BadCompany
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It was brave. Not easy to be the first openly gay man in the NFL, especially before he's even drafted. I hope it doesn't affect his stock, but some teams might not want that kind of attention.
Conversely some team might want him precisely for that. The attention, and/or marketing that comes with it. If you are struggling franchise that nobody pays any attention to outside of your own niche market then what better way to put yourself in the national spotlight? Earn a few extra bucks from the politically correct crowd looking to "support" your "brave" decision?
For the record, I don't personally give a damn. As the NHL says "if you can play, you can play." I wish we lived in a world where as said above he came out and nobody noticed. Unfortunately we are not (yet) in that world. I hope he gets drafted, and I hope he does well as a football player, though not against us of course. But I think it's naïve to think this won't be a major story for months to come.