Michael Sam will play in the CFL
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JSU/99
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Being first probably gave Sam more opportunities than he would have gotten otherwise. There's some incentive in being out and proud. Look at how Kerry Rhodes - a legitimate NFL starter - got black listed after his gay ex lover put him on blast. Might not have happened that way if he'd just come on out.
Kerry Rhodes not being in the league is mind-boggling.
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JSU/99
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He's better than the guy my steelers gave 25M to last year.
PsychoJag
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Yep he shined in college in the lower level games and had great talent on that Mizoo defense that allowed him to make some plays.
DallasCowboyGirl
The Olympian
LMAO you know you ignant!
Paul Dolemite Taylor
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Its comical for folks to say He wasn't a NFL player. SEC Defensive POY is saying alot. He should have made it a few years in the league before coming out cause it cost him big time. It's no way a smaller or slower kid makes it the league and He cant even stay past a cup of coffee.
2kool
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Oddly enough, the mind and spirit have to be tough as nails to make it in the NFL.
2kool
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Don't let the co-DPOY label cloud your judgement of dude. He's not NFL material and everything he's done since leaving the NFL is proof. The NFL requires mental toughness of the highest order, and if you're not steel between ears, you won't make it.
Look at Jonathan Martin. He went from 2nd round pick to an early retirement because he lacked mental toughness. Everybody ain't able.
2kool
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The NFL is littered with stories of guys who couldn't make it because of the lack of mental toughness. Ryan Leaf had talent but wasnt tough enough to handle the grind & responsibilities. Glen Coffee got ran out of San Francisco...after playing 2 years under the NICKTATOR at Alabama. Vince Young was a talented playmaker in college AND the NFL, but was weak in the mind and couldn't handle Jeff Fisher, a notoriously soft head coach.
The NFL is a different beast than college. Way different.
The NFL is a different beast than college. Way different.
JSUDMJ2004
JSU enuff said!
Dude is weak between the ears...
C-LeB28
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I see what you did.
I wonder if Mr Sam got "Blindside(d)" in the wrong way when that anglo family took him in. (?) It surrrrrrrrrrrrre is odd for a physically gifted young brotha', who grows up in a semi-hard area like Hitchcock (no pun intended), is taken in by an anglo family while in HS, goes on and star @ a major PWCU like Mizzou, and then announces he loves him some little skinny anglo boys. (? - wtfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff??????????) 
There's something overly odd about all this and it doesn't smell good, imho. A young man like that is liken the one we try to save around these parts and help direct his path, w/out all the background shenanigans messing w/ the lad's sexuality other than to say "be careful out there w/ those young girls - there are hoes out there who want to fvck you to have a baby so they can get child support/future checks/attempt to tie you down or worse still will give you a STD." WTH happened to dude early on? The Blindside antithesis occurred, imho. ::confused smiley::
There's something overly odd about all this and it doesn't smell good, imho. A young man like that is liken the one we try to save around these parts and help direct his path, w/out all the background shenanigans messing w/ the lad's sexuality other than to say "be careful out there w/ those young girls - there are hoes out there who want to fvck you to have a baby so they can get child support/future checks/attempt to tie you down or worse still will give you a STD." WTH happened to dude early on? The Blindside antithesis occurred, imho. ::confused smiley::Also, he really couldn't play.
2kool
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He could play in college, yes.
He was ghost against upper echelon SEC schools. That usually means the player isn't NFL caliber.
Oh, I was talking about Martin, not Sam.
C-LeB28
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www.advocate.com/sports/2015/08/15/michael-sam-leaving-pro-football-cites-mental-health-concerns
Michael Sam Leaves Pro Football, Cites Mental Health Concerns
Sam announced his departure from the Montreal Alouettes in a series of tweets Friday night.
Michael Sam is leaving pro football, he announced in a series of tweets Friday.
Sam, the first openly gay player to be drafted into the NFL, cited a problems in the past as his reason for leaving the Canadian Football League’s Montreal Alouettes, ESPN reports.
“The last 12 months have been very difficult for me, to the point where I became concerned with my mental health,” he tweeted. “Because of that I am going to step away from the game at this time. I thank the Alouettes for the opportunity and hope to be back on the field soon.”
The pressure of being a pioneer likely has gotten to Sam, Cyd Zeigler of Outsports told ESPN. “When you decide to be a trailblazer, sometimes that trail gets awfully bumpy,” Ziegler said. Among other things, his engagement to Vito Cammissano has reportedly ended, Zeigler noted.
Sam had left the Alouettes for two weeks in June to go home to Dallas, saying he was taking the leave for personal reasons, but when he rejoined the team at the end of the month he said he was fully committed.
He had signed with the Alouettes after being cut by the two NFL teams — the St. Louis Rams, which drafted him after his stellar college career with the University of Missouri, and the Dallas Cowboys. The defensive end sat out the Alouettes’ first five games this summer but made his debut with the team August 7, although he failed to record a tackles.
Read more: http://meacfanszone.proboards.com/thread/25864/michael-sam-cut-rams?page=2#ixzz3j5Kwi0TM
Michael Sam Leaves Pro Football, Cites Mental Health Concerns
Sam announced his departure from the Montreal Alouettes in a series of tweets Friday night.
Michael Sam is leaving pro football, he announced in a series of tweets Friday.
Sam, the first openly gay player to be drafted into the NFL, cited a problems in the past as his reason for leaving the Canadian Football League’s Montreal Alouettes, ESPN reports.
“The last 12 months have been very difficult for me, to the point where I became concerned with my mental health,” he tweeted. “Because of that I am going to step away from the game at this time. I thank the Alouettes for the opportunity and hope to be back on the field soon.”
The pressure of being a pioneer likely has gotten to Sam, Cyd Zeigler of Outsports told ESPN. “When you decide to be a trailblazer, sometimes that trail gets awfully bumpy,” Ziegler said. Among other things, his engagement to Vito Cammissano has reportedly ended, Zeigler noted.
Sam had left the Alouettes for two weeks in June to go home to Dallas, saying he was taking the leave for personal reasons, but when he rejoined the team at the end of the month he said he was fully committed.
He had signed with the Alouettes after being cut by the two NFL teams — the St. Louis Rams, which drafted him after his stellar college career with the University of Missouri, and the Dallas Cowboys. The defensive end sat out the Alouettes’ first five games this summer but made his debut with the team August 7, although he failed to record a tackles.
Read more: http://meacfanszone.proboards.com/thread/25864/michael-sam-cut-rams?page=2#ixzz3j5Kwi0TM
DallasCowboyGirl
The Olympian
Yep further proof he is weak minded I am not buying it was because of being a pioneer of the NFL when he should have been use to doing that because how many college athletes were announcing they were gay...I believe he gave up his dreams because he was to distracted run behind some dyck (like that dumb bytch in the white house that shot at the police boyfriend) busy worrying about what the skinny white boy was doing while he was away just dumb when you had all that other beefcake (thx Joseline) in the locker room with him just my thoughts!
Basebone1898
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Oh Lord. Lol.Oh well...
SWAC&MEAC Degrees
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No Micheal!Oh well...