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Kudos to St. Louis Rams head coach Jeff Fisher

Regardless of whether or not Michael Sam plays for the St. Louis Rams this year, I have to give kudos to Rams head coach Jeff Fisher for coming to Sam's defense in light of ESPN's ridiculous report about the rookie's showering habits.

With regard to this report, Fisher said: "I'm extremely disappointed in her (Josina Anderson) piece. I think it's unethical. I think it's very, very unprofessional. Not only the piece itself, the content. The manner in which [Josina Anderson] did it."

He added:

"Obviously she [Josina Anderson] came in, in all likelihood to see if there was gonna be a roster move at the 75 cutdown as it relates to Mike Sam. That didn't happen. But she needed to do something, and it's my understanding that she manufactured this story. She was out of line because she went and contacted several players on their personal time. Misled them with questions and then put this piece together."

I give Fisher a lot of credit for calling out ESPN and Josina Anderson on this egregious report. While it may make for a great story to report on the potential first openly gay player to play in an NFL game, it's highly ironic that while the LGBT community is continually trying to attain equal rights and ESPN likely feels they're doing everything to help the cause with their constant reports about Sam, they haven't inquired about any other player's showering habits and are therefore doing anything but treating Sam equally. So, once again, kudos to Jeff Fisher for calling them out on this.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/28/jeff-fisher-espn-shower-michael-sam_n_5728912.html

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