Homosexual players in football remain scarce with Robbie Rogers the latest to come out and then retire . The NFL has been a bastion of tolerance for gay athletes since its inception but it is still not as accepted by many fans who are more concerned about their own safety than those of others. The pair were out-of-work actors who could be found running various fashionable and niche enterprises that always started with the word `` bona '' -- such as `` Bona Films . '' Abuse for a gay player even in 2013 would be `` intolerable ''
Homosexual players in football remain scarce with Robbie Rogers the latest to come out and then retire . The NFL has been a bastion of tolerance for gay athletes since its inception but it is still not as accepted by many fans who are more concerned about their own safety than those of others. Abuse for a gay player even in 2013 would be `` intolerable ''