[Bruce Wang]

While Sam may drop because of this, I think he has improved his chances of going to a well run organization.

If Sam pulls that off, we might see more of this kind of response from draft prospects:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRtXfUz_Q5w

A couple more serious thoughts:

1. I had thought we'd see an openly gay active D-1 college player before the NFL.  What's remarkable is that his teammates respected his desire to keep it quiet.  Kudos to the Missouri football family on that front.

2. I had thought Stanford would be the first school to have an openly gay player.  Then again maybe there have been some and those of us outside the locker room just don't know.  And it wouldn't have been as ground breaking because it's Stanford.  Missouri is in the SEC and a former member of the Big-12, and in the Midwest.

[Bruce Wang]

While Sam may drop because of this, I think he has improved his chances of going to a well run organization.

If Sam pulls that off, we might see more of this kind of response from draft prospects:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRtXfUz_Q5w

A couple more serious thoughts:

1. I had thought we'd see an openly gay active D-1 college player before the NFL.  What's remarkable is that his teammates respected his desire to keep it quiet.  Kudos to the Missouri football family on that front.

2. I had thought Stanford would be the first school to have an openly gay player.  Then again maybe there have been some and those of us outside the locker room just don't know.  And it wouldn't have been as ground breaking because it's Stanford.  Missouri is in the SEC and a former member of the Big-12, and in the Midwest.