September 2, 201412 yr I think it is a shame that all networks give him attention for what he does off the field in his personal life. Keep it to football and leave the rest of it alone. It's a shame that other players who have girlfriends and are better players can't get the coverage he does. Now' date=' my punishment for saying that will be that Dallas signs him and he joins the "Jerry Circus"![/quote'] Looks like you had some inside info!!!
September 2, 201412 yr Color me skeptical. It's not above Jones to do anything to stay in the center of the media. The more he can be asked about it, the more he can have his face on TV. If it's really because they feel he can play, good for him. Any other team and I wouldn't have any question at all. Jerry is just that big a clown.
September 2, 201412 yr Color me skeptical. It's not above Jones to do anything to stay in the center of the media. The more he can be asked about it, the more he can have his face on TV. If it's really because they feel he can play, good for him. Any other team and I wouldn't have any question at all. Jerry is just that big a clown. With it being Dallas you have to take pause. On the flip side Dallas has maybe the worst defense in the league and are in need of a pass rusher, so I do not think it is outside the realm to believe it was a football decision.
September 2, 201412 yr This is not directed to anyone here in particular, but just in general to the general public. I share the same position as many straights that I wish to one day come to see that someone's sexuality is not made to be a newsworthy topic, but probably for different reasons. The outcry that I tend to hear from those who seem sickened by the overexposure of gay topics in the news sounds to be predominantly from the same people who are sickened by gayness to begin with. Others thankfully are over it (gay & straight) simply because they've come to find it a bit passe' and it's of no concern to them. My desire to see it go away is because it would be a good sign that society has finally grown up and gotten the hell over it. As much as I'd like to see that happen, I know that because of the nature of it all, the pendulum swing from years and years of closetness and discrimination to the massive outbreak of overexposure has not yet made its complete swing. I've faith that one day it will to some better degree, and finally the pendulum can find a more reasonable steady balance. Those who have no idea what it's like to go through life always guarding your personal business because it's not always in line and in favor with the majority of those around you perhaps don't realize that for gays to ever get to a true place of contentment and freedom in life regarding a sexual persuasion that came naturally to them without a choice, there's going to be this bit of "in your face" explosion of a sort of celebration of freedom from having suffocated for so long all the while having to stomach the "in your face" hyper-heterosexual world in which they lived that always tried to make them feel like a misfit in society. I've got nothing against heterosexuals for I can plainly see it as one natural facet of human existence just as homosexuality is, however less by percentage. I just think that many straights don't quite get how easy it's been for them to always be able to casually and freely speak of their own lives with regard to who their spouse is or perhaps what sexy celebrity is the object of their desires, or just about anything else. It's just so commonplace with straights to be so free about their lives that some can't quite understand what a drag it is for those who can't be so free so comfortably. This present period of overexposure is undoubtedly a way for gays to one day be free about their lives as straights have always had the freedom to be about theirs, and ultimately also get to a place where no one really cares one way or another. If you don't like this period of overexposure you ultimately can thank yourself for it, because there wouldn't presently be so much of it if you and your kind hadn't been so sickeningly shallow to begin with. You don't have to accept it and you don't ever have to accept gays, as that is your right, but you might wanna try getting used to it because it's not going away anytime soon. Here's another thought for you. Every one of your favorite sports have had talented gay athletes over the years. Always have and always will. Perhaps even some of your sports heros over the years have quietly been gay. If you were to find that one of your favs were gay, can you understand that it doesn't make you gay for liking them, and can you be secure enough with yourself to continue to like them for what you always liked about them to begin with, or are you the shallow type that would destroy all your memorabilia related to them because now the thought of them makes you squeamish, and you fear what your friends might say if they see your collection of gay sports heros memorabilia on display in your man cave?
September 2, 201412 yr I don't think most are complaining about the media exposure (especially ESPN) of a gay athlete because he is a gay athlete......I think most are complaining because ESPN covers the story the way they do because they want ratings. It was the same thing with the World Cup................all aboard for 2-3 weeks because whether you liked the coverage or hated it the ratings/debate went up. In the time since the World Cup not much soccer talk at all. Could you imagine if ESPN was around with Jackie Robinson? With Michael Sam, basically his story is newsworthy......but not to the extent that ESPN has beat it into the ground.
