San Jose’s Gordon Gets Three-Game Ban for Anti-Gay Slur
This article from the New York Times describes a soccer player from San Jose who was caught on camera saying a homophobic slur to another soccer player during a match. This is not the first time this has happened. Multiple times throughout history, sports have been plagued with the insults and looking down upon other human beings being homosexual. As a result, the player has been suspended and instructed to attend mandatory sensitivity training. This has been the consequence in many sports. I feel that this is not even close to what the outcome should be when an offense like this happens. The sports world still has yet to have an "out" player and to still stand strong and tall in the sports world. Society claims to be okay with everything but no one has stepped forward and with the more homophobic slurs that are used; the worse chance someone has to step forward and come out. When will society learn that it is not wrong to be gay? When will society learn that it should be accepted and that it does not change the person they are? This is only one "accident" in soccer but this has happened in baseball, basketball, football, and various other sports. The world of sports is in dyer need of a gay superstar so that the sports world can open their mind and eyes to the changing times.
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