Rochesterian Bills Fan 272 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, whatdrought said: I mean, from a purely marketing stand point it makes sense that an organization with such a great track record or having openly gay players would seek to be on the cutting edge.... For instance? Remember that time that player got drafted entirely for his sexual orientation and then was made a huge focus of the offseason and training camp even though he sucked at football? Man, that equality really warmed my heart. He really didn't deserve all that pressure heaped upon him either. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RaoulDuke79 4,566 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 6 minutes ago, Rochesterian Bills Fan said: He really didn't deserve all that pressure heaped upon him either. Nope, but that's the TMZ, Twitter, Instagram culture we live in unfortunately. Link to post Share on other sites
SmokinES3 178 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 39 minutes ago, billsfanmiamioh said: what about the less intensive purposes? Doesn't make him wrong. Link to post Share on other sites
Dr.Sack 776 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 I don’t care. Nor would I care if Josh Allen wanted us to call him Joyce. No bid deal. Doesn’t concern me. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Buffalo716 5,689 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 I played with gay people Great football players. We are all human 3 Link to post Share on other sites
WotAGuy 787 Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 24 minutes ago, Dr.Sack said: I don’t care. Nor would I care if Josh Allen wanted us to call him Joyce. No bid deal. Doesn’t concern me. He looks more like a Cindy to me Link to post Share on other sites
BuffBillsForLife 195 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 I mean sure why not, but also why? I'm sure there's at least one closeted gay player in the NFL, are they trying to bait him into coming out or something for marketing purposes? Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 958 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 This should distract from the Tennessee Covid 19s... Link to post Share on other sites
CorkScrewHill 1,025 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, WotAGuy said: Isn’t this a step in the right direction though? They have to start somewhere. At least it brought to my awareness that there was a LGBTQ History Month. I had no idea this has been a thing since 1994. This stuff gets old .. why does this need attention more than one of these ... https://www.healthline.com/health/directory-awareness-months why not World Preclampsia Day; ADHD awareness (I have it .. and many youth and adults really struggle with acceptance, etc.); Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week. There are literally thousands of these. So why this one .. because political pressure. They can do whatever .. I am still watching .. but you are kidding yourself if you do not think it is political Edited October 10, 2020 by CorkScrewHill 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Billsfanatixs 74 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 When this political streaming pile comes during a game, I turn it off immediately. When its showering me with loads, I run. Never owned a slave, my family fought to free slaves and its insulting as f**k that its put into my face in any forum of any kind. BLM, REALLY? NO EFFIN S**t! Rant over 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LeviF91 1,534 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Lmao, even money says greater than 50% of NFL players would have voted for prop 8. Link to post Share on other sites
Mickey 1,055 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 LGBT folks have money too. And they spend some of it on entertainment. And their numbers are not insignificant. And they have many supportive allies. And they are not the biggest NFL fans around. Seems like it is a nice thing to do and on top of that, it would be corporate negligence to ignore so many potential new fans. Marketing-wise, the LGBT community has always been hyper-loyal to brands they perceive as being on their side. As for the grumpy grumpermeisters that are inevitably going to grump, grump, grump, their kvetching is added amusement for us all. Its a win-win situation. And if a bunch of them leave football over it, then its a win-win-win situation. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Bill from NYC 1,992 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 9 hours ago, WotAGuy said: Just wondering if it will trigger as much outrage as kneeling did. Probably not, because it’s not as easy as claiming patriotism. Are you being antgonistic for any specific reason, or just having fun? Funny, but I remember reading something about keeping politics off this board. I suppose I need clarification. It's probably me. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
SoTier 1,727 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 16 minutes ago, Mickey said: LGBT folks have money too. And they spend some of it on entertainment. And their numbers are not insignificant. And they have many supportive allies. And they are not the biggest NFL fans around. Seems like it is a nice thing to do and on top of that, it would be corporate negligence to ignore so many potential new fans. Marketing-wise, the LGBT community has always been hyper-loyal to brands they perceive as being on their side. As for the grumpy grumpermeisters that are inevitably going to grump, grump, grump, their kvetching is added amusement for us all. Its a win-win situation. And if a bunch of them leave football over it, then its a win-win-win situation. Well said. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bill from NYC 1,992 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 8 hours ago, Limeaid said: Some go to wall to read about football and other things not people complaining about "liberal agenda". Continue injecting your political view and politics. I don't believe that he started the thread. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
HOUSE 8,765 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 4 Link to post Share on other sites
FireChans 1,651 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 2 hours ago, LeviF91 said: Lmao, even money says greater than 50% of NFL players would have voted for prop 8. I mean we all know the demographics of the NFL are largely Christian, jock, white and black folks. And we all know historically, those folks LOVE the gays. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
JMF2006 1,867 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 I always go to football games looking to have a gay old time 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Coach Tuesday 5,963 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 5 hours ago, Billsfanatixs said: When this political streaming pile comes during a game, I turn it off immediately. When its showering me with loads, I run. Never owned a slave, my family fought to free slaves and its insulting as f**k that its put into my face in any forum of any kind. BLM, REALLY? NO EFFIN S**t! Rant over Phrasing! 4 Link to post Share on other sites
TheyCallMeAndy 334 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 9 hours ago, Rochesterian Bills Fan said: This is incredibly hollow considering how little the league has done to actual encourage players to be openly gay and support them. This. NFL uses these causes as money grabs. That said, it’s better than no support (still waiting on domestic violence awareness month). Maybe this is step one in league wide support of openly LGBTQ players, coaches, and personnel . Link to post Share on other sites
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