Sam will appear on the cover of the February 17 issue of Sports Illustrated and he has received support from team ownership of the New York Giants and New England Patriots, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, football great Deion Sanders, Super Bowl MVP Malcolm Smith and more.Ĭongratulations on leading the way, That's real sportsmanship. Dale Hansen Unplugged Dale Hansen Unplugged: I will always love you 'Ive always been afraid of this day because Ive always known this day was coming.' More Videos. Check out some highlights here, including discussion about Michael Sam's unique opportunity to demonstrate to young LGBT people that they can grow up to be anything they want to be, including an NFL player.
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GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis joined former professional football player and You Can Play Executive Director Wade Davis in discussing Sam's coming out with mainstream media outlets this week. But when I listen to Michael Sam, I do think it's time to celebrate him now." And I want to believe that there will be a day when we do celebrate 'em. mexico border: the statue of liberty is a symbol to. It's our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.' We've always been able to recognize 'em. Wfaa 273k subscribers dale hansen goes unplugged and shares his thoughts on the situation at the u.s. "Civil rights activist Audre Lord said: 'It is not our differences that divide us. He’s taken the time to slam white privilege, emotionally talk about school shootings and so much more. But I do understand that he's part of mine," Hansen said. Hansen hasn’t just used his Unplugged segments to talk sports. "I'm not always comfortable when a man tells me he's gay I don't understand his world.
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I dream of the day when those parents are wrong, because now they’re not.On Monday, Dale Hansen, sportscaster for the Dallas news station WFAA TV Channel 8, announced his support of gay NFL prospect Michael Sam's coming out and criticized those who spoke out against having a gay teammate on his show Hansen Unplugged in a clip that has now gone viral. “Unless it is true what black parents have been telling their children for decades now: You have to be twice as good to go half as far. “After what he’s done with this Cowboys’ defense, how could he not?” Hansen said. He works Sunday nights during football season. On Wednesday Hansen mentioned that Cowboys secondary coach Kris Richard, who is black, appears to be a top candidate for the Miami Dolphins’ coaching job. Despite skipping June, by the end of the year Hansen will work 13 more days than anyone named Campos, McCaa or Delkus. “But you take a knee to protest the racial injustice in America, and now you’ve crossed a line that he will not allow.” A player can use illegal drugs, time and time again, and still play,” Hansen said. “It’s incredible to me that a player can beat up a woman and play for the Dallas Cowboys. And last year, Hansen called Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones a hypocrite for saying that any Cowboy player who takes a knee during the national anthem will be kicked off the team. He made waves in 2014 with a commentary supporting Michael Sam, who was trying to become the first openly gay player in the NFL. Such candid statements are nothing new for Hansen, 70, who has been outspoken for years on issues of race and sexuality in sports. Dale Hansen Unplugged: We need the good cops to call out the bad. “But I am the product of white privilege in America and I’ve never denied that I wasn’t.” Dale Hansen Unplugged: This is the problem we have in America.
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The best thing that came out of that Super Bowl Weekend in Tampa was the Pro Football Hall of Fame finally fixing a wrong that had taken too long to fix. And I am arrogant enough to tell you, I think Channel 8 was right to give me another chance,” he said. DALLAS Dale Hansen goes Unplugged about the Pro Football Hall of fame finally recognizing Cowboys receiver Drew Pearson. “I’ve had 11 jobs in my life, been fired from eight of them and moved up every time.
In his remarks, Hansen – who was twice named the AP’s Sportscaster of the Year – also acknowledged that his race has given him an advantage in his own career. ‘I am the product of white privilege in America’ Neither the NFL nor the Arizona Cardinals immediately responded Thursday to a request for comment. WFAAs Dale Hansen shares his thoughts after an ambush in downtown Dallas left five police officers dead and seven others wounded.Connect with Dale Hansen:Fa. In 2003, the NFL adopted a policy, called the Rooney Rule, requiring every team with a head coaching vacancy to interview at least one or more minority candidates.
In a league where about 70% of the players are black, only two of the 32 NFL teams currently have black head coaches. The six coaches hired so far to replace them all are white. Eight NFL head coaches – five of them black – were fired at the end of the 2018 regular season which wrapped last month.
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