Former NFL player Wade Davis publicly admits being gay

[VanillaGorilla]

During his time as a defensive back for the Tennessee Titans, Washington Redskins and Seattle Seahawks, Wade Davis was a smart player who spent a lot of time studying and drawing up the defensive schemes he would need to get ahead. He developed friendships with teammates like Jevon Kearse, Samari Rolle and Eddie George, did his best to stay alive in the ruthlessly competitive nature of the NFL, and dealt with one difficult fact -- he was a gay man in a profession where homosexuality was never discussed openly.

Some good quotes from the article:

In the game of football, it's like a war out there. Once you get out on the field, all that stuff is to the side. You're on my side. I played in the NFL for 11 years, I'm sure there were at least one or two guys along the line that were gay. - Jevon Kearse

"I never pay attention to it," Cleveland Browns running back Trent Richardson said. "They do what they do. I don't have a problem with them. As long as they're playing good football and contributing to the team, I don't have nothing to do with that. It is what it is. I don't have any problem with any sexuality or whatever they've got going on."

Link to article

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Video interview

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[crandc]

Interview with Outsports.com has more information.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Good for him. It sucks that people still feel they have to hide that. It also sucks that in some cases they do have to