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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by FlyersRuleClarkSucks on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Well i was a fan of eric lindros for like seven years, so there you go! damn bad language can get you banned, shit i didn't know that! |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by puma777 on Monday, July 22
(User Info | Send a Message) | | wow, touchy issue, although i admit i would have a hard time coming to terms with it, i dont think it really matters whatsoever. It is his/her personal life, what is it our buisness poking around sexual preferences. |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by Bigman on Monday, July 22
(User Info | Send a Message) | | i really dont care i mean life goes on, hes still just as good of a player and you wouldnt have to worry about stockwell day showing up at any game(sorry couldn't help my self) |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by zednik on Monday, July 22
(User Info | Send a Message) | Was this brought on my the lack of the Bubble?
But for real, I don't often look at my fav hockey player and say he is straight. I think since I am removed from the issue it wouldn't bother me. I am sure it it actually happened I would sit back for a second and say woh ! But after the shock I would be content to watch him play.
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No problem (Score: 1)
by Obcd (gohabsgo@montreal.com) on Monday, July 22
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Well I don't see any problem about it as long as he continue to play as well as he always did. |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by FlyHigh on Monday, July 22
(User Info | Send a Message) | | I don't think that this conversation has much of a point. To my knowledge no proffessional athlete has come out and said ," I'm gay," but I'm probably wrong. Even if they say they're gay it still they're own business. This is just my opinion. I'm not gay or anything. |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by r_milley on Monday, July 22
(User Info | Send a Message) | | What is the point of this? Is there really nothing else in the hockey world to talk about? |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by mikster on Monday, July 22
(User Info | Send a Message) | Well, tough to answer.
I think that someone's personal life should be separated from the working life. If Peter Forsberg says he is gay, he'd still be my favorite hockey player....why should i change my mind? I wouldn't deny it just because he is gay.
I have one problem with the people who all the sudden "become gay". Unfortunately, family friends of mine had their fathers leave them (even with 5 kids) for a gay lover. I just can't deal with that, and to me...it is pure disgust. If someone is born as a homosexual....well, you can't blame him, but....the changing teams thing is not right after marriage. Hey, i come from Italy and i am a part of the Vatican....i can't fully agree with homosexuality. |
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If... (Score: 1)
by NYR88Express on Monday, July 22
(User Info | Send a Message) | If my favorite hockey player turned out to be gay, I would call him up and recommend to him that he quit hockey and go play some other sport. Cuz, come on, I don't think that other players would like to be teamed up with a pansy.
I'm not saying this to try and be a wise-ass. It's what I think |
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hmmm (Score: 1)
by DaMick (Im_Da_Mick@Goons.com) on Monday, July 22
(User Info | Send a Message) | Wow..Titans.....takes a lot of guts to touch such a tough subject...my props in trying..
First of all...i have nothing against gays that being because im NOT gay.
im pretty confident in being hetrosexual.
...secondly it SHOULDNT matter what sexual perference my fav Hockey player is.
Its not like i hang out with the guy...
third....if He played great id still cheer him...but id tell you..id pity him the minute he did bad...because the vultures would come outta the woodwork to boo him.Theyd haunt this guy....to quit
As for the Piazza argument someone asked me that.."dude if hes gay...would you want him on the Yankees,if the Mets let him go?" [im a yankee fan]
I said "of COURSE what are you STUPID??"
"Hes STILL the BEST hitting catcher in the Game"
Anyone to think there havent been MANY Gay professional athletes [including hockey players] is being idiotic & shows you really have no idea the real parameters of society in general.
thats like saying ...these myths are real
Wrestlings real....
No steriods in baseball....
Boxing's not fixed.....
there arent Gay athletes....
Get real...
wake up...
Your resident RangerHater & LeafBasher
DaMick
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by jest5521 on Monday, July 22
(User Info | Send a Message) | | If Jochen Hecht were gay...or Jeff Finley were to announce he was gay, I would be the first in line to ask either one of them out on a date. Both are great players, great guys....and being gay would only prove they stand head and shoulders above the rest. |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by TC_4 on Monday, July 22
(User Info | Send a Message) | | I'll be honest. He wouldn't be my favorite player anymore, and I don't think any of you would admit that you liked a gay player publically either. But I also like the way guys are off the ice as well, like Anson Carter's hair for example. Not to mention his green mouth guard. If a player has a sweet style off the ice, it has an influence on me. |
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Why would his sexuality affect your loyalty??? (Score: 1)
by Linden16 on Monday, July 22
(User Info | Send a Message) | I've never quite understood why heterosexual men (a group that I'm a part of) have such a difficult time overlooking another man's choice to not sleep with women. Deep rooted insecurites; You know, not having a problem with a man being gay does not necessarily make you gay......
