In an acrticle he penned himself for The Guardian's Sports Section, U.K. footballer David James ponders the ol' "what do you think the chances are that a gay player would ever come out during his professional career" question. It's pretty much the same deal as any other story you may have read asking the same question (remember John Amaechi in the States a few months back?), but about halfway down the column this caught our attention:

"No one's ever come out to me during my 18 years in football. But I must say I've seen and heard some strange things, remarks that could suggest someone is gay or bisexual..."

Oh, it gets better...

He continues:

I've heard drunken footballers egging each other on to do certain things for a certain amount of money. Maybe it's routine stuff, part and parcel of what goes on in every pub team across the country, but it made me wonder why they would be talking about it if they were straight.

And that's the real revelation of this feature. We've long been of the opinion that "straight" locker rooms are testosterone playgrounds governed by a "what happens here stays here" mentality; not only does David James confirm what we've been saying forever, but he also says that the "frat boys gone wild" scenario remains constant right on up through the professional level.

In a word? Awesome!