The sporting press and liberal America is in mourning today. Gay gay person Gay Gayington was cut by the Rams.
Michael Sam, who is seeking to become the NFL’s first openly gay player, was passed over by 31 teams Sunday just one day after being cut by St. Louis, USA Today reported.
The rookie defensive end cleared waivers and is now free to try and sign with the Rams’ practice squad.
Sam was cut by St. Louis on Saturday as the Rams tried to get their roster down to 53 players for the first game of the season.
Sam thanked the Rams on Saturday for the opportunity and said he would continue to try and land a position on an NFL team.
It was a bad move by his agent to turn Michael Sam into a gay action hero. The NFL is a heartless racket where tiny differences in talent can make the difference between success and failure. Coaches are paranoid control freaks because of it. Anything that distracts from their focus and the team’s focus on the tasks at hand is rooted out of the organization. They have no choice. Otherwise they get fired. Jeff Fischer knows the pressure was on to make a spot for Sam, but he has to win and Sam is an extra he does not need. End of story.
On the other hand, no team will roll the dice on a marginal rookie because the crazies in the press will not stop yapping about the gay stuff. High draft picks get a longer leash than late picks, but there’s not a lot of patience with any of the rookies. Once a guy proves he can help you win, then it swings the other way. The NFL will tolerate a child molester who can help a team win. Right now, Sam is not a guy that can help a team win so the media circus following him around is a major liability.
The Cowpokes are supposedly signing Sammie to the practice squad. They must have thought “Brokeback Mountain” was a documentary. I’m sure Texans are clamoring for the gay guy on their iconic team.
The Michael Sam’s “news” story isn’t over yet. It ain’t over until the fat lady sings. The NFL is the supreme bastion of male testosterone in America. Outside groups intent on the wussification of America will not let up until the NFL is brought to its knees. Hoping to stave off public pressure, a cowardly NFL will cooperate in its ultimate subjugation and then its final extinction. The league will impose rule after rule to placate its critics. The character of the game will change until it is no longer recognizable as a professional sport. And then no one will care. I give the NFL no more than 20 years of continued popularity and success at the box office.
Even for a guy who was maximally insincere about his commitment to pro football, he played his hand very poorly. He reminded me of professional feminists, who represent their positions loudly but very poorly because they have no experience in getting a beatdown in honest debate. I guess the word is “entitled”.
It is a reminder that these fads are luxury goods. Having the first [fill in name of benighted group] is great when the results don’t matter. Frankly, I would not be shocked if the NFL may have engineered this from the start. Sam was marginal guy before the parade. Having a team use a throw away pick on his gets all the credit without any of the cost. Having the hometown team take him and let him play in pre-season is all upside and little downside.