I'll tell you right now that I would support any of my favorite players in such a situation.
And to add to what someone posted earlier... For you to sit there and think that there aren't numerous gay men in professional sports already is just plain ignorant. At least ten percent of the American population is homosexual - the diltued idea that this doesn't include male athletes because they are 'not pansys' or because they are 'tough' is ridiculous.
The fact of the matter is that people become defensive when the beliefs that they have had beaten into their heads since their childhood are challenged. We need to realize that as time goes on, we learn that certain ideas are inferior and need to be cast aside.
I don't think that this conversation is any different from one sixty years ago involving race. "If your favorite team signed a 'colored' person, would you still like that team?" The beliefs that people had beaten into their heads at that time had them believing that non-whites were inferior and shouldn't be accepted into all facets of society.
I'm sure that this type of post is a great way to make friends (my second post ever), but then again, is that the only thing that we're here for????
thanks
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by wingerx on Monday, July 22
(User Info | Send a Message) | | This is a great topic. I don't fully understand homosexuality, and I won't pretend to. If my favorite player were to come out of the closet, honestly...if he was still about to perform on the ice and able to contribute to his team, I could care less. The thing I would be concerned about would be how he would interact with his teammates, and if he would still be accepted in the locker room. The media would really treat him differently, I"m aware of that. Would I still be able to root for him? You bet I would. Would I look at him in a different light. Yes, I have to admit that I would. I don't think I would be alone. I'm not going to look down on something I don't fully understand. I guess thats the extent of my comment. |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by Bodster on Monday, July 22
(User Info | Send a Message) | | You are talking about Adam Oates right? You must be cause he is gay. |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by Freezer on Monday, July 22
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Get a life. |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by burky on Monday, July 22
(User Info | Send a Message) | | I wear a jersey of my favorite player alot and if he were to say he was gay, i probly wouldnt wear it alot anymore, not that i have anything against gays just that it would drastically reduce my chances of... yea. |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by ThEGooN (ThEGooN@hotmail.com) on Monday, July 22
(User Info | Send a Message) |
GOD created Adam and Eve NOT Adam and Steve!
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by GloveSide on Monday, July 22
(User Info | Send a Message) | | You like your player for the type of guy he is and the skill he/she displays on the ice.....not whether or not he likes men or women |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by kreatiiv on Monday, July 22
(User Info | Send a Message) | everytime i think people in general are getting more sophisticated i am reminded that its really just one big trailer park out there.
who cares what a players sexual preference is?
i MIGHT understand other players "fears", sharing locker rooms and showers and such... but even thats stupidity.
if your favorite player reveals he is gay and you denounce him because of it, all it means is you are afraid people will think you are gay... its called homophobia, and you should ask yourself WHY you're so afraid people will "think you are gay."
come out of the closet.... its ok! lol |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by LEON on Monday, July 22
(User Info | Send a Message) | This question is a hard one to answer. The fact that a gay man is attracted to other men creates a problem within the locker room. I mean isn,t that really the basis as to why men and women can't coincide within the same level of proffesional sport, because there might be a chance of unprofessionalism taking place. In this day and age being gay is becoming far more exceptable than in the past. However the financial reasoning and duty of a professional athlete has become such a buisness, with multi-million dollars at stake that any "rocking of the professional boat" should be deemed unexceptable. I truley believe that this question (a teamate, rather then a favorite player) whould be better posed to the athletes that have to compete day in and day out with a knowingly gay athlete as a teamate, taking all of these factor's into consideration. In today's sports coaches and owner's are worried about team chemistry, by adding or taking away 1 player from their roster it could be jeopardized. If I found out that the player that I considered a favorite, considering he would be a member of my favorite team, I would first and foremost be worried of the overall effect it would have on my team as a whole. One player doesn't make a whole team, so why should one player's personal prefences be allowed to perhap's ruin a whole team.
