ESPN Outside The Lines: Magomed Abdusalamov

[Ron Swanson]

It'd probably help your moral stance if you didn't denigrate gay people while on your soap box.

[El Kabong]

It'd probably help your moral stance if you didn't denigrate gay people while on your soap box.

I don't denigrate gay people, I think sports especially professional sports should be merit based and that's all that matters.

To me it doesn't matter if someone is gay or a female or a certain race or religion it's 100% about can they play the sport. Example, Michael Sam, he's just come out, he was just Co-defensive player of the year in the SEC he's going to get drafted and he's going to get a chance to play because he earned it with his PLAY, the gayness is erroneous to how he plays the game. Another example is Robbie Rodgers, American soccer player, he retired, then came out, then unretired....point is his sexual preference means jack shit on the pitch, he's a solid MLS player regardless of what he does in his own bedroom. Another example, Jason Collins, now he's 35, just recently came out and is having a hard time finding a team that will sign him...which would be an issue if he was a solid player, but he's just another 7 footer who rides the pine and doesn't provide great offense or defense, he's just average AND he's 35 his skill level is not where it needs to be for him to get his contract. That said the Nets are looking in to signing him.


Is it so difficult to understand? I don't care about if someone is gay or a female or whatever if they can play the sport is what I care about when it comes to sports. SKILL > Superfluous bullshit that has no impact on sport, that is my view.



My point is that if you can play, then you can play. If you're handing out special try outs or making special rules for people who are this or that or what have you then you're doing a disservice to those who have put the work in and have the skill. There's plenty of straight athletes that aren't worth a damn either, but nobody says "put those guys on the field"