Calgary Stampeders receiver Maurice Price tweets about Michael Sam
Price triggered a Twitter firestorm Monday afternoon with a single tweet about openly gay football player Michael Sam, who was drafted by the St. Louis Rams late in the NFL Draft.
Price tweeted: faith won allow me to ACCEPT what took place over the weekend! Sorry, NOT sorry! AdamAndEve NotAdamAndAdam. late in the afternoon, Price said he has no issue with Sam or that he an openly gay player but defended his own right to have an opinion on homosexuality.
wish Michael Sam nothing but the best and I hope he goes and has a fantastic career, Price said.
nothing personal against him.
was speaking about homosexuality in general. As a Christian, obviously it not something I can condone or accept. pair of CFL players were fined in February for sending out anti gay tweets after Sam publicly announced he is a homosexual.
Montreal Alouettes wide receiver Arland Bruce and Winnipeg Blue Bombers defensive tackle Bryant Turner Jr. Were fined for their tweets.
Price can expect to be reaching for his wallet as well.
But the 6 foot 1, 205 lb. speedster insisted he does not have an issue with gay people.
not a homophobe, Price said. homophobe is someone who can associate or be around gays.
far as practicing Christianity, it just something I believe in.
a sin. It no worse and no more than robbing or stealing is a sin.
not personal against anybody. But Twitter takes it and people put their own spin on it.
kind of person would I be to say I don think the NFL, or the CFL for that matter, should allow gay players?
doesn make any sense. Stamps teammate Eric Fraser, who will suit up with the expansion Ottawa RedBlacks this season, retweeted what Price had written and then added then tweeted: imagine a large percentage of our league is accepting. This opinion is the minority. YouCanPlay Price tweet will become an issue in the dressing room when players report for training camp later this month remains to be seen.
Star running back Jon Cornish, who has two moms, has been openly supportive of the LGBT lifestyle.
Flames president of hockey operation Brian Burke is an indirect boss of Price now that the NHL squad owns the CFL franchise.
Burke son Patrick Burke is president of the You Can Play program, which is dedicated to the eradication of homophobia in sports.
But the 28 year old Price said he doesn think it will be an issue at all.
won have a problem, Price said of the locker room. type of thing has come up before. We go back and forth and communicate and it be over.
no moreso than politics or Kobe (Bryant) versus LeBron (James).
kind of world would it be if we agreed on everything? Stampeders may have a different view of things. The team sent out a statement a couple hours later and was strong in its condemnation of what Price said.
Calgary Stampeders are outraged wholesale jerseys by the offensive comments made today in tweets from Maurice Price account, the team said.