NBA player Jason Collins comes out as gay

Unfortunately, a 34 year-old center isn't far from retirement. While I applaud him for his initiative I can't help but think his free agency status might have a little to do with this decision. The cynic in me tells me that either, he won't be signed (not because he is gay, but due to age and production) and the experiment with an openly gay teammate in the locker room will effectively be over or he is only using this as a ploy to have a team sign him in some capacity in order to put out a message of tolerance. Sorry, the sports guy in me just can't see past that. Let's see someone in the middle-of-a-contract do it, I really hope they do.

Yeah, I was kinda thinking the same thing.
It's not like a major player would do this. While this is still a good thing, it ultimately won't change much. It's only the people who's careers are already over or nearly over who will actually come out, which says a lot about what this kind of thing would do to their career. From WHO is not clear, the sports itself? the fans? the public?

At least this will be interesting to see how much longer this guy stays in American Sports before he retires, because honestly, I know this sounds bad but I don't think he will be in it much longer. I'd like to be pleasantly surprised, but i'm not counting on it.