Now if Ovie gets death threats or his job is in jeopardy over rumors he should sue the hell outta that joke for libel. I know he wishin he never wasted his time with that trash. IT’S A RELATIONSHIP, THEY DON’T ALWAYS WORK OUT! Grow up, have some integrity and dignity, and move around.

And that’s if it’s even true.

Oh, puhleeeeeze! Give me a break. Yes, we the gay community have nothing better to do than gossip about which hunky athlete likes boys. Yes, that’s all we do, all day long – well, between shopping for high end fashion, redecorating our straight friends and families hopelessly tacky houses, and determining life altering matters like whether its time to bring back polka-dots.

I swear, if there’s not a person adding their two cents that they’re 100% sure Ovie’s not gay [No. 98 · BillG], then there are these little rants about how the gay community needs to “get past” something or other.

It’s gossip. And it always has been and always will be HUGE business.

So Puh-leez. Save it. Get off that pedestal before you fall and hurt yourself. It’s quite unstable you know.

This is just really childish shite, and all it does is make the gay community look bad. Are we still that HS that we need to talk about people this way?

What kind of message does this send to guys who are questioning? If I were still in that place, I would probably think twice about exploring for fear that some jilted fag might pop up later and make a mess of my life. So sad. I really thought the gay community was moving past this.

Am still waiting for a still-active pro-golfer, tennis guy, hockey player or olympic swimmer to come out — without being outed, preferably.

Outsports is waiting for the stories to be confirmed, which is fair, in the event that the stories are false.

Unless it is a publicity stunt by the website, I couldn’t see any other incentive for the ex, assuming the person is who they say they are (could have made money by revealing on a more accredited / gossip website).

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Angry, vindictive jilted lover exposing NFL player — ($$ appearances fees minus unknown possible medical expenses $$)

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It is time for a little humor to move away from the senseless allegations of this lost (and dumped) queen.

I agree. I bristled at the “gay nazi” term as well but ignored it. And how many times do you have to say it in one post? It screams of someone saddled with issues over their own identity, lashing out of those who are quite comfortable with who they are.

As far as closeted/DL guys claiming to like women … LMAO. You nailed it!

I find it interesting that the community is supposed to take the word of every closeted celeb, preacher etc… when they say that they really love women, just slipped up once etc… Until the bisexual community admits that claiming to be bi or claiming to have a girlfriend but being “Curious”, is a baby step out of the clset for a huge percentage of gay men, they will continue to sound silly on these posts.
Gee, this guy claims to date women….well he WOULD wouldn’t he? That would be a great way to defend against this kind of publicity. If he was TRULY attracted to women, why mess up his career prospects by continuing to see the guy etc…. But no, instead of just relaxing, the typical angry bi’s come on here, freak out and start calling the gays “Nazi’s”. Nice hyperbole fools.

I am not really into men who are closeted but this is one case where I see the accuser was the type who can not accept something is OVER and place the blame on her. As in case closed. Discussion over.

Ovie was nice enough to offer this queen money to live off of. She could have started a business where she could have employed gay men or just put the money in the bank. But oh no, not her. Not Ms. Drama. I would not be surprised, since it has been two years, her motive is pure financial. Many of those out there in the unemployment line and working part-time at $8 per hour jobs with $1000 per month after tax dollars to come up just to pay rent know how tough it is. Who’s to say her situation is not now the same?

I hope this blows over today or by Wednesday and this girl had the good sense to buy the Sunday paper for the classified section (jobs). Girl has had her 3 seconds of fame and needs to get on with her life. How many of us out there still kick our selves now for not buy stock in Google when it sold for $70 per share and since then has sold as high as $800? You think she ain’t thinking the same way?? Hindsight makes people do desperate things like this.

To the cynics saying it’s not true. Perhaps. But if the ex is smart and playing this like poker, he wouldn’t be dumb enough to turn over all his cards yet. Could get interesting.

- And what’s your rationale for that?

@ no 82 CHITOWN KEV

- I agree, he’ll get attention no matter what color he is. But as for the gay blogs, an anti-gay, holier-than-thou Irish Cougar cheating on her husband with a boy trumps this story big time. lol

It’s not the black or the white of it…

A $20 million contract and he ain’t bad looking. Oh, he’ll get attention no matter what his color is…or what color the attention payer is…

Normally I wouldn’t be celebrating the forced outing of an athlete, but from what this guy is saying, Ovie’s a real dick.

It’s ok. Some white racist gays just can’t help themselves.”

pretty much sums up my thoughts on the previous comments. i don’t mean to get off topic but i’ll never understand how SOME gays can be so rude when it comes to racial topics, not just blacks but every minority. it’s just stupid.

anyways i hope this story if false and just a rumor. any sort of outing is plain wrong.

Because there is no policy, unlike the military that requires football players to be closeted. Instead, it is the aggregate culture of the people who play the sport and the sports’ fans that keep people closeted. In 21 states, NFL employees are protected form discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, so football players in that state legally would have recourse from discrimination. The issue is with the culture of the sport, not the policies.

Just going by what was say in the article, someone tried to payoff someone elses silence (could have been cash could have been an NDA in the envelop its irrelivant). What peeves me off the most is when someone decides that they don’t want to be accountable for their own actions and that they have so little trust the people around them that they want to payoff their silence.

I don’t believe in outing people but damn anyone who thinks they can throw money at undesirable things to make them dissapear gets what they deserve tenfold.

Honestly, whether it is true or not, I feel VERY sorry for Ovie. I met him once at a dinner where he was the guest speaker — promoting the NFL Play60 program that works to get playgrounds into schools that can’t afford them. He was VERY well-spoken and seem VERY sincere.

I’ve also met with his Foundation Director. His non-profit Foundation was founded to help deserving children. And his Summer Camp is an amazing program for children — he got many of his fellow atheletes to help teach the children about football and also life skills. The Camp also had a focus on ‘green’ issues, teaching the children about ecology and the environment.

Now, because of one mud-slinging, self-centered ‘queen’ with an attitude and a desire for her 15-minutes-of-fame — so many others will be hurt. Can you imagine the damage that will be done to Ovie’s Foundation and the incredible work it has been doing?

No matter how “accepting” people are (and, here in the South, most are NOT accepting at all)… very few people will support any children’s program that is run by a single men who has been “tainted” as being gay. (The conservative right has done a pretty good job of confusing themselves into believing that “gay” and “pedophile” are one-in-the-same.)

Professional atheletes have the opportunity to do great things — thanks to the money they earn, and the fame they garner. And many of them do wonderful things to make the world a little bit better for others. Would it be a “wonderful thing” if a professional athelete/role model made the decision to come OUT PROUD? YES!!! Is that a decision that any of us can make for another person? NO!!!

Ovie’s private life is just that — PRIVATE!!! And his public life is…well…PRAISEWORTHY!!!

It shouldn’t matter if a person is gay or straight, out or closeted, liberal or conservative, black or white, etc. etc. — what should matter is whether that person is a GOOD person. And, from what I’ve seen, Ovie is a GREAT person! We should all stive to be more like him.

If her story is true (which I doubt fiercely) then the only other conclusion I come to is “she” must be a mixed up church queen (Church of God in Christ a strong candidate). This reminds me of that b/s that happened to that actor who stars in Tyler Perry movies who undoubtedly told that projects hustler he was treating to first class travel, hotels/limos and fine restaurants it was over and he schemed to get “evidence” of his (Terrell Carter I think his name was) being gay. So much for love, huh?

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT CHECKED OUT TAYLORS SITE YOU ARE MISSING A REAL TREAT!!!

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