Wade Davis Charts Course For The NFL On Gay Issues

Charting The Course For Gay Issues In The NFL
Grand Marshall for the Chicago Gay Pride Parade, former NFL football player Wade Davis speaks to reporters prior to the Chicago Gay Pride Parade in Chicago, Sunday, June 30, 2013. Davis played for the Tennessee Titans, Washington Redskins and Seattle Seahawks. Since his playing days, Davis speaks and writes about his life as a closeted gay professional athlete. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)
Grand Marshall for the Chicago Gay Pride Parade, former NFL football player Wade Davis speaks to reporters prior to the Chicago Gay Pride Parade in Chicago, Sunday, June 30, 2013. Davis played for the Tennessee Titans, Washington Redskins and Seattle Seahawks. Since his playing days, Davis speaks and writes about his life as a closeted gay professional athlete. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)

Gay former NFL player Wade Davis addressed coaches and general managers at the NFL annual meeting in Orlando on Monday, talking about sexual orientation, homophobia and gays in the locker room. With just a 30-minute presentation and Q&A session, he sped up the course of the NFL on LGBT issues. While the NFL has been headed in the right direction for the last several years, executives and coaches Monday saw the potential for improving team culture, and they saw the first step to get there.

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