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WE COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF YOUR
COURAGE BOTH ON AND OFF THE
FIELD.
SIGNED MO.
THAT MEANS MICHELLE OBAMA.
MICHAEL SAYS HE WANTS TO PLAY
FOOTBALL, PRO FOOTBALL AND HE
WANTS TO BE DRAFTED AND LIKE
EVERY OTHER PLAYER, HE WANTS TO
BE DRAFTED HIGH.
THERE IS A SERIOUS QUESTION NOW
THAT SINCE THIS NEWS CAME OUT
OVERNIGHT THAT HIS DRAFT STOCK
HAS FALLEN.
"SPORTS ILLUSTRATED" SPOKE TO A
NUMBER OF THOSE IN NFL.
CBSSPORTS.COM HAS HIM LISTED
LOWER THAN THEY DID BEFORE.
HAS HE MADE HIS SITUATION WORSE
IN TERMS OF THE NFL DRAFT.
>> THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
THESE FRONT OFFICE PEOPLE THAT
SAY THAT THE TEAM MIGHT BE
SOMEHOW HARMED BY HIM, TOO MUCH
OF A DISTRACTION OR MEDIA
CIRCUS.
EVERY NFL TEAM IS TRYING TO GET
TO THE BIGGEST MEDIA CIRCUS IN
THE WORD, THE SUPER BOWL.
IF A FRONT OFFICE EXECUTIVE
CANNOT FIGURE OUT HOW TOO KEEP
THE TEAM FOCUSED AROUND A FEW
EXTRA CAMERAS AND SOME QUESTIONS
ABOUT SOMEONE'S ***
ORIENTATION, THEY SHOULD RESIGN.
IT IS TOTALLY ABSURD THAT A
FRONT OFFICE EXECUTIVE WOULD
POINT TO SOMEBODY'S ***
ORIENTATION AND SAY, THAT COULD
UNRAVEL A TEAM, THAT'S THE CASE.
THE TEAM HAS THE WRONG
LEADERSHIP.
I GUARANTEE YOU.
THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS, NEW
YORK GIANTS, BALTIMORE RAVENS,
THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ers, THE
MODEL FRANCHISES, ARE NOT
THINKING THAT.
>> THEY ARE MAKING HIM REGRET
THE FACT THAT HE PASSED ON HIM.
>> HE IS A BEAST ON THE FIELD
AND A LEADER.
THE GUYS SPEAK IN GLOWING TERMS
WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT HIM.
HOW FAR AWAY DO YOU THINK WE ARE
WHEN WE CAN JUST CALL MICHAEL
SAM A GREAT FOOTBALL PLAYER AND
NOT AN OPENLY GAY FOOTBALL
PLAYER.
>> WHAT IT IS GOING TO COME DOWN
TO IS PERFORMANCE?
>> AS LONG AS HE IS PERFORMING,
THE WHOLE GAY THING IS GOING TO
GO AWAY AND HE IS JUST GOING TO
BE AN ATHLETE.
>> I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
DAY WE SEE THESE PEOPLE JUST AS