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by Krockasian on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | | who the hell cares. this has got to be one of the dumbest post i have seen here in a long time, and you have to take into consideration the amount of leafs and flyers fans on this site. |
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who cares, maybe...................... (Score: 1)
by Slats on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Well who cares, if there were a god, maybe he would, but not me. I mean leaf fans cheered for Joseph. Dallas fans cheer for hatcher. They both are flagrant homosexuals. Come on Brett Hull. "Boy you sher gotta preddy mouth." |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by Hockeytown on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Doesn't matter. For those who slammed Titans for this article, why did you even bother reading it or replying then? Obviously he got his intended effect. You were interested, positively or negatively. Doesn't matter either way as long as you were interested. |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by UltimateB on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | It seems to me that allthe people who are saying "This is a stupid post, sexuality doesn't matter," are living in a different world, one of naievite where a problems goes away if you just don't look at it. To say that a player's homosexuality shouldn't/wouldn't matter is rather ignorant. It would affect team chemistry, it would affect team PR, it would affect ticket sales (whther positive or negative) and would affect team focus if it happened in the season.
however, I believe that when a professional athlete does come out, it will be in the NHL, or in a one-man sport, such as tennis or golf. In a one-man sport, the player relies on his personal strength; he isn't pressured to seem straight by teammates or his concern for the team.
But why do I say it would happen in the NHL before MLB or NBA or NFL? Two reasons, which is really one reason: Diversity and number of Canadian teams.
The NHL is the most diverse league in the world. Seriously. Just look at the nationalities and ethnicities represented. Only the NBA is approaching the international nature of the NHL, and that is moving very slowly. Sure, there are some race issues, but I've found that those mostly exist in the US.
(To wit: When Iginla won the scoring race last year, every US news agency noting that "Black man wins NHL scoring race," whereas Canadian news noted that "Canadian player" or "Player on Canadian Team" wins scoring race. The preoccupation with race exists only in the US.)
So, the NHL is the most diverse league, it's more of a niche, the players and fans are more close knit, and I think that if a player on the Red Wings (my fav. team) were to come out, I, the team, and almost all the fans would support him. I like the wings as players and as men, and to know that one is homosexual would not change my opinion, just my perception. |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by laurie on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | Look,the most important thing is when an athlete is gay there is a chance he could be carrying AIDS or some sort of disease and if he gets a gash and there is exposed blood he could pass it on to everyone else that is on the ice at that time.
If my favourite player was gay he would still be my favourite IF he didn't have a disease and if he got regular check-ups. |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by son on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | | For all you people who think its "no big deal to be gay"…it is! Come on people wake up!!! What's wrong with us? Why is everyone turning gay, like in that Bible story of the 2 city's that God destroyed, because of there gross sin? There is nothing wrong with having close friends of the same sex…or even not being attracted to women, BUT you don't need to doink your teammates when there trying to take off there skates!!! |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by big_booty on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | The pink bubble finally got to ya, huh?
This is a non-issue that you are trying to make into an issue. The Piazza thing was a tidbit of non-news that got blown way out of proportion by an overzealous New York writer.
People are going to live their life the way that they want to. Personally, I have nothing against gays or lesbians, but I do have an issue with some of them who use their celebrity status as a soapbox.
Rosie O'Donnell and Ellen Degeneres come to mind. They are two examples of people using the television medium to burst into our living rooms to say "I"M GAY! I"M OUT OF THE CLOSET!"
My response to that? SO F**KING WHAT!
I don't need people telling me their sexual orientation. What you do with who you want to do it with is your own damned business. Don't make it mine. I don't care one way or the other.
When I boo a certain hockey player, I have been known to call him some undesirable and unmentionable names, some of which may or may not have a homosexual connotation. I do not mean to imply that that player is gay, I am just venting my frustration. Nobody really seems to mind that.
However, if, in the forseeable future, I say those kinds of things to a player who has made his sexual preference publicly known, then that's a whole other can of worms now, isn't it? |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by NYRrule on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | | I dont think it's even worth talking about because no hockey player would ever come out of the closet if they were gay. Can you imagine the reaction of his team mates in the locker room? He would be an outcast. Sure in public his team would say all of the polically correct things but behind closed doors he would be an unwelcome distraction and would be ostracized. No way, no how will a professional sports athlete playing a team sport come out of the closet in our lifetime. |
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[No Subject] (Score: 1)
by Coldwar on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | I didn't really want to post on this because I thought it would either be a bunch of people saying they wouldn't mind, only to feel good about themselves, or a bunch of gay jokes ... but it's not ... I'm a little suprised. Some people have these little hints in their posts, though, pointing out how immature we can be with this issue.
Now, TC_4 ... about the whole "I don't think any of you would admit that you liked a gay player publically either" bit ...
