[judgementday]

You guys are right - BUT - I truly do not believe that this was Sam trying to make a "political platform" about it. Look, they guy came out and beat the media. Even so, the Media has made it the NUMBER ONE STORY! You can bet you that the media is EXTREMELY disappointed that they did not get to make the the SHOCKER story of him getting drafted and then making the "HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT". The media wanted to make this a Ringling Brothers Circus event, and they still will, but the luster of "Shock Factor" has been spoiled for them.

It was said that the breaking story was going to be published during the combines, thus the ignorant media couldn't even wait to let Sam get drafted first to get the most value out of this story. Thus, Sam "Came out of the Closet" before the media could spin the story for pure shock value.

So, regardless of what his sexual orientation is, he did do the right thing of getting ahead of this before the combine. Let's face it, it will be "A" story at the combine, but think about what this would have been had it happened during the combine or the draft? Smart move making the announcement ahead of time.

We can all say, "so what", or "who cares what you do behind closed doors", but you all know that is NOT WHAT THE MEDIA THINKS!!!

You probably are right but if he wasn't trying to be on some sort of platform then why didn't he come out during college? or after high school before going to college?