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bassbuckeye07;743789; said:Someone let me know when a guy comes out of the closet and he is under contract. Now thats news. Better yet he is an all star and in the prime of his career. That would be ballsy.
It probably won't be anyone but a franchise player or all-star. A guy like Amaechi, or any schmo off the bench, it won't do anything. Similar to when Jackie Robinson broke in, it'll be a distraction, and management won't keep the guy around - they can always get 5 points and a board in 15 minutes from just about anybody, only without the locker room distraction. Now suppose it were a guy like Oden or Durant, coming out just before the draft? They'd get drafted anyway, and anybody on the team who didn't like it would probably find themselves traded, and fast. You don't mess with the franchise player. That's why it had to be a guy with talent like Jackie Robinson, not a benchwarmer, who broke the color line.bassbuckeye07;743789; said:Someone let me know when a guy comes out of the closet and he is under contract. Now thats news. Better yet he is an all star and in the prime of his career. That would be ballsy.
Dan Le Batard: You know what you are saying there is flatly homophobic? It's bigotry?
Tim Hardaway: ``Well, you know I hate gay people, so I let it be known. I don't like gay people and I don't like to be around gay people. I am homophobic. I don't like it. It shouldn't be in the world or in the United States. So yeah, I don't like it.''
Bob Saccamano;746892; said:
OSU_Buckguy;751924; said:tim bug hates gay people.
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Le Batard: You know what you are saying there is flatly homophobic? It's bigotry?
Tim Hardaway: ``Well, you know I hate gay people, so I let it be known. I don't like gay people and I don't like to be around gay people. I am homophobic. I don't like it. It shouldn't be in the world or in the United States. So yeah, I don't like it.''
I'm sure he will get slammed for this. Secondly, replace the word "gay" with "white", "Christian" or something else, and nothign would happen.Jaxbuck;751958; said:Damn, you talk about a double standard. Replace the word "gay" with "black" or "jewish" and sit back and watch the world come down on the guy who said it. How fucking ignorant of a human being can you be when you make Le Batard look good in an interview?
bigballin2987;751963; said:I'm sure he will get slammed for this. Secondly, replace the word "gay" with "white", "Christian" or something else, and nothign would happen.
No shit, that is why it worse.HailToMichigan;751986; said:Frankly, what Hardaway said is ballsier than what Amaechi said.
It doesn't matter if you can play.HailToMichigan;751986; said:Amaechi's getting the hero's treatment from the media. Hardaway will be slammed. This isn't 1947 with Jackie Robinson trying to break into a league where the entire public wants him to go to hell. Who's it harder to be in baseball these days: a black guy or John Rocker?