"Why Michael Sam's Coming Out is Not an Unnecessary 'Distraction'"

"Why Michael Sam's Coming Out is Not an Unnecessary 'Distraction." Kellygallagher. n.p. n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2014. <http://kellygallagher.org/resources/AoW%201314_24%20Michael%20Sam.pdf>.

Qwertyus, Marcus. "Michael Sam final Mizzou home game." Photograph. Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License, 10 Feb. 2014. Web. 23 Feb. 2014. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michael_Sam_final_Mizzou_home_game.jpg>.

Michael Sam has recently “come out of the closet” and announced to the world that he is gay. This is very bad to some people. Some of the players on his team are a sum of the people that think that this shouldn’t be okay. Because Sam will be in the same locker room as them they feel uncomfortable and wish to have him not be allowed in it, but does the fact that he’s gay mean that he has to like or feel attracted to anyone in the locker room? Perhaps none of the men in that room have anything to do with his sexual orientation.

How do I see all this? Well, why does it even matter? If he wants to be gay, let him. Hes been working with these men for years and has never once been called on for his “attraction to the players.” If it didn’t happen before, why would it happen now? And why does this matter to anyone in any situation that involves someone being gay? How they see the world and who they want to be with does not in any way affect you so why should you have a say in if they get to do it or not? I dont think that its fair for them to call him out for this.

The author’s point of view is that it doesn’t matter if he is gay or not. It doesn’t affect his playing ability and that should mean he should be able to continue thinking that way. The author supports Sam and is happy with his ability to come out in this field, knowing good and well what it could get him.