This article is the opinion of contributor Ryan Marple
It has been a week since offensive remarks were made by San Francisco CB Chris Culliver at Media Day. For those of you who didn't hear the quotes, Culliver was asked if he would welcome a gay teammate. His response, "I don't do the gay guys. I don't do that. We don't have any gay guys on the team. They gotta get up outta here if they do. Can't be with that sweet stuff. Yeah, come out 10 years later after that,” Culliver said.
I, like most, find these comments completely unacceptable. Since these statements, the 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh and Culliver himself have since come out to “clarify” his original statement, Unfortunately, the clarifications were almost as hilariously bad as the original! Culliver’s apology was a joke, and the way he conducted himself in the apologetic press conference gave me no reason to believe him.
What he specifically said was, “"The derogatory commen...
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I'll expect all you gay lovers to agree to this,I won't complain about gays in the locker room with me when I get to share a locker room with the women. Seems only rational and as fair as the other guy checking out my junk in the showers!Give me a break. He meant what he said and I don't blame him. Maybe the real tragesty here is the way he enunciates his words after being handed a free college degree for being an athelete while our taxes help finance the schools!
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February 08, 2013
