Dungy on Michael Sam

[JTrue]

http://www.si.com/2014/07/21/why-tony-dungy-wouldnt-have-drafted-michael-sam

[GaUSFBull]

Shame that Sam's being gay is the story of his drafting , and not because of football talent, of which he seems to be light on.

[Fold FB Invest in BB]

Shame that Sam's being gay is the story of his drafting , and not because of football talent, of which he seems to be light on.

Strange thing to say about the SEC DPOY. I thought the knock on him was his size. I think he has a shot at OLB with the line that STL has.

[JTrue]

It's a shame Dungy had to go out of his way to make it the focal point.

[GaUSFBull]

Dungy didn't make it the focal point.

It already WAS the focal point before he ever opened his mouth.

[JTrue]

Let me amend my comment then, it's a shame that Tony Dungy feels sexual orientation is more important than football ability.

As the writer pointed out, Tebow is a marginal talent and a major distraction to any team, but he's totally ok with that. Michael Sam, not even worth taking a chance on.

Edited July 22, 2014 by JTrue

[NCBull]

Good opinion article. Hope Sam finds his niche on the field, which will help the off-the-field stuff eventually work out.

[Triple B]

Let me amend my comment then, it's a shame that Tony Dungy feels sexual orientation is more important than football ability.

As the writer pointed out, Tebow is a marginal talent and a major distraction to any team, but he's totally ok with that. Michael Sam, not even worth taking a chance on.

 

Before reading the article, I kind of understood his stance but now, the hypocrisy does shed a little different light on it .... but honestly, it's not very surprising based on TD's beliefs.

[JTrue]

I completely get why he takes the stance he does, I just don't agree with it.

[Bruce Blingstein]

Not to be a **** but Dungy has a lot of opinions of other peoples use of language, sexual orientation and religious beliefs.  Maybe people should judge him on his parenting.