If a midlevel player came out, commentators would speculate as to exactly how much being closeted had held them back, whether they could've been truly great "if only," and whether all of them mean it or not, some at least will purposefully phrase it as "if only he were straight."
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I don't have much else to say, except that, whoever eventually comes out first is gonna be entitled to a whole heap of "fuck you, I want this" about it. Because if they're going to be unfairly criticised no matter what, then why even try to be polite about it?
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ANYWAY. We now return you to your regularly scheduled Thursday. Also the Blackhawks logo is racist and the Bruins suck.
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ONE FINAL TWEET, because I missed it out before: there's also a double burden on any queer POC players because the league is so goddamn white. To be one of only a handful of black players AND the first out player? That's gonna involve even more extra bullshit, and it sucks.
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For "hockey" insert "US sports" b/c Aaron Hernandez was sure it was better to be a murderer than an out NFL player. SMH
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