Why are people acting like Michael Sam is the first openly gay professional athlete?

[saugeye killah]

http://deadspin.com/324956/baseball-loses-a-trailblazer

That's about as openly gay as it gets, right?

 

[in the]

Michael Jordan is gay.

 

[saugeye killah]

Michael Jordan is gay.

But not openly so.

 

[Corona]

Jacan doesn't count for professional sports. Those are d level athletes at best.

 

[1dober]

gross

 

[CorkscrewPunch]

He's a stinkin' ferriner. We want gay murricans dammit.

 

[R.I.P. KMS]

 

[thebluerider]

he was just experimenting