NFL adds "Sexual Orientation" to collective bargaining agreement

[firerosearien]

Pete Olsen at Wide Rights did a comparison of the collective bargaining agreements between the NFL and the NFL Players Association in 2006 and 2011. What he found was pretty cool: The addition of “sexual orientation” in the article on player security

Comments

[crystaltear]

Commenting to say I love hearing this and to add to the Jets love (though I love my Giants, too.)

[skizzylizard]

Sports is no longer a homophobic place.

That's a bold statement.

[etherealtsuki]

This. It's still a homophobic place considering the NFL still have a very much dudebro mentality all over the place. While it's great that the NFL has some protection against discrimination against LGBT, it doesn't mean that a gay player can be out in a safe environment. Out of sight personnel, kinda maybe. NFL has a lot of ties with a mainstream type of Christianity that subscribes that LGBT are abomination.

It's a step towards it but it is still very much a homophobic place. It's like declaring somewhere is a post-sexist or post-racial, that simply don't exist as long a majority's privilege does.

[angelus7988]

Seriously.

[nycscribbler]

...yeah, I'm with you on that one.

[reforzado]

that's pretty awesome!

[mdemvizi]

wohoo for the nfl! i still see it as a man place and not as welcoming toward the lgbt folk. but progress!

(go jaguars? why do i even care anymore?)

[anjak_j]

Whilst I glad that the protections are being put in place for players when it comes to sexual orientation and I applaud the NFL for this, I'll listen to comments on how sport is a less homophobic place when the big four have openly gay players come out whilst still playing, as opposed to once they've retired.