September 3, 201412 yr Now Dallas can wear rainbow colors on the star. You are such a crass and narrow-minded clown, honestly, it is unbelievable. You're so offensive it is amazing. Your bible-thumping just wreaks of hypocrisy.
September 3, 201412 yr Isn't Manti a starting LB in the NFL? Don't know. Haven't heard a peep from him on the field but that doesn't mean he doesn't start.
September 3, 201412 yr Don't know. Haven't heard a peep from him on the field but that doesn't mean he doesn't start. He had 7 tackles in the San Diego win over the Bengals in the playoffs.
September 3, 201412 yr You are such a crass and narrow-minded clown, honestly, it is unbelievable. You're so offensive it is amazing. Your bible-thumping just wreaks of hypocrisy. And guess what, life goes on. If I want to make a smart mouth comment or joke about my team then so be it. I never thumped a bible to you so go preach to someone else.
September 3, 201412 yr This is not directed to anyone here in particular, but just in general to the general public. I share the same position as many straights that I wish to one day come to see that someone's sexuality is not made to be a newsworthy topic, but probably for different reasons. The outcry that I tend to hear from those who seem sickened by the overexposure of gay topics in the news sounds to be predominantly from the same people who are sickened by gayness to begin with. Others thankfully are over it (gay & straight) simply because they've come to find it a bit passe' and it's of no concern to them. My desire to see it go away is because it would be a good sign that society has finally grown up and gotten the hell over it. As much as I'd like to see that happen, I know that because of the nature of it all, the pendulum swing from years and years of closetness and discrimination to the massive outbreak of overexposure has not yet made its complete swing. I've faith that one day it will to some better degree, and finally the pendulum can find a more reasonable steady balance. Those who have no idea what it's like to go through life always guarding your personal business because it's not always in line and in favor with the majority of those around you perhaps don't realize that for gays to ever get to a true place of contentment and freedom in life regarding a sexual persuasion that came naturally to them without a choice, there's going to be this bit of "in your face" explosion of a sort of celebration of freedom from having suffocated for so long all the while having to stomach the "in your face" hyper-heterosexual world in which they lived that always tried to make them feel like a misfit in society. I've got nothing against heterosexuals for I can plainly see it as one natural facet of human existence just as homosexuality is, however less by percentage. I just think that many straights don't quite get how easy it's been for them to always be able to casually and freely speak of their own lives with regard to who their spouse is or perhaps what sexy celebrity is the object of their desires, or just about anything else. It's just so commonplace with straights to be so free about their lives that some can't quite understand what a drag it is for those who can't be so free so comfortably. This present period of overexposure is undoubtedly a way for gays to one day be free about their lives as straights have always had the freedom to be about theirs, and ultimately also get to a place where no one really cares one way or another. If you don't like this period of overexposure you ultimately can thank yourself for it, because there wouldn't presently be so much of it if you and your kind hadn't been so sickeningly shallow to begin with. You don't have to accept it and you don't ever have to accept gays, as that is your right, but you might wanna try getting used to it because it's not going away anytime soon. Here's another thought for you. Every one of your favorite sports have had talented gay athletes over the years. Always have and always will. Perhaps even some of your sports heros over the years have quietly been gay. If you were to find that one of your favs were gay, can you understand that it doesn't make you gay for liking them, and can you be secure enough with yourself to continue to like them for what you always liked about them to begin with, or are you the shallow type that would destroy all your memorabilia related to them because now the thought of them makes you squeamish, and you fear what your friends might say if they see your collection of gay sports heros memorabilia on display in your man cave? Your post exemplifies exactly what is wrong with today's society! Edited September 3, 201412 yr by Hilltopper2005
September 3, 201412 yr And back to the topic of Sam the football player, this type junk by Jones is what makes me think that he'd simply do anything to be a topic of conversation. Jerry Jones 'damn mad' about missing Johnny Manziel - NFL.com I hate it for diehard Cowboy fans that this is who steers their ship. Just a goon.
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