Jason Collins is out, and it's time to look to women's sports to see how to deal and what Collins' impact might be on a team that signs him.
The 12-year veteran NBA center made history on Monday when he became the first male athlete in one of America's "big five" sports (baseball, basketball, football, hockey, soccer) to come out as gay while still playing.
So what now? What do we as a culture learn from this? What can we do to maximize the positive impact that this can have on all of us? How should we as sports fans react?
Before we can answer those questions, we should recognize there's still another critical piece of history to be made here, stemming from the fact that Collins is a free agent. He's become the first male major pro athlete in America to come out while still playing. But which team is going to be the first to sign an openly gay player?
Collins is still a strong player who can come off the bench and give you 10 solid minutes of post defense—something that a lot of teams could use. But he also represents an opportunity for one team to say, "We want to be the ones. We want our coach, o ...
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