Michael Sam Wishes He Hadn’t Come Out Publicly

Michael Sam admitted that while he has no regrets, he wishes he hadn’t come out of the closet so publicly, and just kept it between him and his teammates.

There is speculation as to whether or not he would be on a NFL team if he remained closeted. “If I had it my way, I never would have done it the way I did, never would have told it the way I did,” said Sam in his GQ article.

‘I would have done the same thing I did at Mizzou — which was to tell my team and my coaches and leave it at that.

‘But the recruiters knew, and reporters knew, and they talked to each other, and it got out. If I didn’t have the year I did, nobody would have cared. But I have no regrets. Some people can argue that I had the potential to go higher in the draft. But I think everything happens for a reason.’

Sam was drafted by the St. Louis Rams, but was later cut and picked up by the Dallas Cowboys practice squad, and was let go after a couple months

‘In St. Louis, they welcomed me, but I felt they were just putting smiles on their faces,’ he said.

‘It was because they didn’t know my future. It was almost like the situation with a stray dog — you don’t want to get too close. In Dallas, they were more welcoming.’

Sam isn’t losing hope. He is going to continue trying to further his football career and said, “…I think everything happens for a reason. It looks good to see me in the position I’m in now, because I can show the world how good I am and rise up the ranks. I’m at the bottom now. I can rise up, show I’m a football player. Not anything else. Just a football player.” [H/T GayStarNews]