Can't Lead

 

This NBA player coming out as being gay is not an issue of equality, but one of his inflated ego. Jason Collins wanted to let the whole world know what he got away with. The man managed to last twelve years in the league in spite of putting up less than impressive numbers throughout his career. Usually once a person comes out it's usually not a surprise to people who already know them. Now that I notice Jason Collins, that notion still holds true. I bet all his former teammates already knew his secret. Collins hasn't  been undercover all that time. He hasn't been in this league for twelve years on six different teams and nobody knew about him  He hasn't even been overseas.

This guy was like a hot potato. The movement has been waiting for a sacrificial lamb like him to come along for quite some time. This players' career is over now. Twelve years is a long time. Nobody is willing to put their career on the line. None of the franchises wanted to get caught with him on their team. They didn't want to be accused of discrimination against gays . Everyone is coming forward congratulating him for his courage after the fact. It might have been courageous if he had confessed eleven years ago.

For one I don't appreciate the civil rights struggle being compared to that of homosexuals. According to his twin brother he just revealed his sexuality to him last year. And they supposedly talk a couple of times a day. I'm not sure I believe him either. How did Jason pull that off unless he was a down low brother? He should have listened to his old fashioned grandmother back in Louisiana.  She appears to be the wise one. You can;t lead from underneath or behind.