Who Gets To Be An Openly Gay Athlete?
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast
WNYC Studios
4.4 • 677 Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2021
⏱️ 19 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Brian Lerer. This is my daily politics podcast from WNYC Studios. It's Wednesday, June 23rd. |
| 0:14.4 | A Pride Month shocker from the world of professional football. Did you hear the news that Carl Nassib, NFL player for the Las Vegas Raiders, |
| 0:24.0 | who is now the first openly gay, active professional football player, did come out. |
| 0:30.9 | He took to his Instagram on Monday to announce he, quote, |
| 0:34.1 | finally feels comfortable, unquote, to come out publicly and, quote, representation and |
| 0:39.3 | visibility are so important, he wrote. |
| 0:42.8 | Joining us to discuss this monumental moment for the NFL are Jane McManus, director of Marist's |
| 0:48.4 | Center for Sports Communication and Deadspin sports columnist, and Jeff Ruter, national reporter for The Athletic. |
| 0:56.3 | Welcome back, Jane, and welcome to WNYC. |
| 0:59.1 | Jeff, thank you for joining us. |
| 1:01.1 | Oh, so far we only have Jeff. |
| 1:02.4 | So, Jeff, hi. |
| 1:03.9 | Hi, yeah, thanks for having me. |
| 1:06.1 | Jeff, for those who don't follow the NFL closely, who is this player? |
| 1:13.5 | Yeah, Carl Nassiv is a defensive lineman. He was a former Big Ten defender of the year played for the Penn State Nittany Lions, |
| 1:18.3 | and he is an established player. And I think that that's something that differentiate Carl |
| 1:22.9 | coming out compared to a couple of other former young American football players such as Michael |
| 1:30.5 | Sam who came out before the NFL draft in 2014 and then R.K. Russell, who came out after |
| 1:37.2 | he had essentially retired or been unable to find a new team just a couple of years ago. |
| 1:42.9 | He is a player who is, I mean, he is seen as an established presence within the league. |
| 1:47.9 | He's a veteran of the league. |
| 1:48.9 | He's played for a few different teams. |
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