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Well playboy…Michael Sam
almost got away with the ultimate hustle because he gave a freakin’ blood
transfusion to the fantasies of boyz wantin’ to see the first openly gay player
in the NFL make it. He ran game on the league like a straight up gangsta
because if he had gotten drafted on his talent alone no one would have cared
who he was.
Let’s keep it real or all the
way 100, whichever comes 1st! Before that dun told the world that he
was gay nobody knew that he existed outside of diehard SEC fans or better yet,
Mizzou fans. He showed up at the Senior Bowl after the season was over last
year and just did ok. There was nothin’ special about him. So he hooked up with
the big homie Marlon Brando and he spit game to him. “Give blood to the
fantasies of your audience playa and they’ll fall in love with you.”
The next thing you know he’s
makin’ an announcement about his sexuality. So guess who’s got a record number
of the media waitin’ on him in February at the combine? Michael freakin’ Sam!
The same cat that would have been at best a 5th round pick comin’
into the combine that the world wouldn’t have cared if he’d shown up for the
workout or not.
However, because he put crazy
pressure on himself by makin’ the announcement he fell apart at the combine and
caused his draft status to nose dive. He was terrible in Indianapolis
The first thing that he says to
the media at the combine is, “I don’t want to be the known as Michael Sam the
gay football player. I want to be known as Michael Sam the football player.”
That statement alone solidified the hustle playboy. If he wanted to be known as
a football player only then he never would have told boyz that he was gay. Who
cares what your sexual orientation is playa. Can you do your job better than
your competition?
Duns like Ellen Degeneres, Elton John, Raven Symone, Robin Roberts and Suzie Orman didn’t tell boyz that they were gay before they had even accomplished anything. They created their brands on their talent alone and then “oh by the way, I’m gay.” Sam tried to get in the game because he was gay and that was the hustle.
I know who Robin Roberts is because she's the best at what she does. I know who Ellen is because she's hilariously funny and unbelievably talented. I know who Suzie Orman is because she's a financial genius. I know who Elton John is because he can sing is butt off and he makes great music. I only know who Michael Sam is because he told the world that he was gay before the NFL draft. I grew up around hustlas and thieves playboy. I can see game runnin' a mile away like a shark smellin' blood in the water.
Duns like Ellen Degeneres, Elton John, Raven Symone, Robin Roberts and Suzie Orman didn’t tell boyz that they were gay before they had even accomplished anything. They created their brands on their talent alone and then “oh by the way, I’m gay.” Sam tried to get in the game because he was gay and that was the hustle.
I know who Robin Roberts is because she's the best at what she does. I know who Ellen is because she's hilariously funny and unbelievably talented. I know who Suzie Orman is because she's a financial genius. I know who Elton John is because he can sing is butt off and he makes great music. I only know who Michael Sam is because he told the world that he was gay before the NFL draft. I grew up around hustlas and thieves playboy. I can see game runnin' a mile away like a shark smellin' blood in the water.
He tried to force the NFL to
carry him across the threshold without bein’ good enough to play the freakin’
game and because the world wanted to see it happen he almost got away with it
and he still may even get away with it. Even Oprah
jumped on the bandwagon and wanted to document it. Now if Oprah is ridin’ with
you your hustle has gotta be strong.
There was a whole community
of people that wanted him to represent them even though he knew that he wasn’t
good enough to be the “Chosen One” on his own talent. So every time you saw him
after that he made sure that the world knew that he was gay. He was bein’
overly sensitive and emotional every time the cameras were on him. By doin’
that he was givin’ blood to the fantasy.
On draft day he made sure
that he had his boyfriend on his side and went way over the top with the kiss
after he was selected in the seventh round. Not only was there a kiss but a
kiss with birthday cake included like they had just gotten married or something.
Nobody does that when they get drafted but he wanted the world to fall in love
with the idea of havin' an openly gay player in the NFL and that they did. That was the blood I’m talkin’ about pimpin’.
Immediately after the draft,
one of the worst teams in the league, the St. Louis Rams, sold out of their season
tickets and the Michael Sam jersey became one of the hottest sellin’ jerseys in
the league. Why? Because the hustle was in full effect bruh! It was workin’ like a charm. No
way are these duns gonna cut him now that he’s become a legitimate commodity or
that’s what we all thought.
The Rams were doin’
everything in their power not to cut him too. They were playin’ him on special
teams durin’ the preseason when a defensive end rarely plays on special teams.
Why were they tryin’ so hard to keep him even though they knew that he wasn’t
good enough to make the team? Not that he couldn’t play! They just didn’t need
him! So again, why were they tryin’ to keep him? Because they too had givin’
blood to the fantasies of the audience.
They’ve got one of the best
defensive fronts in the league and they knew when they drafted ole boy that he
wasn’t gonna make the team. They just got caught up in the strength of the hustle
too. They figured that they could at least benefit from the hype of Sam and
then get rid off of him. But once they got in the car with him the hustle
locked the doors and floored it. It was goin’ 80mph until it finally ran out of
gas on Saturday at 4pm.
Now on some real talk, they
did become relevant over the past four months and they did sell out of
their season tickets. So I guess they did benefit from the hustle. Now they’ve
got to explain to boyz why Charlie Brown is on stage instead of James Brown,
the cat that they actually paid to see. They’ve got to tell fans that Luther
isn’t singin’ this season but Lenny, his distant cousin on his daddy’s side,
is. Because you know that boyz are livid that they’ve bought those tickets to
see Music Soul Child perform and now they’re gettin’ Andre’ the Giant instead. “Who
is that? I paid to see Michael Sam!”
The Rams couldn’t justify
cuttin’ someone else that played that position that they had a need for to keep a
trophy that they couldn’t use. The cat that they kept was more of a versatile player. For all of you simple minded individuals that means that they could do more with him than Sam. I applaud them for at least bein’ able to make
the right decision on the 53 man roster and not keepin’ a boy that was hustlin’
them by tryin’ to use his sexuality to make the team.
I’m quite sure that there is
a gay player out there that is a legit baller! We’ve just got to wait for him
to either show up or come out because you already know that there are gay players
in the league. But to try to hustle your way into the league by usin’ that as
your campaign slogan was foul.
Jay-Z always said, “You can’t
knock the hustle.” And on some real talk, I really can’t knock it because he
got famous and whether he gets picked up by another team or not he’s gonna get rich
because of the hustle. You gotta respect it if all he ever wanted to do was be
famous. However, I would have more respect for him if he had just balled out
and then one day said, “Oh by the way I'm gay too!” Stop me when I start lyin’!
Holla At Ya Boy!
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