By shelz.

In my little world, this concept is much ado about nothing. Anyone who believes that with thousands of dudes who have played professional football over the years there has never been a gay guy is crazy. A whisper that some unknown player is considering coming out of the closet has turned into something monumental, and that is sad. What your love life has to do with your performance on the field eludes me. I don’t care who you’re attracted to, just catch the damn ball.

But I know I’m in the minority here.

Football players are young and buff and full of testosterone. They are physically gifted, sexy, rich lady magnets. It’s the stereotypical height of manliness. Gay doesn’t fit the mix. But why? Because there are generations full of men, both young and old, who have mistakenly affixed their definition of manliness to what they accomplish with their penis. Thinking that way doesn’t make you a man. It makes you a poor representation of one.

I’m not a psychologist or a historian. I don’t know where this idea came from. Honest, hard-working and friendly pale in comparison to gigolo of the year. But only if you are banging broads, of course. Lady killers climb the man totem pole. Man killers just create the foundation for it. Why? Because they are using their penises for unmanly purposes.

Then there is this odd, non-sensical fear that the gay guy is checking you out. Funny that gay disdain leads hetero men into believing that they are gay guy magnets. He wants you right? Maybe it’s wishful thinking. Bottom line, your ego isn’t homophobic, why are you? Anywho, I’m done already.

Whoever this guy is, I wish him well. He’ll have some support. He’ll have some detractors. He’ll have some silly people saying mean things to him because they still believe that gay man is an oxymoron. That’s about as ridiculous as the contracts The Dolphins are handing out, but it takes all kinds, right?

The bottom line for me is the Ravens are retooling to keep their spectacular track record alive and I wouldn’t give one rat’s ass if all the new hires were gay. They just better catch the damn ball.

Good luck gay guy!

Shelz.

[Ed note – Steve Johnson is not gay as far as we know. But he can’t catch.]