And then there was this

ABC affiliate station in Dallas, TX carried remarks by sports anchor Dale Hansen Monday night that are worth repeating.   He was responding to gay defensive star Michael Sam's coming out shortly before he will be considered in the professional football world's draft of new NFL players.

Hansen spoke about the hypocrisy in values of the NFL world when players are revered for their game performances despite horrible behavior off field:

"You beat a woman and drag her down a flight of stairs . . . kill people while driving drunk? . . . caught in hotel rooms with illegal drugs and prostitutes?. . . .  You lie to police, trying to cover up a murder? We're comfortable with that."

Having described the kind of behavior that gets excused when the player is valuable, Hansen then drove home his point about hypocrisy in the NFL:

"You love another man? Well, now you've gone too far! . . .  "I'm not always comfortable when a man tells me he's gay; I don't understand his world.  But I do understand that he's part of mine."

Now that is the kind of honesty and support from the straight world that makes all the difference in coming out now in 2014.   Maybe the NFL world is ready, after all.

Ralph