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Jake Daniels Blackpool FC comes out as gay

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  • #2
    brevity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,591 ✭✭✭brevity


    Fair play to him.

    For a 17 year old he is remarkably mature.



  • #3
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,912 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    He is the first footballer in the UK since Justin Fashanu did in 1990 to come out as gay crazy that it has taken 32 years for it to happen.

    Well done him and I really hope he has a strong support network around him as I am sure he will get some hate on social media just hope the love he gets out does that.

    Also I hope he makes a fortune from sponsorship as well at 17.



  • #4
    rob316
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,288 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    It shouldn't be news but it is and hugely positive. If a 17 year old can do it, higher profile older players should follow. Fair play to Jake that took guts.



  • #5
    Liam O
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,369 ✭✭✭✭Liam O


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119074391#Comment_119074391

    If someone doesn't want to share this information they shouldn't be pressured into it. Good for him though.



  • #6
    McFly85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,194 ✭✭✭McFly85


    Fair play to him, seems to have a mature head on his shoulders. Also it looks like the club and his teammates have been brilliant in supporting him and his decision.

    Hopefully it serves as an example to other clubs and players about what’s possible.



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  • #7
    HalloweenJack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭HalloweenJack


    I don't think its other players that are the problem so much as the keyboard warriors.

    Any bad performance or mistake or goal will undoubtedly result in a flood of homophobic drivel on social media from Blackpool fans (or opposition fans if he has the gall to score against them).

    Daniels will righlty have his supporters but there's still that idiotic contingent who will use this as material against them. The education of respectful human beings is the burning issue.



  • #8
    DoctorEdgeWild
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,011 ✭✭✭DoctorEdgeWild


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119074621#Comment_119074621

    I made the mistake of looking down the Twitter thread earlier this morning. So many clubs and players coming out to offer their support but a lot of religious videos and weird stuff popping up too. Bizarre how people act online. Hopefully he can laugh at those idiots and get on with banging goals in for his club.



  • #9
    jacool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,117 ✭✭✭jacool


    And in other news, there is some irony in the fact that the player who refused to play for PSG with their rainbow coloured numbers on the backs of their jerseys to mark the upcoming International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia is Gueye.



  • #10
    augustus gloop
    Registered Users Posts: 810 ✭✭✭augustus gloop


    Very brave young lad. Takes some guts to do that, then to speak with such maturity. I was genuinely surprised he was 17.

    got an eye for goal too by the looks of it



  • #11
    El Gato De Negocios
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,114 ✭✭✭El Gato De Negocios


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119074621#Comment_119074621

    Homophobic abuse is not much different to racial abuse imo and any fans or onfield rivals that resort to that kind scumbaggery should face the same kind of sanctions for either.



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  • #12
    event
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,070 ✭✭✭✭event


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119074621#Comment_119074621

    It wont just be social media. He will get it in stadiums too probably



  • #13
    Fr Tod Umptious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,426 ✭✭✭✭Fr Tod Umptious


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119079289#Comment_119079289

    Yes

    It's the neanderthal nature of soccer support, in general not just online, that has prevented this from happening earlier in the sport.



  • #14
    LineOfBeauty
    Registered Users Posts: 2,211 ✭✭✭LineOfBeauty


    If you wanna know how brave a move this was for anyone to make, let alone a 17 year old kid just breaking into the game, in the same week experienced international household names are out here defending Idrissa Gueye's homophobia. A huge well done to Jake!



  • #15
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,912 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Fair play to them both with the amount of abuse they get from being referees alone it must have been a tough desision to come out publicly

    Scottish referees Craig Napier and Lloyd Wilson come out as gay


    Two Scottish referees have become the first to come out publicly as gay.

    Category one officials Craig Napier and Lloyd Wilson follow footballers Josh Cavallo and Jake Daniels in coming out.


    Napier said he was inspired by the players' decision and believes it is time "to see the climate change" within the sport.


    "It's something that I never thought I'd be sitting here doing," he told the Scottish FA.


    "It's something I've obviously lived with for a long time. It's been a difficult journey to get to this point. It's really important that people like me are willing to sit here and do this.


    "I don't think this needs to be a news story but I think at the moment, it really does because we need to see the climate change so that people do feel that they can be their true self and live happily and comfortable in their own skin. And then that needs to transcend into football."............


    https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/61671888


    https://twitter.com/ScottishFA/status/1532271047197618178?s=20&t=hu2O1ne75LVc1m4I7E5VnQ




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