{"id":14194,"date":"2015-02-09T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T17:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/one-year-after-coming-out-michael-sam-is-not-on-a-team-because-hes-gay\/"},"modified":"2015-02-09T12:00:08","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T17:00:08","slug":"one-year-after-coming-out-michael-sam-is-not-on-a-team-because-hes-gay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/one-year-after-coming-out-michael-sam-is-not-on-a-team-because-hes-gay\/","title":{"rendered":"One Year After Coming Out, Michael Sam Is &#039;Not On A Team Because He&#039;s Gay&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>One Year After Coming Out, Michael Sam Is &#039;Not On A Team Because He&#039;s Gay&#039;<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c7498f56970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sam\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c7498f56970b-800wi\" title=\"Sam\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was one year ago today that NFL prospect Michael Sam <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/02\/10\/sports\/michael-sam-college-football-star-says-he-is-gay-ahead-of-nfl-draft.html?hp\" target=\"_blank\">came out as gay<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The St. Louis Rams <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2014\/05\/-breaking-michael-sam-drafted-by-st-louis-rams-will-become-first-openly-gay-nfl-player.html\" target=\"_blank\">later drafted Sam<\/a> in the seventh round, and he appeared in four preseason games before being cut. The Dallas Cowboys then added him to their practice squad before <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2014\/10\/michael-sam-cut-from-dallas-cowboys-practice-squad.html\" target=\"_blank\">also cutting him<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Sam hasn&#8217;t gotten any <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">calls<\/a> from other teams, but he&nbsp;has applied for one of 100 spots at the NFL&#8217;s first veteran combine next month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/eye-on-football\/25062999\/michael-sam-applies-for-spot-at-nfls-first-ever-veteran-combine\" target=\"_blank\">CBS Sports<\/a> reports:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>About a month ago, the NFL announced that it would hold the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/eye-on-football\/24964215\/nfl-adds-event-veteran-combine-for-free-agents-to-be-held-in-march\" target=\"_blank\">first-ever veteran combine<\/a>&nbsp;in Arizona on March 22, to correspond with the location and timing of the NFL owners meetings, which will be held in Arizona from March 22-24 this year.<\/p>\n<p>NFL director of football development Matt Birk sent out a memo in January in which he called the current free agent process inefficient and said, &#8220;There&#8217;s a void there. There was nothing for that <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guy<\/a> out there who has one or two or three years in the league and is not with a team and is at the mercy of when the phone rings or when his agent gets him a workout. This will be a forum for these <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guys<\/a> to showcase their talents and a service for our clubs instead of [what had been] an inefficient process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One of the players who hopes to be extended one of about 100 invitations is apparently former&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/page\/STL\/st-louis-rams\" target=\"_blank\">St. Louis Rams<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/page\/DAL\/dallas-cowboys\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a>&nbsp;defensive end Michael Sam, who fits the description of the kind of player referenced in the league memo.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/2015\/02\/08\/michael-sam-nfl-future-doubt-cfl\/23054099\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>USA Today<\/em><\/a> reports that if Sam isn&#8217;t invited to the veteran combine, he has a one-year contract offer from the Canadian Football League&#8217;s Montreal Alouettes.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Sam, 25, isn&#8217;t doing media interviews, his publicist, Chris Licata, said in an email. He most recently was seen publicly as part of a Coca-Cola ad during Super Bowl XLIX. He has not received another NFL contract offer, even though rosters expand to 90 in the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>But Sam is expected to be back in the football spotlight soon. The former University of Missouri standout has applied for one of about 100 spots in the NFL&#8217;s first-ever veteran combine. The hope is that leads to an NFL contract offer and a chance to go to training camp. If not, a one-year contract offer from the Canadian Football League&#8217;s Montreal Alouettes is waiting for him.<\/p>\n<p>Tear up the CFL for a year, and Sam could find a greater market south of the border, though not everyone believes the primary reason for his unemployment is that he hasn&#8217;t shown he can play.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a long post at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.outsports.com\/2015\/2\/8\/8000303\/michael-sam-nfl-teams-gay-roster\" target=\"_blank\">OutSports<\/a> marking the one-year anniversary of Sam&#8217;s coming out, Cyd Zeigler explains why he believes Sam has been shut out of the NFL.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For example, Sam is the&nbsp;only prospect in the last 20 years who didn&#8217;t make an active NFL roster after being named Defense Player of The Year in a major college conference and being drafted. And he is one of two defensive ends, out of 20, who recorded similar stats in the preseason but did not make a season-long practice squad or active roster. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ziegler told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/2015\/02\/08\/michael-sam-nfl-future-doubt-cfl\/23054099\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>USA Today<\/em><\/a>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d0d2f121970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Zeigler\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d0d2f121970c-200wi\" title=\"Zeigler\"><\/a>&#8220;A year ago, history was being made, and that history got put on hold,&#8221; said Cyd Zeigler, an advocate and co-founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/Outsports.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">Outsports.com<\/a> who has chronicled Sam&#8217;s story from the start.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No one I talk to seems willing to tell me why. But I get the sense from everyone that they have a really good idea of why. And it&#8217;s not his performance in college, and it&#8217;s not his performance in the preseason. Nobody will say what the pink elephant in the room is.&#8221; &#8230;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But they&#8217;re thinking the same thing,&#8221; Zeigler said. &#8220;Michael Sam is not on a team because he&#8217;s <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>. If Michael Sam had never come out of the closet, he would be on an NFL roster today. Period.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=6-2NyLy4JRk:1DwgpJ8PRkY:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=6-2NyLy4JRk:1DwgpJ8PRkY:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=6-2NyLy4JRk:1DwgpJ8PRkY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=6-2NyLy4JRk:1DwgpJ8PRkY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?i=6-2NyLy4JRk:1DwgpJ8PRkY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=6-2NyLy4JRk:1DwgpJ8PRkY:cGdyc7Q-1BI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=6-2NyLy4JRk:1DwgpJ8PRkY:YwkR-u9nhCs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=YwkR-u9nhCs\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~4\/6-2NyLy4JRk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\nJohn Wright<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2015\/02\/one-year-after-coming-out-michael-sam-is-not-on-a-team-because-hes-gay.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.towleroad.com\/2015\/02\/one-year-after-coming-out-michael-sam-is-not-on-a-team-because-hes-gay.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One Year After Coming Out, Michael Sam Is &#039;Not On A Team Because He&#039;s Gay&#039; It was one year ago today that NFL prospect Michael Sam came out as <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>.&nbsp; The St. Louis Rams later drafted Sam in the seventh round, and he appeared in four preseason games before being cut. The Dallas Cowboys then &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/one-year-after-coming-out-michael-sam-is-not-on-a-team-because-hes-gay\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">One Year After Coming Out, Michael Sam Is &#039;Not On A Team Because He&#039;s Gay&#039;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>One Year After Coming Out, Michael Sam Is &#039;Not On A Team Because He&#039;s Gay&#039; - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/one-year-after-coming-out-michael-sam-is-not-on-a-team-because-hes-gay\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"One Year After Coming Out, Michael Sam Is &#039;Not On A Team Because He&#039;s Gay&#039; - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One Year After Coming Out, Michael Sam Is &#039;Not On A Team Because He&#039;s Gay&#039; It was one year ago today that NFL prospect Michael Sam came out as gay.&nbsp; The St. Louis Rams later drafted Sam in the seventh round, and he appeared in four preseason games before being cut. 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