Gay in the NBA

[j2k4]

Is this even worth mentioning?

Jason Collins first openly gay active player - ESPN

[IPD]

not really. but america is wrapped around the axle on homosexuality, so it figures.

[NickS VR4]

Yeah, just like Te'o, I don't think anyone cares... but the media loves a discrimination story, even if it doesn't exist.

[sergechronos]

I do love that they describe him as the first athlete from a major sport to come out. How does that make female basketball players feel since Griner came out a week or two ago?

[IPD]

I do love that they describe him as the first athlete from a major sport to come out. How does that make female basketball players feel since Griner came out a week or two ago?

i raise you this. NBA isn't even close to being the first:

Martina Navratilova praises NBA player Jason Collins for coming out as gay | ksdk.com

[stealthee]

Women's basketball isn't a major sport. Besides, there were other openly gay women in the WNBA before Griner.

WNBA averages 7,500 fans a game.

Compare that to the NBA which averages 17,300 and the NHL that averages 17,100.

It's not even fair to compare them to the MLB or NFL.

[GTO Assassin]

Women's basketball isn't a major sport.

WTF? Are you kidding Brian? Not a major sport because why? You don't watch it? That is just a ridiculous statement. Tell me how you judge a sport to be a major sport.....

Scotty

[Echo419]

Women's basketball isn't a major sport. Besides, there were other openly gay women in the WNBA before Griner.

WNBA averages 7,500 fans a game.

Compare that to the NBA which averages 17,300 and the NHL that averages 17,100.

It's not even fair to compare them to the MLB or NFL.

that and we already know that all women basketball players are lesbos anyways

edit:
just found out the other day that a trainer at one of my gyms plays in that lingerie football league. I would very much like to see that

[sergechronos]

That was kind of the joke that women's basketball isn't a real sport




As an addendum: I don't consider Tennis to be a major sport either.

[IPD]

wait...how many people watch wimbledon?

oh yeah...more than watch the NBA finals...because the NBA is an AMERICAN sport, not a worldwide sport.