After he intercepted the Denver Broncos' pass, defensive end Carl Nassib celebrates with his Raiders teammates. This was in Las Vegas on November 15, 2020. Getty ImagesGay people are much more common than football. The NFL should not be surprised that gay has been embraced by the league after a few brief periods of pretending to care about social and racial justice and breast cancer prevention.AdvertisementFootball is homosexual.This is the NFL's latest video supporting the LGBTQ community. It was made after Raiders defensive player Carl Nassib, who came out as being openly gay, appeared in the NFL's latest video. Now, the NFL claims that football is for everyone, gay, lesbians, queer, bisexual and transgender. This is despite it being a game created over 150 years ago by college students.This spot celebrates Pride and highlights the importance of inclusion. According to Tim Ellis, chief marketing officer of the NFL, it is crucial that we speak up and use the NFL platform for positive change. This includes supporting our players and their beliefs, Outsports.com reported.Tim, is that true?It's like this movie has been seen before. The one where the NFL retroactively pretends it cares about an issue it has ignored for years and then suddenly releases a video as though it is some instant antidote. If I remember correctly, Michael Sam did not get a video in support of his case. He was drafted by the Rams with the 249th pick of their 256 total selections. Sam, a Missouri All-American senior year, shared the SEC Defensive Players of the Year Award along with Alabama's C.J. Mosley. Except for Sam, every player who has won this award since 2002 was a high-drafted pick.We watched last fall as the NFL inscribed It takes all of you and End racism into their end zones. Even though Washington's name was changed from a racial slur to a football team, Kansas City still has a racist name and Colin Kaepernick continues to be blackballed, it was almost an act by God.Kaep, I wish we had listened to you earlier to what your kneeling was about and what it was you wanted to draw attention to, Goodell stated in August. We had invited him several times to have the discussion, to have the dialog. We never had that opportunity. That would have been a huge benefit to us.AdvertisementThe league released a video about what it takes to end racism, putting the burden of fixing a problem that we didn't create on Black people.This fake wokeness about problems is the NFL's favorite play to run. In 2015, DeAngelo Wilkins was forbidden from wearing pink during the season in honor of his mother, who had been diagnosed with breast cancer the previous year. Pink merchandise is sold by the league during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Williams' request was not compatible with their business model and marketing strategies.AdvertisementJohn McCain and Jeff Flake found that $53 million was spent by the Department of Defense on patriotic displays at sporting events. This included more than $10 million to teams in the NFL and MLB. The NFL was also one of the largest participants in the Pay for Patriotism scandal.AdvertisementIt is encouraging that Carl Nassib's sexuality announcement has not been a major news story. This should be celebrated and respected. It is frustrating to see the NFL's insincerity on important topics. You have to be incredibly bold to realize that football, like all other sports, isn't just for straight people in 2021.
