Bit late in the day LaLaLa, but I saw the documentary and thought it was absolute cr**.
They got the answer as to why no players have come out as gay in about the first 5 minutes of the programme - because there would be non-stop abuse from opponent's fans and being honest about their sexuality just wasn't worth the grief they'd get. It's taken years to get racism down to it's present level and so the first player to come out will suffer for a long time, but until one does come out, there's nothing for the authorities to stop, a proper Catch 22 situation. It was accepted that few people were prejudiced in normal life, but football fans would latch onto anything to wind up an opposing player whilst inside the ground. The appalling treatment Beckham got about his wife wasn't mentioned but is very relevant.
They then spent 55 minutes trying to get somebody say that there was prejudice inside the game from managers, administrators or players for which they didn't produce a scrap of evidence, other than because allegedly 1 in 10 men are gay [don't believe that statistic], there ought to be 1 in 10 in the professional game. In fact of course it's very hard for a talented youngster to become a professional at all and the chances are that if any of them are also carrying early doubts about there sexuality, then the chances of them dropping any thought of being a professional are increased. Therefore, the real issue is probably prejudice or perceived prejudice at grass roots level, not the professional game, but that wasn't sensational enough for BBC 3 was it?
Altogether a very poor programme about a potentially interesting subject.