I don't mean to you, but do you think there would be a huge negative backlash if there was a openly gay NFL player (that was curently playing)?

I don't know if there is but I was watching the Law and Order SVU about the NFL player who was outed when his secret lover was murdered.

No i wouldn't think twice really. A person is a person. I don't think it would matter. (although some will have their opinions).

Little to no I would hope, maybe some mild backlash for the homophobes out there but I'd hope they'd all be mature adults.

Quoting Sarah Bare-ah♡:" Little to no I would hope, maybe some mild backlash for the homophobes out there but I'd hope they'd all be mature adults."

Saw a thing on ESPN a player made a big stink about gay players  

I wouldn't care but I can totally see it being a big deal in the media and maybe on the team cause of the locker room and such. Idk. It's hard to say.

I highly doubt that currently, everyone playing in the NFL is heterosexual. There must be at least a few bisexual and homosexual players.

With that being said, if there wasn't a fear of backlash, we would know who they were.

Unfortunately smurf is still backwards and there are way too many homophobes out there. I can see many of them being NFL fans.

Quoting Salad Fingers:" I highly doubt that currently, everyone playing in the NFL is heterosexual. There must be at least a ... [snip!] ... Unfortunately smurf is still backwards and there are way too many homophobes out there. I can see many of them being NFL fans."

I agree, statistically speaking, there would have to be a couple gay NFL players, well more than a couple  

I could never see them coming out, as long as they are still active, once they retired yes I could see it happening.

I do have my suspicions about at least one NFL player, that is active

There would be huge backlash. Not from me though.

I know there were a few who went public and I don't remember any backlash from the teams or the players, but some from the dipsmurf fans.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Sweet Little Lies:</b>" I know there were a few who went public and I don't remember any backlash from the teams or the players, but some from the dipsmurf fans."</blockquote>



The players really can't backlash, they have an image to maintain. I'm sure some of them had their opinions.

Quoting LEGENDARY JAS ♥:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Sweet Little Lies:</b>" I know there were a few who went public ... [snip!] ... The players really can't backlash, they have an image to maintain. I'm sure some of them had their opinions."

Oh definitely. I can imagine some of them were truly against it.

I can't link from my phone but this is how one player feels, even though he later retracted it   http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl--report--niners-cb-says-openly-gay-players-would-not-be-welcomed-on-the-team-190346715.html