That's where yer wrong. I don't give a rat's ass about the sexuality of anyone other than who it is I happen to be sexing. Hell, if Chris Chelios turned out to be gay, I'd still watch/support/cheer for him. No less enthusiasm, no more. And if I were playing against the newly Gay Chelios, I would still fear him. |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by Leb_Boy on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | I don't know why but in this situation i would have 2 start not liking fedorov..
if he turned out to be gay, something is defintly wrong there,
even if he was totally gay, id keep it inside if i had a girl like anna |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by Habfan4 on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | This question has been asked and answered!
The entire 1974-1975 Philadelphai Flyers team was gay and the City of Brotherly Love still embraced them.
Good for you Philly, Good for you! |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by Habfan4 on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | This question has been asked and answered!
The entire 1974-1975 Philadelphai Flyers team was gay and the City of Brotherly Love still embraced them.
Good for you Philly, Good for you! |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by Bodster on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | | I am dead serious. Adam Oates is Gay. |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by NewYorkRangers on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | | I could careless. As long as he plays good and gives effort, he can be bisexual for all I care. |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by son on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | | OK now that we know that about 70% of the HTR members are GAY(at least the ones who responded to this article) can we talk about something else?(before all you very secure men out there become too excited) |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by UltimateB on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | | By looking at some of these posts I think we can all see why no homosexual athletes have let their sexuality be known to the public. Despite the stress on tolerance and political correctness in today's society, there's still a lot of ignorance and hate out there. To have an athlete, particularly a star, say that he is homosexual would cause a tremendous backlash against the player, the team and the sport. Surely a significant portion of the population would be indifferent, and another portion would support the athlete, but there would be hate too. Having an openly homosexual player on a team or in a sport wouldn't ATTRACT people to a sport they don't like in the first place, but it would drive people away. Maybe the bottom line is keeping athletes in the closet. |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by morduin on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | This is what bothers me about the whole issue... why do homosexuals feel the need to publically proclaim their sexuality? It is even worse for a professional athlete or someone else in the public spotlight to make that announcement. Using ones status as a stage for promoting a certain sexual belief is ignorant.
Would I still support a gay athlete? Not if that athlete used his/her popularity as a public stage to promote their beliefs. Greg Louganis is a good example of this. The only reason he announced his homosexuality is because he found out that he was HIV positive. That announcement was more for public health interests than his desire to promote his lifestyle.
In short, sexual preference, no matter what it is is a private issue and doesn't need to be made public. Public health issues are the only reason people need to know about someone's sexual orientation and possible infection with a life-threatening disease. A hockey player making an announcement that he or she is gay just for the sake of coming out of the closet would lose my respect. One that makes the announcement for the sincere desire to protect the health of the other athletes and those who have to provide medical attention to them will gain my respect.
That stance has nothing to do with my religion but does have to do with my loathing for those who grandstand or use their position to advance a personal agenda. |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by BattleOfTheInnerDemons on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | The player would remain my favourite in a certain situtation. If they came out of the closet on there own admitting they were gay, I would gain even more respect for them for having the guts to come out. Once being titled as gay buy the world, it becomes a difficult life even more so for an athlete. I hear so many stories of how gays are picked on, and that American swimmer who wasd ripped to shreds because he was. They would remain my favourite player.
But if the player accidently leaked out he was gay and he was hiding it, like the american swimmer. I would lose the most respect for this athlete being afraid to be them selves, and hiding who they are? |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by TheDevil on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | oh boy, pinky bubble and now this... what the heck is going on with you Titans...
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by regdunlop on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | | As long as he scores goals I don't care who he screws. When I was In Boston there were all the Adam Oates stories. Personally, what you choose to do with a consenting partner is your own damm business as long as it doesn't harm other people or intrude on their freedom of choice. I am heterosexual and have many gay friends and co workers (you can't help it in my business). I know plenty of heterosexual guys that are complete ignorant morons that I don't want to have anything to do with. However, I'm pretty liberal. I can't see a bunch of players that grew up in small town canada or america being very open to playing with someone gay. It would probably be impossible for the guy. I don't think most fans would except it either. Hockey is pretty blue collar. Can you see the union guy in boston rooting for the gay winger. Didn't think so. |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by J3D9B on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | I remember a few years or so ago in Pittsburgh Kordell Stewart was found in a gay bar or something. The city went nuts.
I personally wouldn't care, what he does outside of hockey shouldn't effect how we think of him as a hockey player. He is paid to entertain us by playing hockey, not allow us to judge him based on his lifestyle.
