San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver caused quite a stir when he said openly gay players wouldnât be welcome on his team. From Yahoo Sports:
“I don’t do the gay guys man,” said Culliver, whose Niners play the Baltimore Ravens. on Sunday. “I don’t do that. No, we don’t got no gay people on the team, they gotta get up out of here if they do.
“Can’t be with that sweet stuff. NahâŠcan’t beâŠin the locker room man. Nah.”
When quizzed by Lange whether any homosexual athletes would need to keep their sexuality a secret in football, Culliver responded: “Yeah, come out 10 years later after that.”
Certainly Culliver wonât be earning a political correctness merit badge anytime soon, but I have to ask do you blame him for not wanting a homosexual in the locker room? Iâm not saying heâs right about saying a openly gay person canât play football, but there are some obvious logistical concerns. He has since made a public apology.
Whatâs interesting is the 49erâs response:
“The San Francisco 49ers reject the comments that were made [Tuesday], and have addressed the matter with Chris. There is no place for discrimination within our organization at any level. We have and always will proudly support the LGBT community.”
Proudly support the LGBT communityâŠ. why proudly? What is there to be proud of? Just curious. Will they say we also proudly support the heterosexual community?
They wonât discriminate, but I guess itâs ok for their players to feel uncomfortable should there ever be a openly gay member in the locker room. I suppose theyâd work to resolve that, but would the openly gay player then feel âdiscriminated againstâ?
Is Chris Culliver wrong for feeling uncomfortable?
