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<blockquote data-quote="Dega Moo" data-source="post: 1132957" data-attributes="member: 19930"><p>Some in the media, including ESPN, maybe especially ESPN, wanted this to be a story about discrimination against a gay football player and relied on the fact that this kid was named the SEC defensive player of the year and you have to have been very good to be named the SEC defensive player of the year. But this SAM kid did not grade out that well in tests for athleticism, speed, height or weight. He was described as stiff rather than athletic. I for one, don't believe the NFL really cares a lot about player behavior off the field as long as the player can produce on the field. The last 20 years provides plenty of evidence to support that statement.The final coup de grace to the contention Sam wasn't taken because of his orientation is that Jackson Jeffcoat of the Longhorns, Big12 co-defensive player of the year, wasn't drafted at all. Tongue in cheek here but clearly Jeffcoat wasn't good enough to be drafted while Sam surely should have been in the first or second round.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dega Moo, post: 1132957, member: 19930"] Some in the media, including ESPN, maybe especially ESPN, wanted this to be a story about discrimination against a gay football player and relied on the fact that this kid was named the SEC defensive player of the year and you have to have been very good to be named the SEC defensive player of the year. But this SAM kid did not grade out that well in tests for athleticism, speed, height or weight. He was described as stiff rather than athletic. I for one, don't believe the NFL really cares a lot about player behavior off the field as long as the player can produce on the field. The last 20 years provides plenty of evidence to support that statement.The final coup de grace to the contention Sam wasn't taken because of his orientation is that Jackson Jeffcoat of the Longhorns, Big12 co-defensive player of the year, wasn't drafted at all. Tongue in cheek here but clearly Jeffcoat wasn't good enough to be drafted while Sam surely should have been in the first or second round. [/QUOTE]
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