The people who are freaking out about that have never played the game, or were just losers who didn't have any friends when they played the game.” “You either sucked at football, you had no friends in the locker room, or you were the person that went in the bathroom stall to go change because you were scared to shower with the team. That’s a Clemson football player saying if you don’t check out your teammates and grab dicks in the locker room, you’re not really a part of the team.Īll of this ultimately creates a tough dynamic for athletes who are actually gay.įor years, part of the assumption with all of this grabby-grabby horseplay has been that all the dudes in the locker room are straight.
If they’re all straight, then it’s just “boys being boys,” horsing around. Like bros do.Īdd an openly gay guy into the mix and suddenly all of this takes on a new meaning in the minds of some of the willing participants. When a naked Anthony Davis is rolling around on the locker room floor getting spanked, it’s just good fun. When it’s a gay teammate spanking him, in the eyes of some straight teammates, it’s. Some will say my claims are false, archaic or wishful thinking. They are the results of watching men - naked, clothed, in the locker room and on the court - for decades.īoulware was right. It’s one of the reasons football has elevated to the most popular sport in America. This Monday, all eyes will be glued to the National Championship game to see just what “gay” stunt the Clemson football players pull next.Ĭyd Zeigler discusses the uniquely “gay” straight-guy locker-room dynamic in his book, Fair Play.
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