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"&lt;a class=\"lightbox-link\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/videos/0_dwl05vyi\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"010214_brendon_ayanbadejo_launch_v2\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2014/01/03/010214-brendon-ayanbadejo-launch-v2-2.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Former NFL star &lt;strong&gt;Brendon Ayanbadejo&lt;/strong&gt; tells TMZ Sports ... ex-Minnesota Vikings kicker &lt;strong&gt;Chris Kluwe&lt;/strong&gt; is \"100% right\" about claims he was cut from the team because of his pro-gay rights crusade -- and he's got the stats to back it up. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ayanbadejo -- who won a Super Bowl with the Baltimore Ravens -- has been friends with Kluwe for a while (they both share the same views on gay rights) ... and tells &lt;strong&gt;TMZ Sports&lt;/strong&gt; he's always suspected Kluwe's activism was the real reason the Vikings cut Kluwe last year.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FYI -- Kluwe unleashed on Minnesota Thursday in a scathing self-written article on &lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://deadspin.com/i-was-an-nfl-player-until-i-was-fired-by-two-cowards-an-1493208214\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Deadspin&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, in which he referred to two Vikings officials as \"cowards\" and another as a \"bigot\" for cutting him after 8 seasons with the team. The Vikings insist Kluwe was only released as a result of his \"football performance.\"&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But Brendon says the numbers speak for themselves ... Kluwe was great ... but he strongly believes Chris was blacklisted because he's been so outspoken about a cause that doesn't jive with the NFL. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brendon says if Chris had championed a cause that was NFL-approved, like education or physical fitness, Kluwe would probably still be in the league."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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