Certainly not me, nor would I be interested in doing so.Dr Zaius wrote:Maybe he was unsure or confused. Maybe he was worried how his friends and family would react. Maybe he couldn't face the media pressure. Who is anybody to judge whether Ian Thorpe should or shouldn't come out.
'I'm Gay' Ian Thorpe tells Parkinson
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I couldn't give a single hoot about this story.
"Man confirms sexuality" - Yawn
"Man confirms sexuality" - Yawn
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For someone who was reportedly in a bad financial situation not a bad way to earn some quick cash, $400k if reports are to believed.
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I don't think he was conflicted, he's been obviously gay to anyone with half an operative gaydar since he became an adult. I reckon he just didn't want to be a posterboy, just wanted to live his life. The denials were unnecessary and he could've adopted what Peter Fitzsimons today memorably called the Alan Jones Nuclear Warships policy of "neither confirm or deny". That part of the article is no longer on the Herald's website (for some reason!) but the article is still pretty good. http://www.smh.com.au/sport/swimming/ia ... zt5rm.html
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Haha, yeah good call. Warney coming out would peak my interestsBJ wrote:Maybe if shane warne came out and said he was gay, I would be briefly interested and surprised in a Sportsmans sexuality, but it would be nice to live in a society where this wasn't big news.
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Is the Courier mail the most pathetic news outlet in the history of print media?
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'I'm Gay' Ian Thorpe tells Parkinson
DT not far behind..
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Agree - what sort of paper deems "Classroom Brides" front page worthy.
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Thorpey is out but he doesn't seem particularly proud, I hope he has good people around him.
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couldn't care less about the individual, but the more athletes that come out, the better IMO.
Just putting this into context there's about 60+ adult players contracted to each of the 16 NRL clubs when you count reserve, NYC and first grade. were probably talking 1000 plus players and afaik not one of them is openly gay. everyone rolls out the it's 2014 stuff, but in pro sport it's definitely not.
And that's without even touching on the Michael Craig situation in the NFL.
Just putting this into context there's about 60+ adult players contracted to each of the 16 NRL clubs when you count reserve, NYC and first grade. were probably talking 1000 plus players and afaik not one of them is openly gay. everyone rolls out the it's 2014 stuff, but in pro sport it's definitely not.
And that's without even touching on the Michael Craig situation in the NFL.
well, I guess you could say that I'm buy curious.
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You mean Michael Sam?
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Hahah. Those guys with first names as last names, it all gets confusing.
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On sportsbet
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HahahahaManbush wrote:On sportsbet
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no **** way
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H ah I knew I had that name wrong but changing tabs on the iPad tends to delete what I've written.PrimetimeRaider wrote:You mean Michael Sam?
well, I guess you could say that I'm buy curious.
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I'm not sure the Michael Sam situation is in need of being touched on.
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Sure you did mate.julian87 wrote:H ah I knew I had that name wrong but changing tabs on the iPad tends to delete what I've written.PrimetimeRaider wrote:You mean Michael Sam?