I can imagine any player that came out of the closet would take a major beating by the media. Billy Tibbets, ex con, moved into Pittsburgh and his neighbors sent out flyers all throughout that section of the city trying to get him thrown out. I know he didn't come out of the closet, but in cities as up tight as Pittsburgh I bet it would be 100 times worse for a gay hockey player.
This reminds me of an episode of Arliss on HBO that was on this week, a pro baseball player was going to come out of the closet during his playing career, but decided against it because he didn't want his teammates to treat him differently. I think that would be the biggest issue for a pro athlete, not the media, but how his teammates would treat him differently. Someone coming out of the closet could change the entire chemistry of the team. |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by guinsfan4life on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | It really amazes me when I read some of the responses to this post. In one scroll down my computer, I could pin point all the homophobes and hypocrites.
THink about all of the players in the NHL. YOu have to think that with as many players that are in the league, worldwide averages would tell you there has to be at least more than one gay player in the NHL.
So with that being said, "lockerroom chemistry" would not be affected. Why? Well because the fact is, the players in the league are playing now with a gay player(s) on their team, they just don't know it. If that player scores the game winning goal in overtime, do you think his teammates care?
HOw many of you are in contact, work with and maybe even live with someone who is gay? Most of you will deny it, but law of averages tells us differently. Chances are you are either working or know someone who is gay, but isn't ready to broadcast their sexuality.
It wouldn't matter the least bit to me whether or not my favorite player in the NHL was gay. I wouldn't think of him differently at all. The only time I root for him is on the ice, so I could careless about what happens in his personal life.
Finally, Titans, I gotta give you props. This is a great post. |
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Interesting Post... (Score: 1)
by BabyLeaf on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | Well this is a very touchy topic, but here's my honest opinion.
If my favorite player were gay, I wouldn't really care. I mean what that person does in his private life is really their business.
However I will say that my perception of them would change slightly. I mean if you look at all the images we have of gay man, their generally not very 'tough', so I guess in some ways I wouldn;t see my fav player as 'tough' or 'manly' as I would otherwise.
Plus I'm a female and I must admit that I have a huge crush on my favorite players so them being gay would kill that. :)
Anyway, good post!
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by booty on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | | "You know me, Marge. I like my beer cold, my TV loud and my homosexuals FLAAAMING." |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by BWbullies on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | | I think the biggest problem would be with his team mates. If they don't feel comfortable around him it will carry onto the ice. Hockey is a team sport and if somebody is distracting from the team he has to go. I have nothing against gays Hell I dated a lesbian before (now thats a story and a half) but if they cause my team to lose then they are history and should be traded. |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by NewYorkRangers on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Until I see an NHL team in San Fran, all the the hockey players are straight to me. |
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Gay men are everywhere (Score: 1)
by jtshade1977 on Tuesday, July 23
(User Info | Send a Message) | | I have many gay friends. I've been told I have "gadar". I know of at least one NHL superstar who just sends the "gadar" off. Guess what? I don't care. He is one of my favorite players and I believe he will come out after he retires. Be it 10 more yrs., or after his next concussion. (Know who I'm talking about now?) If any player came out now, I would rally behing him, as would many hockey fans. Unfortunatly, not the majority. For some of the narrow-minded of you, do you know that you work with gays? (Except member name"son". I don't think your old enough to work yet). I am in one of the worst professions for someone to be openly gay: U.S. Army. There are so many gays in the military. Probably a higher % than civilians. Remeber this: Gays have died fighting for our freedom. The same freedom that allows all of us to post our opinions on this site. |
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Re: What if my favorite hockey player were gay? (Score: 1)
by ProngerBlues44 on Wednesday, July 24
(User Info | Send a Message) | Anyone here seen Spin City? Carter, the gay black man, is freakin hillarious. He gets jokes all the time because he is "Every kind of minority."
if you ask me, if a player comes out its his own business. And I will also admit, if one of my TEAMMATES came out, I might be a little worried, but I would cope with it.
Plus, I have heard many rumors about Glenn Anderson, anyone have a problem with him? Or how about Guy Carboneau, I know one of his former teammates and he told me that he is a bi-sexual. everyone respected him the same. He also has a hot daughter! Isnt she married to Brendan Morrow?
~Jeff P. |
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BLASPHEMY (Score: 1)
by matteo (GodBlessKateSmith@cheesesteak.com) on Wednesday, July 24
(User Info | Send a Message) | | I think I would be more upset that an ankle grabber was better at hockey than I was. |
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