I’m writing this article from the point of GraVTx. This is something close to my heart and fairly important to me, so before you come at me for being political, please consider the amount of time and care I have put into this article.
I was a 3 sport athlete my entire life. Baseball and football were my two sports I played from a young age. I started at 6 years old. Basketball would become my third in middle school. Around that same time I realized I wasn’t like my friends. They would all talk about girls, and I would too, but girls weren’t the only ones I had these weird feelings for. This secret would stay closely guarded to me for a long time. I continued my sports career, eventually dropping basketball and baseball in favor of football. Ironically, football, while being my favorite sport, was also the least tolerant. There were plenty of homophobic taunts and such that were tossed around in the locker room. I would be a liar if I said I was never a part of the taunts, but I wish that I wasn’t. I very distinctly remember Jason Collins coming out as gay right before he retired from the NBA. I remember thinking about how brave he is and how strong he must be to have the courage to be open about something like that.
This is not the same. I am not Jason Collins and I am not a pro athlete. I remained in the closet about my bisexuality until long after my playing days were over and I could look from the outside in. I am glad that our league doesn’t condone calling each other “faggots” or saying that something is “gay” just because we don’t like it. Football and its fans have come a long way. We have come so far that I am comfortable being open about this. I guess the point of this is that now there is something that was previously unknown about me that is now known so that I get that sweet trivia TPE, but the other point is for me to say thank you to this community. It has been great being a part of the ISFL so far and I look forward to being a part of it in the future.
I was a 3 sport athlete my entire life. Baseball and football were my two sports I played from a young age. I started at 6 years old. Basketball would become my third in middle school. Around that same time I realized I wasn’t like my friends. They would all talk about girls, and I would too, but girls weren’t the only ones I had these weird feelings for. This secret would stay closely guarded to me for a long time. I continued my sports career, eventually dropping basketball and baseball in favor of football. Ironically, football, while being my favorite sport, was also the least tolerant. There were plenty of homophobic taunts and such that were tossed around in the locker room. I would be a liar if I said I was never a part of the taunts, but I wish that I wasn’t. I very distinctly remember Jason Collins coming out as gay right before he retired from the NBA. I remember thinking about how brave he is and how strong he must be to have the courage to be open about something like that.
This is not the same. I am not Jason Collins and I am not a pro athlete. I remained in the closet about my bisexuality until long after my playing days were over and I could look from the outside in. I am glad that our league doesn’t condone calling each other “faggots” or saying that something is “gay” just because we don’t like it. Football and its fans have come a long way. We have come so far that I am comfortable being open about this. I guess the point of this is that now there is something that was previously unknown about me that is now known so that I get that sweet trivia TPE, but the other point is for me to say thank you to this community. It has been great being a part of the ISFL so far and I look forward to being a part of it in the future.
Always run the ball if you got the ‘Stall
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