Two more 49'ers make homophobic statements (sort of)...

**TelegramSam** · 02-02-2013, 03:11 AM

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-sh...2867--nfl.html

The San Francisco 49ers earned a lot of goodwill at the start of the season when they becamethe first NFL team to tape an "It Gets Better" spot. Designed to encourage hope and acceptance among gay teens who are being bullied, the "It Gets Better" website features hundreds of videos from teams, groups and individuals eager to voice their support.One video that's no longer posted? The one the 49ers filmed in 2012.
Movement co-founder Dan Savage made the decision to pull the video after linebacker Ahmad Brooks and tackle Isaac Sopoaga strangely denied their involvement with "It Gets Better" when asked about it by Kevin Manahan of USA Today on Thursday afternoon. After being shown the video, the players then claimed ignorance of the ad's intentions and refused comment.
That's not exactly the type of look a team wants to give off when one of its members — defensive backChris Culliver— airedhis controversial thoughtsabout gay players being welcomed in the NFL. And especially not when it plays in one of the most gay-friendly cities in the world.

**Scarfo** · 02-02-2013, 03:25 AM

This is making me want to root for the 49ers now.

**FlaFlaFlunkie** · 02-02-2013, 03:53 AM

Wow. Football players are bullies and bigots?
Shocking.

I was a little perturbed when the It Gets Better movement brought in professional athletes. I just knew that an entire team didn't support an anti-bullying, anti-bigotry position. It was only a matter of time.

Savage should've known better. With some of these assholes, it never gets better.

**shitba** · 02-02-2013, 04:02 AM

Originally Posted by FlaFlaFlunkie

Wow. Football players are bullies and bigots?
Shocking.

I was a little perturbed when the It Gets Better movement brought in professional athletes. I just knew that an entire team didn't support an anti-bullying, anti-bigotry position. It was only a matter of time.

Savage should've known better. With some of these assholes, it never gets better.

Hi, FlaFla

It sounds like Brooks and Sopoaga were not aware that they were doing an LGBT PSA. They thought they were just doing an anti-bullying PSA. When you watch their spots, there's zero mention of gay bullying, just plain old bullying. I'm sure more will come to light in the coming days.

**LaReineBlanche** · 02-02-2013, 08:09 AM

Originally Posted by shitba

Hi, FlaFla

It sounds like Brooks and Sopoaga were not aware that they were doing an LGBT PSA. They thought they were just doing an anti-bullying PSA. When you watch their spots, there's zero mention of gay bullying, just plain old bullying. I'm sure more will come to light in the coming days.

I agree, I think the 49ers failed to tell the players involved anything more than to just repeat "it gets better" when they did that video.

**FlaFlaFlunkie** · 02-02-2013, 08:10 AM

Originally Posted by LaReineBlanche

I agree, I think the 49ers failed to tell the players involved anything more than to just repeat "it gets better" when they did that video.

Sounds like the perfect excuse to avoid being a grown man and just dopily following what your coach told you.

**Jon Hein is God** · 02-02-2013, 08:13 AM

Originally Posted by LaReineBlanche

I agree, I think the 49ers failed to tell the players involved anything more than to just repeat "it gets better" when they did that video.

**LaReineBlanche** · 02-02-2013, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by Jon Hein is God

That's the video? I never saw it, just thought they just had all of those lunkheads repeating the line back to back.

Originally Posted by FlaFlaFlunkie

Sounds like the perfect excuse to avoid being a grown man and just dopily following what your coach told you.

The majority of pro football players suffer from a distinct lack of maturity and most of them have been coddled for so long that taking responsibility for their words and actions is a totally foreign concept to them.

**SouthernListen** · 02-02-2013, 05:42 PM

I'm pretty sure they're not afraid of homosexuals.

**Murphy** · 02-02-2013, 06:05 AM

Originally Posted by FlaFlaFlunkie

Wow. Football players are bullies and bigots?
Shocking.

I was a little perturbed when the It Gets Better movement brought in professional athletes. I just knew that an entire team didn't support an anti-bullying, anti-bigotry position. It was only a matter of time.

Savage should've known better. With some of these assholes, it never gets better.

At least the 49ers ad has been pulled (

).

I agree, tho, huge shocker that athletes (especially minority athletes) are lunkheads.

**MyLazyHand** · 02-02-2013, 04:46 AM

When can we produce some videos talking about "It Gets Better" with liberals?

Oh, that's right. It never gets better.

**Beets Teeth** · 02-02-2013, 05:31 AM

Originally Posted by MyLazyHand

When can we produce some videos talking about "It Gets Better" with liberals?

Oh, that's right. It never gets better.

**FlaFlaFlunkie** · 02-02-2013, 05:33 AM

Originally Posted by MyLazyHand

When can we produce some videos talking about "It Gets Better" with liberals?

Oh, that's right. It never gets better.

As long as assholes like you live and breathe, yeah.

**FlaFlaFlunkie** · 02-02-2013, 06:02 AM

I wonder where football players learn this type of bigotry.

Oh, here's one way

**MyLazyHand** · 02-02-2013, 07:00 AM

Originally Posted by FlaFlaFlunkie

As long as assholes like you live and breathe, yeah.

And we see another hallmark of the liberal. If you don't share their opinion, they want you dead.

**FlaFlaFlunkie** · 02-02-2013, 07:26 AM

Originally Posted by MyLazyHand

And we see another hallmark of the liberal. If you don't share their opinion, they want you dead.

Let's perform an experiment. I won't wish you dead for a month, you refrain from typing the word "liberal," "libtard" (or any derivation of the word or sentiment) for a month.

I wonder who would win.