Would you stop supporting Spurs if they signed a gay player?

[Flynn]

.......if they signed a gay player?

According to this

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/37779847

8% of football fans would stop supporting their club if they signed a gay player.

Surely they're all Chelsea / West Ham fans.

 

[Spurger King]

Only if it was Judas.

 

[alfie103]

That is absolutely mental. 8% actually agreed with it!?

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

I would be surprised if none of the present players were gay.

 

[ohh_when_the_spurs]

We were linked to Bender a while back and it didn't bother me one bit

 

[CosmicHotspur]

I would even wear a pink ribbon in my hair to show my support.

 

[AW?]

.......if they signed a gay player?

According to this

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/37779847

8% of football fans would stop supporting their club if they signed a gay player.

Surely they're all Chelsea / West Ham fans.

Aren't gay people supposed to be one in ten, so that would mean only two percent of football fans are out of the closet right?

 

[Spurs72]

Only ever Supported 1 Club, I Don't Care if you are Gay, Trans, Black,White,I do care you give 150% with the shirt on Tottenham Hotspur for life man

 

[widmerpool]

82% would have no issue, and 8% would stop supporting their club? So of the cohort who would have some issue - however weak - half would be outraged to the point that they would abandon a lifetime's allegiance?

That's counter-intuitive. It's not a normal distribution at all. Perhaps religion explains it, but it's more likely that there's something methodologically unsound going on. I'd put money on there having been only three options and the unpublished one being offputtingly worded.

 

[worcestersauce]

What percentage of that 8% are women?

 

[dagraham]

I would even wear a pink ribbon in my hair to show my support.

Not sure I'd go that far .

It is however quite depressing that someone's sexual orientation is still such a problem to some people.

 

[Rocksuperstar]

The only problem i have with us signing a gay player would be the absolute circus that would follow. I would imagine the whole fanfare and ceremony of coming out is as much a deterrent as the reception a player might get from fans, as they'd become a sort of figure head of "gayness".

Making such a big deal of being a gay or black or muslim footballer sort of destroys the whole point of integration - "Look! Look! He's different, but we're all totally cool about that! Aren't they cool? Aren't we cool and tolerant of different lifestyles, cultures, etc..."

Focusing on peoples differences just encourages prejudice - acknowledge it, yes, but don't rub everyone's nose in it. No-one should really care that much about anyone else's personal life.

 

[Led's Zeppelin]

82% would have no issue, and 8% would stop supporting their club? So of the cohort who would have some issue - however weak - half would be outraged to the point that they would abandon a lifetime's allegiance?

That's counter-intuitive. It's not a normal distribution at all. Perhaps religion explains it, but it's more likely that there's something methodologically unsound going on. I'd put money on there having been only three options and the unpublished one being offputtingly worded.

Or they were Chelsea supporters.

 

[Hercules]

How do you know we haven't had gay players before?

 

[Wellspurs]

How do you know we haven't had gay players before?

Haha

 

[monkeynick]

Two of those poll options are completely redundant

EDIT: apparently not. Either someone has fat fingers or they are a total moron

 

[WorcesterTHFC]

The only problem i have with us signing a gay player would be the absolute circus that would follow. I would imagine the whole fanfare and ceremony of coming out is as much a deterrent as the reception a player might get from fans, as they'd become a sort of figure head of "gayness".

Making such a big deal of being a gay or black or muslim footballer sort of destroys the whole point of integration - "Look! Look! He's different, but we're all totally cool about that! Aren't they cool? Aren't we cool and tolerant of different lifestyles, cultures, etc..."

Focusing on peoples differences just encourages prejudice - acknowledge it, yes, but don't rub everyone's nose in it. No-one should really care that much about anyone else's personal life.

You've just reminded me of the media circus when Maurice Johnston joined Rangers in 1989, the club's first catholic player (or at least who was known to be a catholic) in 70-80 years. It was such a big story on the day that it made the UK-wide news broadcasts, rather than just the Scottish ones. I don't know how long it would take the media to get bored with the whole business, but, for a while at least, the publicity would probably be so intense that the player in question would need the patience of a saint to withstand it. I can understand players and clubs not wanting the distraction.

 

[Sophos151]

We've got Dier and Alli and I'm still here.

 

[chinaman]

I could even love him if he can make me feel gay by scoring tons of goals on match days.

 

[WorcesterTHFC]

Here's one thing that gets me. Most fans never socialise with footballers (or other 'celebrities'). In most cases, if we get to meet these people, the sum total of our 'interaction' consists of asking for an autograph and/or a photo, yet some people worry about things that they can't control, and which are nowt to do with them.