# Top college football prospect \[Michael Sam\] comes out **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 10, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-college-football-prospect-michael-sam-comes-out/680939 "2014-02-10T02:31:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 227
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-college-football-prospect-michael-sam-comes-out/680939/227 "2014-05-11T23:09:11Z")
The way this happened is just how a devoted conspiracy theorist, er, public relations professional, would have had it happen, isn’t it? The NFL avoids any criticism for being unwilling to draft a gay, but he’s only a 7th round pick so the Rams can cut him while legitimately claiming he just wasn’t that good and they have a lot of depth at DE anyway. They didn’t have to waste a pick that normally brings value. And, if he really is good enough to play in the NFL, they get a good player for 7th round money for their troubles. A number of other too-small, too-slow DL’s with less of a resume than Sam were drafted ahead of him, FWIW. Why the Rams, though? They’re the closest to being a hometown team for him, and they’re used to cheering for him in Missouri already. This has got to be less of a story there than anywhere else. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-college-football-prospect-michael-sam-comes-out/680939)._