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This story does not surprise me at all. For all the love and support Brooklyn Nets player Jason Collins has gotten for coming out and being the first openly gay player to play a major sport in America, there was bound to be ignorant people who didn’t support him as well. According to Collins, one very specific player has continued to hurl slurs and other disrespectful talk towards him. Collins for his part seems to just brush it off but it has to bother him somewhat.

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Collins told the Daily News in New York the following:

“One player, one knucklehead from another team. He’s a knucklehead. So I just let it go. Again, that goes back to controlling what you can control. That’s how I conduct myself – just being professional…You can’t control what other people are going to do.”

He also added that him coming out as not been a distraction to the Nets in any way:

Not just for myself, but I think for everyone. This shows that “distraction” is B.S. That it’s about the team, it’s about the sport. I hope this shows all players that you can still have your life off the court and not have to hide anything. And still have your life on the court or on the field or on the ice, I guess, in hockey. That’s a credit to my teammates and the entire Nets organization – from ownership to coaching to teammates to everyone.

As an individual, as a person, as a human being, you have a lot of different hats that you wear. Whether you’re an athlete or a human being trying to empower and help others. I’m trying to, again, empower and help others any way that I can.

Because Collins has class he refused to mention the player who has been taunting him. With the way media works now I will not be surprised if we find out soon enough.

BR