ESPN appears to have a rather bad track record when it comes to their NFL man-crushes. First there was Tim Tebow. During his year as the starting quarterback of the Denver Broncos, ESPN couldn't get enough of him. It even reached a point when I felt ESPN should change their name to ETPN, with "Tebow" replacing "Sports." Oddly enough, the former Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback has played in less NFL games than I've played games on the Atari (and no, I've never owned one). Then came Johnny Manziel, and while the rookie quarterback will likely start at some point in his career for the Cleveland Browns, he'll be riding the bench to at least start this season. Michael Sam is the latest man-crush for ESPN. Unfortunately for him, he didn't make the St. Louis Rams' 53-man roster and failed to make their 10-man practice squad as well.
In light of this bit of news, Ross Tucker of the NBC Sports Network tweeted, "Michael Sam performed much better than most expected and still isn't even on a practice squad?"
Buffalo Bills center Eric Wood then responded, "blame that on espn. No one wants the distraction"
Oddly enough, I wonder if Wood has a point, and it would quite sad if that were indeed the case. How ironic it would be that ESPN obsesses over a player and his story to the point when a team won't sign him because they want to avoid ESPN obsessing over this player and his story. ESPN would be, in essence, talking about the potential first openly gay player to play in the NFL to such an extent, they would prevent the first openly gay player from playing in the NFL.
Like Ross Tucker said, though, Sam did perform quite well in the pre-season, so hopefully another team gives him a chance, despite ESPN's obsession.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/01/michael-sam-espn-eric-wood_n_5749774.html
In light of this bit of news, Ross Tucker of the NBC Sports Network tweeted, "Michael Sam performed much better than most expected and still isn't even on a practice squad?"
Buffalo Bills center Eric Wood then responded, "blame that on espn. No one wants the distraction"
Oddly enough, I wonder if Wood has a point, and it would quite sad if that were indeed the case. How ironic it would be that ESPN obsesses over a player and his story to the point when a team won't sign him because they want to avoid ESPN obsessing over this player and his story. ESPN would be, in essence, talking about the potential first openly gay player to play in the NFL to such an extent, they would prevent the first openly gay player from playing in the NFL.
Like Ross Tucker said, though, Sam did perform quite well in the pre-season, so hopefully another team gives him a chance, despite ESPN's obsession.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/01/michael-sam-espn-eric-wood_n_5749774.html
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