while they are still playing and certainly not before a world cup. Cos the world isn't really that liberal - and footie fans aren't all that pc and progressive.
But do it at retirement - and they will make loadsamoney!:D
Ask Graeme Le Saux - gay slurs almost wrecked his career. Very unpleasant reading. >:(
He got married 3 months ago ffs
Can I ask...why not? It's not a criminal offence to be gay
Gareth Thomas may of been a retired UNION player...but he went on to play rugby LEAGUE for Crusaders ...
If a player came out, The pressure the press put on them is bad enough before a world cup, The press would be on his door all day every day reporting and hassling every little thing they do.
Why would they hassle someone over everything they do simply because he is gay?
Because it would be the first current premier league footballer to be openly so. And therefore the press would jump on it because it is a new thing to report
He's married with a child
Both of which occured after his career was basically/officially over
If it was bearding, he'd have done it at the peak of his powers and the peak of the rumours
It's not just the press though, is it? Gay rights groups would be all over him to act as some kind of spokesperson and symbol.
I would bet my house this is a lie....And i don't own a house :P