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NFL video proclaims 'football is gay' in wake of Carl Nassib announment
Mon, June 28, 2021, 5:23 PM
A week after Carl Nassib's groundbreaking announcement that he's gay, the NFL produced a video in support of his message.
The video released Monday is simple, consisting strictly of white text on a black screen. The message is provocative and represents a full embrace of Nassib as the first active NFL player to announce that he's gay.
It starts simply with the words: "Football is gay."
It continues with drumming and cheering in the background:
"Football is lesbian. Football is beautiful. Football is queer. Football is life. Football is exciting. Football is culture. Football is transgender. Football is heart. Football is power. Football is tough. Football is bisexual. Football is strong. Football is freedom. Football is American. Football is accepting. Football is everything. Football is for everyone."
It concludes with an image of the NFL shield emblazoned in the rainbow colors of Pride month before promoting the Trevor Project. The Trevor Project is a charity that seeks to prevent suicides among LGBTQ youth. Nassib initially promoted the charity in his coming out announcement.
"LGBTQ+ youth with at least one accepting adult have 40% lower risk of attempting suicide," the message reads.
The NFL has obviously had gay players before Nassib. But none prior publicly challenged the anti-gay sentiment that exists in locker rooms and sports culture by coming out while they're still playing. Nassib's announcement didn't come without risk.
He was immediately met with support from the Raiders, the NFL, the NFLPA and some players around the league. A week later, the NFL continues to formally embrace Nassib's message with its own message of acceptance and representation.
The NFL continues to embrace and support Carl Nassib after his groundbreaking decision to come out.
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seems a lot of people and company's are doing all they can to please the alphabet group ( not sure how many letterers or types there is now ) but its a matter of pride to announce such things
I have no feelings one way or another Ok on second thought Ok just one what ever you choose keep it your self no reason to announce to the world for your 15 minute of fame and trying to convince me how great it is
LOL " I know how Luke felt when Darth was telling him to come over to the dark side in the star wars movie
The centers will have a lot on their minds...
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Each to his own I used to enjoy watching football when it was played as a competitive game and not a political football tossed about by convicts. I swapped to College ball for awhile but lost interest in that too
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He would probably excel as a tight end.
I gave up on pro football quite a while back, don't miss it at all......so much more to life than wasting time watching such and time is slipping away fast. 😊
"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee
Not going to affect me in the least . Never watched it in the past 66 years or so .see n o need to start now .