Because I'm about to show you something which would never happen in today's NFL.
Still, in 1960, some prejudice due to color still existed in the National Football League, but one coach, off of a 1-10-1 1958 when he took the job, said not to look at black or white, but the color of his team.
This man was then told of an interracial relationship with one his of rookie players -- at which point he held a team meeting and was going to fire any player who showed prejudice in a manner such as outing this, much less worse.
He not only notified all the places in his team's city that if they did not serve ALL of his players, they would serve none. He did the same for hotels throughout the league.
This extended to his coaching staff as well, as it became apparent there was still a problem with gay slurs. The co-founder of Outsports.com, Jim Buzinski, said that this coach treated his players like dogs, but not gay nor straight dogs.
Why? Because of his religion, discrimination he had experienced as an Italian-American, and the fact his son was gay.
This extended to his brief, less-famous stint with another team, which had two gay players on it. He made the same demands and expectations.
Why do I make this point? Because there's no way The Lombardi Way -- yes, THAT Vince Lombardi!!! -- would fly in today's NFL.
(Much of the information on this post was taken from Lombardi's Wikipedia page, with numerous sources found there.)
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