‘If it didn’t matter we would have a lot more openly gay footballers’ says Thomas Beattie

‘If it didn’t matter we would have a lot more openly gay footballers’

Former professional footballer Thomas Beattie discusses Jake Daniels coming out as gay.

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[seandelap]

I don't care about the private lives of footballers it's about how they perform on the pitch football fans care about.

[orlandotrustfullandhiscosm]

Why dont all these gay footballers all get together on wattsapp? Then they can all come out at the same time and have eachothers backs. That way we can all get on with our lives and concentrate on football.
I suppose the drip-feed of 1 player coming out every 6 months serves the purpose of the never ending LGBTQ agenda though eh?

[edmundtrebus]

Why do they need to be openly gay? I don't need to know where people stick their winkles, gay or straight.

[nickedwards]

They love a drama, thats all this is, you know what people (ie man on the street) cope with gay blokes every day at work mate, no issue. The question should be why should anyone care what someone does in the bedroom as long as it is not illegal.

[jab-gnsw]

It's more about how they want to be seen, most couldn't care less, it's what they do on the pitch that counts ffs

[stequality]

Who cares and football is a sport that’s all about money that’s about it

[gavinmellon]

Not just football but F1 too. Lewis Hamilton is gay and that's a guarded secret. Remember who his ' girlfriend' was? All a set up by Mercedes to protect him and his brand image.

[WillCamx]

Why do they feel the need to announce to the world that they are gay? Nobody I know cares.

[youtubesucks]

do we have openly straight footballers? never see footballers talking about being straight, why would you see someone talking about being gay. what does it have to do with the game?

[boofuu]

how many openly straight people are there in football? never heard one footballer say he is straight

[ony]

How about you just concentrate on the football on the pitch, no one cares what other balls you play with.

[pdizzle]

I've never heard any footballers come out and openly say they're straight! because there is no need to let anyone know.

[FaxanaduJohn]

I think there are a lot less gay professional footballers than some might purport. Every gay guy I’ve ever known was absolutely in no way shape or form interested in football, unless it was looking at their holiday snaps in a glossy mag.

[HerMajesty]

We don't want to know who with or how anyone has sex. Boundaries people. Why is everyone so focused on such a shallow thing? There's far more to life people.

[stringer-ikpc]

So he likes 🐓, why does he think we need to know.???

[samcass]

You dont want him ‘to get in round the back’ !

[marksolway]

Always said it was a sissy game, there you go lol...

[salami]

Stop saying gays need more support and protection... From personal experience, I know that the difficulties associated with homosexuality do NOT come from society but from unhealthy and often deadly lifestyle choices. We need better heros, gay or straight. Sticks and stones people!

[chrismckay]

Nothing brave about it just wants attention because he’s a nobody

[AliceInBlunderland]

Why does sexuality matter in a footie game? It's just an excuse to virtue signal, no one should care about the sexuality of a footballer! People should be able to watch a game without being virtue signalled at. This Thomas Beattie needs to shut the hell up and stop acting like we're all living in the 19th/early 20th century.