As per Bujold in La Presse.
Popp says he`s a tweener who may be better suited for the CFL. He of course was drafted by the Rams and would have to be waived by the NFL.
If he can contribute on the field and the situation is not a distraction, with Oprah and her crew showing up for practice, then there should be no problem.
Montreal was instrumental in Jackie Robinson integrating major league baseball, why not play a similar role for gay athletes.
Je crois que Sams pourrait être un bon prospect pour les Alouettes, mais il devrait se trouver une place dans la NFL.
Ce n'est sans doute pas lui qui cherchera à être une distraction, mais comme Jackie Robinson (belle analogie, Sheldon), il attirera malgré lui une bonne part de l'attention médiatique.
Il y a eu d'autres joueurs homosexuels, seulement ils ne l'ont pas divulgué publiquement (je tairai leur nom par respect pour eux, qui ont préféré le taire).
I believe Sams was a very late NFL draft choice. Not so for the USA but, without doubt, all our cities populations would welcome Sams provided he had the skill to play in the CFL.
Sams poses a couple of challenges for the NFL. First, he is a 'tweener football wise so where do the Rams play him. Then they neither want him to make a team because of his celebrity rather than his being talented enough, nor to get cut because of that celebrity rather than his not being talented enough. But where he is played will go a long way to determining whether he makes the team, and whether it is perceived that he had a fair shot; so the two go hand-in-hand.
I think his being openly gay is a lesser news story here than in the US. While the Als would face that same quandary about positions the spotlight would be less and the if he were cut the precedent would already have been set.
Fort probablement. Sams devrait pouvoir se trouver une place dans la NFL, mais il est un peu hors norme pour les positions auxquelles il peut jouer. Il devra montrer qu’il est assez fort pour jouer à la ligne défensive ou assez rapide pour jouer comme secondeur. Dans un cas comme dans l’autre, il détonne et c’est ce qui pourrait faire en sorte qu’il ne puisse répéter au niveau professionnel ce qu’il a fait au niveau collégial.
Mais si Sams montre qu’il peut tenir son bout chez les pros, il aura sa chance. Ce qui prime est ce qu’il peut faire sur le terrain.
Bird eye for a queer guy 