ESPN Airs Homophobic Report On The Showering Habits Of Gay Football Player Michael Sam
Source: The Raw Story
ESPN finds that fact that Michael Sam is the NFLs first openly-gay football player so fascinating or terrifying that the network investigated to find out which players were and were not showering with him. On Tuesday, the mornings SportsCenter broadcast, veered into specific details about Sams showering habits. Reporter Josina Anderson explained that one player told her that Sam was simply just one of the guys, and he seems to be taking a rookie approach in terms of just listening and learning at his own pace.
[The player] said he was just trying to feel his way through and, perhaps, see what guys he can relate to, she continued. But another Rams defensive player told me quote Sam is respecting our space. And that from his perspective, he seems to think that Michael Sam is waiting to kind of take a shower, as not to make his teammates feel uncomfortable, Anderson said.
The ESPN correspondent added that two other players said that they could not verify the shower report because they werent tracking that.
[Defensive tackle Kendall Langford] told me, Listen, I have not been in the shower at the same time as Michael Sam. He said there definitely could be a million reasons as to why that is, Anderson asserted. He said he could be doing extra work on the practice field, he could be riding his bike, he could be doing extra cardio.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/26/espn-airs-homophobic-report-on-the-showering-habits-of-gay-football-player-michael-sam/
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Why would he shower any differently from anyone else?
BlueEye
(449 posts)Agreed, ridiculous thing for ESPN to report on.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)This classless, salacious, sensationalized bullshit has been standard fare for 10-15 years now...
underpants
(182,807 posts)For sports news. Fox and NBC are trying to cut in ( there just HAS to be some market share to take) but for 99% of sports fans if it ain't on the ESPeN it didn't happen. Add that they are totally in bed with the NFL and MLB.
I listen to non-ESPN radio in the morning. The show I listen to rips into "the four letter" all the time but ESPN directs the discussion just like Fox News does "the news".
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)There are *hundreds* of online resources for sports news, plus podcasts, satellite radio, satellite TV, etc...
The NFL-MLB-NHL-NBA all have league-specific networks, there's soccer-only channels, a golf-only channel, a tennis-only channel an outdoors sportsman channel and so on...
ESPN stopped being a "news breaker" ages ago...All it's good for is maybe some background noise when getting dressed for work in the morning, and to have a generic channel to turn a 'public' TV to....
underpants
(182,807 posts)Yes playing fantasy football I had specific websites to go to but for "sports news" ESPN still dominates. Two specific examples are products that built ESPN - Jordan and Tiger. MJ's divorce garnered no coverage and Tiger's troubles are now just about golf. Also the Cowboys basically have a dedicated spokesman assigned to them. That is what I meant by that.
I agree that are a lot of more options and outlets. They pale in comparison ESPN though.
sdfernando
(4,935 posts)they just didn't know it...so how does knowing make it any different?
I asked a gay friend about showering with other men @ the gym and he laughed and
said that he has already seen "the equipment" before.
I wish some big teammate of Sams' would take the mic and smack the reporter over the
head with it.
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)Can the NFL not afford that? Is there some requirement that they all shower in one big room?
LloydS of New London
(355 posts)LynneSin
(95,337 posts)I mean I never cared about the showering habits of all the straight players who play professional sports nor has ESPN ever done articles on these.
So why do we care now
Oh way - but of homophobic assholes in this world!
underpants
(182,807 posts)Saw this earlier. Ridiculous.
Chakab
(1,727 posts)As a former ESPN junkie I can attest to the fact the demand for programming on a 24 hour sports network leads to the production of several completely and utterly inane segments especially at this time of the year when the only major sport that is in season is baseball.
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)There are like a half dozen or more ESPN channels now running nonsense 24/7.
New Orleans Strong
(212 posts)...but for the love of ALL THAT IS HOLY, if I am showering with other men, I have been doing something that precludes all things sexual from popping into my head. Swear! I am ten kinds of tired boys - 'Kay??
americannightmare
(322 posts)in not following sports anymore. Sports journalism was always at best a bastard stepchild to real journalism, at least back in the day. Now it tries to out-sleeze and out-cheese so-called real journalism, which has been in the death throes for at least 20 years.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)...stupid bullshit.