Reply With Quote1) Is this a big story?
Yes -- Like it or not, sports are one place where people of disparate opinions are forced to come together.
No -- Sports are sports, and we shouldn't look to them to influence or address social issues.
2) Will Swoopes' announcement prompt more athletes to come out?
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No
3) Are you surprised an athlete of Swoopes' stature came out while still active?
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4) Does Swoopes' announcement change your opinion of her?
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5) Will Swoopes' announcement make her any less marketable?
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6) What impact will Swoopes' announcement have on women's basketball?
Mostly positive
Mostly neutral
Mostly negative
7) Are sports fans more tolerant of openly gay female athletes than male athletes?
Yes
No
8) Would it bother you if the star of your favorite team came out?
Yes
No
9) How long will it be until a star player in the NBA, NFL, NHL or MLB comes out?
Within a year or two
Within five years
Within 10 years
More than 10 years
10) How would you rate the tolerance of sports fans compared to the general public?
Much more tolerant
Slightly more tolerant
About the same
Slightly less tolerant
Much less tolerant
Sheryl Swoopes
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Thread: Sheryl Swoopes
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11-03-2005, 11:04 PM #1Senior Member ELITE MEMBER
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Sheryl Swoopes
.Sheryl Swoopes has been one of the best, and most marketable, basketball players in the world for more than a decade, recently winning WNBA MVP honors at age 34 after averaging 18.6 points and 4.3 assists per game for the Houston Comets. But according to Swoopes, all that success came with a steep price when she had to keep secret the fact that she is gay.
That ended when Swoopes came out in an interview with ESPN the Magazine, but is the story just beginning?
What does it mean that Swoopes became the first superstar in American pro team sports to come out? Are sports a melting pot of ideas, or should this be a non-story? Will other athletes follow Swoopes' lead, and what about her assertion that male athletes may feel they have more to lose by coming out?
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11-03-2005, 11:09 PM #3You Lack Intensity!!!! ELITE MEMBER
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alls I gots to say is... Shocking!!!
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11-03-2005, 11:11 PM #4On a Mission! ELITE MEMBER
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When I saw the story it just reminded me that women's basketball, even at the highest level, is unwatchable.
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11-03-2005, 11:58 PM #6Is Doin It 4 Da Shorteez
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what is the WNBA ?
I train differently than most, my beef is with gravity the weights on the bar are just the medium...Thanks to Wall Street your slice of the American Pie has been reduced to a crumb.
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11-04-2005, 12:05 AM #7Back from the dead
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I have watched a total of 30 seconds of WNBA in my life, and it wasn't on purpose either.
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she is gay?????
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11-04-2005, 07:26 AM #9Metrosexual ELITE MEMBER
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Originally Posted by boilermaker
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You did, you took the time to read it and then gave your usual two word quote. Originally Posted by musclepump
Though I must admit it's better than a post whore saying I See all the time.
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That must be one interesting locker room. Originally Posted by ForemanRules
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yes
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no- a female is more accepted
no- great athlete whos choices in personal life i dont agree with.(whats new)
yes- you wont find her on a wheaties box anytime soon
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yes
10yrs
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11-04-2005, 10:14 PM #13GO GET IT!
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anyone else notice how she mentioned the many male athletes who have yet to come out of the closet... hmmmm....
also, shes a bad ass in my book. few female athletes have a shoe named after them. not to mention the fact that she juggled a family (and a girlfriend apparantely), came back in amazing shape after having a baby, and did it all as a professional making far from the salary of male professional athletes...
mino, sorry i didnt follow your structured, bolded questionairre... i tend to not follow directions.
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No problem at all.
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