Michael Sam Is The First Openly Gay Football Player Drafted Into The NFL (VIDEO) | HuffPost Sports

Contents:

• MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER, RETIR FOR MENTAL HEALTH REASONS
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE NFL'S FIRST ACTIVE GAY PLAYER, MICHAEL SAM?
• N.F.L. PROSPECT MICHAEL SAM PROUDLY SAYS WHAT TEAMMAT KNEW: HE’S GAY
• BEFORE CARL NASSIB, MICHAEL SAM WAS THE NFL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY DRAFT PICK. HE NEVER PLAYED A REGULAR SEASON GAME.
• MICHAEL SAM IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALL PLAYER DRAFTED INTO THE NFL (VIDEO)
• OBAMA NGRATULAT MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER DRAFTED BY NFL
• WHAT HAPPENED TO MICHAEL SAM? NFL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER NGRATULAT CARL NASSIB ON SOCIAL MEDIA
• REMEMBERG MICHAEL SAM'S NFL, CFL REER AFTER RAIRS' CARL NASSIB ANNOUNC HE'S GAY

MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER, RETIR FOR MENTAL HEALTH REASONS

Michael Sam, who 2014 beme the first openly gay player to be drafted by an NFL team, announced on Twter Friday eveng that he is walkg away om football for mental health reasons. After he failed to fd a al wh an NFL team, Sam signed wh the Montreal Alouett of the Canadian Football League, at which pot he beme the CFL's first openly gay player. 7, he beme the first openly gay player to play a regular season CFL game, though he did not register any tackl or sacks his appearanc.

Back 2013, Michael Sam was a llege football sensatn who cid to e out as the only known gay profsnal football player at the time.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE NFL'S FIRST ACTIVE GAY PLAYER, MICHAEL SAM?

It was Augt of 2013 durg a team meetg, that Sam cid to announce to his llege teammat that he was gay. The word of Sam's g out as a gay player soon ronated throughout sports general as he was the only active, openly gay player at the time. In the recent wake of Jon Gn's homophobic (among other thgs) rhetorics which were spewed a 2011 email that forced him to rign, was disvered that Gn ed the words "queer" and "faggot" to scribe Sam when the Rams drafted him back 2014 (for the rerd, Gn also scribed NFLPA executive director DeMrice Smh, who is Ain Amerin, as havg "lips the size of Michell [sic] tir.

N.F.L. PROSPECT MICHAEL SAM PROUDLY SAYS WHAT TEAMMAT KNEW: HE’S GAY

One such example clus David Kopay, who was a former NFL athlete back the 1970s who me out as gay. His story was credibly spirg to future generatns of gay football players who may have faced siar challeng on their way to stardom.

One such athlete is Michael Sam, the NFL's first active gay football player. Given the lack of gay reprentatn the NFL overall and the still prent stigma surroundg diverse sexualy, this was huge for football. As stated by The Huffgton Post, 2013, Sam me out as gay to his ach and teammat, beg the NFL's first active gay football player.

Acrdg to the Advote, the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn ed to list homosexualy as a mental illns. An unknown Rams player even lled Sam a homophobic slur. He was also lled slurs by a teammate durg his time at the Universy of Missouri as well, though he was apologized to after beg angry and takg a stand agast the homophobic language.

BEFORE CARL NASSIB, MICHAEL SAM WAS THE NFL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY DRAFT PICK. HE NEVER PLAYED A REGULAR SEASON GAME.

Reportedly, Sam is also pro football's first openly gay ach, markg another tremendo first for the athlete his reer.

Michael Sam is an openly gay Amerin football player, and received huge natnal attentn 2013 when he me out while still a leman on the Universy of Missouri's football team. Michael Sam Wr Letter Warng Agast Missouri’s Anti-Gay Law. Hollywood Medium's Tyler Henry Opens Up About Beg a Gay Psychic.

MICHAEL SAM IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALL PLAYER DRAFTED INTO THE NFL (VIDEO)

He believ he would now be on a roster if he’d waed to announce he’s gay. Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to appear a Canadian Football League game Friday nightAugt 10 2015 11:58 AMPopnography. The first openly gay NFL draft pick signs wh the CFL's Montreal AlouettMay 22 2015 12:51 PMPopnography.

OBAMA NGRATULAT MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER DRAFTED BY NFL

Michael Sam Was 'Pretty Damn Sure' He Liked Dus After His First Gay Experience. 'I will see if maybe I'm not gay, maybe 's a phase. Of tryg before all of that, before Sam me to terms wh who he is now as a 29-year-old man, wh his days on the field behd him, Sam said a short sentence that moved mountas: "I'm Michael Sam, I'm a football player, and I'm gay.

WHAT HAPPENED TO MICHAEL SAM? NFL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER NGRATULAT CARL NASSIB ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Sam enterg the draft procs as an openly gay man was a lm tt for acceptance of LGBTQ+ people as full people; for Ameri's most profable men's sports leagu and how ready they were for an openly gay player; for a media so eager to get the story whout the abily to really unrstand .

A prospective NFL player jt told the world that he is gay.

REMEMBERG MICHAEL SAM'S NFL, CFL REER AFTER RAIRS' CARL NASSIB ANNOUNC HE'S GAY

By 2014, felt like Ameri was overdue to have an openly gay man playg one of the big four Amerin athletic leagu, the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL.

In 2013 alone, Olympic diver Tom Daley, WNBA player Brtney Grer, soccer players Abby Wabach and Robbie Rogers were among at least 77 athlet to e out, acrdg to know, of urse, that Sam wouldn't be the only gay man Ameri's top-tier men's sports -- jt the only out one. The implitns of havg a gay or bisexual man playg at the top level of Amerin sports was not lost on anyone at the time. Erik Hall, then a grad stunt and sports reporter for the Missourian, rattled off everyone he uld rell who knew Sam was gay.