More likely to be someone coming to the end of their career than the start, less fear of bigotry destroying them.
If this is true I think the player must also be an idiot as why draw attention to the fact in such a big way as announcing it like that, and making such an issue out of it. Homosexual players have enough of a problem as it is, as must this person have had to have felt he had to keep it a secret, so not only are people looking for a gay man, but also a stupid , attention seeking one. OK I shall stand off my soap box now just things like this make my blood boil.
