The world will not be able to change if people such as Davis, and others like him, have to live in fear of rejection simply because they are different from other people.
However, the preceding quotation from Davis illustrates what is actually at the heart of the issue of social change represented by the NFL and sports in general in terms of tolerance and embracing diversity. The NFL is actually one of the modern incantations of ancient European gladiator sports. As such, there is a sense of hyper-masculinity that pervades it, whether one is examining the players, the nature of the game itself, or even the environments and surroundings in which the sport is watched and enjoyed. It is this degree of masculinity that makes coming out so difficult for NFL players (as well as the fact that players routinely see one another naked in locker rooms). And it is just because of this degree of masculinity that the NFL is the perfect organization to show that if diversity is willingly practiced here, it can be so virtually anywhere in America.
Thus, it certainly appears that the NFL is making progress -- both in terms of practicing diversity and tolerance within its own ranks as well as providing a viable model for the rest of the country to do so as well. One...
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