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[skinsfaninok]

rhodes being gay has to be the reason teams aren't signing him

[diehardskin2982]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

rhodes being gay has to be the reason teams aren't signing him

It would be really messed up if it was. Teams not signing a proven vet, who had a good year last year ( 58 tackles and 4 ints). Seems very odd.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by diehardskin2982

It would be really messed if it was. Teams not signing a proven vet, who had a good year last year ( 58 tackles and 4 ints). Seems very odd.

Even though his money demands are the real reason most likely, the reason of not getting a job if he were openly gay would not be odd at all.

Besides the possibility of a few players not wanting a gay teammate, the real issue here is teams not wanting the crazy media circus that a gay NFL player would bring to town. Jason Collins is a scrub who can barely make an NBA team and averages more fouls per game than points per game and we had to hear about him every day for 3 months including the President calling him a "hero" for having sex with men. It has less to do with his lifestyle and more to do with the crapstorm of attention and distractions that would come with him.

I don't want that distraction. It will be worse than if we signed Tim Tebow.

The media ruins more careers than it helps and Rhodes is another victim. If the media's world wouldn't stop because of non-stories like a player's sexual orientation, their religious beliefs or their supermodel girlfriends...teams would not have to consider the rabid packs of drooling reporters when picking talent for their rosters.

I'd love to have Rhodes on this team as a player...but I don't want the gay media parade that will come with him if it's true. I don't care either way, just stop Dez Bryant and pick off Eli Manning a couple of times and you're good with me as a Redskin. Oh yeah, and don't do drugs, drive drunk and avoid raping and murdering people. Who you sleep with doesn't matter to me, but sadly, the media is obsessed with it.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

rhodes being gay has to be the reason teams aren't signing him

Not at all. He won't take a pay cut, that's the main reason why teams won't sign him. Cardinals tried to bring him back on multiple occasions. He said no every time

[The Goat]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Not at all. He won't take a pay cut, that's the main reason why teams won't sign him. Cardinals tried to bring him back on multiple occasions. He said no every time

How unrealistic is his contract expectation?

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by The Goat

How unrealistic is his contract expectation?

I mean last I heard he turned down a 1 year, $3 million deal from the Cardinals. This after he rejected 1 year, $2 million.

You know how many DBs are playing on one year deals for much less than $2 million? A lot

[diehardskin2982]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Not at all. He won't take a pay cut, that's the main reason why teams won't sign him. Cardinals tried to bring him back on multiple occasions. He said no every time

Thanks for the inside knowledge.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by diehardskin2982

Thanks for the inside knowledge.

Sure, but it's not really inside knowledge. It's been reported. However, one entity, I believe it was Deadspin, ran with this "maybe it's because people think he's gay so that's why he's not getting signed" theory and others piggy backed off of that.