Former NBA center comes out in book

Cannon Shell · #1 02-07-2007, 05:57 PM

Who cares if he is gay. Who cares about him at all? A book is always the reason that these stories appear.
When T.O. 's book comes out we will have a story.

GPK · #2 02-07-2007, 06:02 PM

is it possible to come OUT of the closet...and then go back in?

A friend of mine who is gay (not that there is anything wrong with that) recently told me that he has found himself checking out women's asses more and more of late.

Cannon Shell · #3 02-07-2007, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by T3B

is it possible to come OUT of the closet...and then go back in?

A friend of mine who is gay (not that there is anything wrong with that) recently told me that he has found himself checking out women's asses more and more of late.

This may be the funniest unintentionally funny post I have ever read.

GPK · #4 02-07-2007, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

This may be the funniest unintentionally funny post I have ever read.

Chuck...I almost started laughing hysterically when he told me this. He is a great dude...and you would never know he is gay. I told him that before I really met him, I would have never had guessed he was gay. His response?

"Yeah...I'm very butch"

...and all this time I thought only some lesbians were considered butch.

Danzig · #5 02-07-2007, 06:16 PM

i don't get why anyone has to 'come out'. i do think many people have a long way to go to accept everyone else. but why is our sexuality anyone's business but our own?
but then, why is it called coming out anyway? obviously anyone writing an autobiography would discuss their significant other, so it's not like i think you should keep your yap shut if your other doesn't fit into some peoples idea of who they should be-or what they should be.

as for inferring that the team had a right to know to avoid some kind of damage, that's the craziest thing i've read here all day-or anywhere for that matter.

Cannon Shell · #6 02-07-2007, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Danzig188

i don't get why anyone has to 'come out'. i do think many people have a long way to go to accept everyone else. but why is our sexuality anyone's business but our own?

Helps sell books about a marginal NBA player that no one cared anything about before he came out.

brianwspencer · #7 02-07-2007, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by turdbucket67

well, when will there be a gay person to have the balls like somebody such as jackie robinson... when one person comes out while playing, there will be others. causing people to accept it more... maybe in 20 years it wont matter anymore.. but until somebody who is gay has the courage to step up and accept the challenge, its not going anywhere

Apparently we have not covered the difference between being gay and being African-American.

If I am African-American, you can tell when you look at me, so you have no choice but to know.

If I am gay, you cannot tell when you look at me, so I have every right to not tell you if I believe that my being openly gay will affect every portion of our professional relationship.

If you're not even getting a rudimentary understanding of the difference between Jackie Robinson and a gay basketball player, then we're heading into the world's single biggest lost-cause conversation.

brianwspencer · #8 02-07-2007, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by turdbucket67

i dont think you understand my point

I do actually, I'm just saying that Jackie Robinson had no choice. It was play baseball and put up with it, or don't play baseball. A homosexual has a choice. They can play the game and keep that part of their life private and not have to deal with it, or they can tell people they're gay and share that part of their life and deal with every single consequence that comes with it from shunning from team members and heckling by fans.

Now, I understand very clearly that Robinson dealt with the same things....but given a choice as to whether or not to deal with that....I don't know many people who would elect to expose themselves to harrassment like that.

It has nothing to do with having balls, it has to do with maintaining ones emotional well-being at the workplace. And given the choice to do so, these gentlemen will continue to do so.

Cannon Shell · #9 02-07-2007, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by turdbucket67

well, when will there be a gay person to have the balls like somebody such as jackie robinson... when one person comes out while playing, there will be others. causing people to accept it more... maybe in 20 years it wont matter anymore.. but until somebody who is gay has the courage to step up and accept the challenge, its not going anywhere

He was a marginal player at best. It's not like he was a star, they would get rid of a player like him in a minute if he caused any waves.

Seattleallstar · #10 02-07-2007, 09:19 PM

hes from England so im not surprised he is a sissy boy

SentToStud · #11 02-17-2007, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Who cares if he is gay. Who cares about him at all? A book is always the reason that these stories appear.
When T.O. 's book comes out we will have a story.

That's what I think. It's news because his publicity people did a good job. That's all. If retired U.S. Army Generals can go on CNN to share their concerns with the War in Iraq and, of course, sell their new book, I guess it's not surprising Amaechi can get some press too.

horseofcourse · #12 02-21-2007, 02:27 PM

Because of the way life is, a gay player on a team sport will never come out while still active. You will always see players who have retired come forward. Even mediocre to poor players make tons of money. They will not jeopardize that. I'm sure there are tons of tennis players and golfers who don't even come out...so team sports...no you won't see it until after retirement and if Amaechi wants to make money selling a book, more power to him. AS others have said, it's not a big deal...this issue.