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RockRam
Nothing could be older news than a gay guy playing in the NFL
We know there have been gay players in the NFL. Lombardi let it be known there were gay players on the classic Packers and that he absolutely did not care (though we don't know who they are).
BUT no NFL player has come out to make a public announcement about it while their career was still active.
Why the announcement? It's to help normalize it so that the stigma of being gay in the NFL goes away. Which is pretty brave because in fact that stigma is still present, powerful, and even (at times) dangerous.
When the stigma goes away there won't be such public announcements, it won't be necessary.
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