Why NBA center Jason Collins is coming out now

'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay.

I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation. I wish I wasn't the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying, "I'm different." If I had my way, someone else would have already done this. Nobody has, which is why I'm raising my hand.

My journey of self-discovery and self-acknowledgement began in my hometown of Los Angeles and has taken me through two state high school championships, the NCAA Final Four and the Elite Eight, and nine playoffs in 12 NBA seasons.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/news/20130429/jason-collins-gay-nba-player/

 

aawwww lawd ...all the black men are leaving us.

 

Now I wait for Chris Bosh to come out...

 

Ok, maybe now that we have a openly gay player, the media's obsession with gay athletes will start to die down, and they can get back to covering the man-on-man action on the court/field.

 

12 years...but he picks now. Ok. And an SI Cover no less.

 

LOL, and us too. :smt022

 

what the fuck does being black have to do with being gay

what a douche

 

I think John Salley said this:

That John Rocker would be invited to the NAACP then a gay person would be.

 

True, since Blacks had suffered more than homosexuals.

 

Nah, if he's gay then he was never truly yours....

 

Yall wrong for that but I'm dying laughing right now.

 

:smt023 Lmao

 

The irony is that just two weeks ago Nike made an announcement that they would like to sponsor a professional sports player that decides to come out and profess their homosexuality.

http://www.advocate.com/sports/2013/04/15/nike-wants-sponsor-first-major-out-pro-gay-athlete

http://www.celebritytweet.com/HarveyLevinTMZ/link/324252698725732353/


So... less than two weeks after Nike made that announcement, Jason Collins addresses the public with this news.

 

Good point

And yes still waiting for bosh to express his love of getting tbagged

 

WTF? How do you sponsor someones sexuality?

 

It's Nike

Don't these guys have sweatshops in china

 

Wow, Bosh is taking some serious shrapnel on here today, lol. The guy is married with kids right? I know that does not always mean a guy is straight, and he does have some effeminate characteristics at times, but perhaps he deserves the benefit of the doubt?

 

You know blackmen be on the downlow

People dedicated entire talk shows to this

 

Never!