Comments on: Aikman gay rumors and misplaced moral outrage

By: Flynn

Flynn — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 23:27:51 +0000

So, if Aikman is gay, then why has anyone not stepped forward to say that they had sex with him? A “real” journalist would only consider that kind of confidential source to be a valid one. If Aikman has had sexual relations with other men, who are these men? Is Aikman paying them hush money?

Until someone, ANYONE, steps forward and says, “I had sexual relations with Troy Aikman,” then we have no real reason to believe that Aikman is gay. Hearsay, speculation…that’s not, uh, journalism. Journalism is, “Person X says they have had sex with Mr. Aikman and I am protecting his identity.”

By: Pearlman

Pearlman — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:45:28 +0000

“News flash to Pearlman: You can’t out someone who is not gay; it’s nonsensical.”

Where do I start? Here’s what I think you are referring to:

“First off, he couldn’t have been sure Aikman was gay, because everything he was dealing with was speculation and gossip. Second, even if he knew, for a 100% fact, that Aikman was gay, you only write it if the man wants his sexuality out there”

Tell me where in the statement above justifies your “News flash” statement. Makes me think you just like using catchy phrases.

By: chris

chris — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:14:37 +0000

Troy Aikman was more of a man than skip bayless ever will be. If you ask me, skips the one who talks a little feminine and acts like hes gay. He carries himself like a woman and when he argues on TV he sounds like a little Bitc%. I think old skippy wishes he was gay…nothing more.

By: Eric Andersen

Eric Andersen — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:02:06 +0000

I used to live a couple of blocks down the street from Troy and never saw him with a guy in his pick up in the morning. He was private but had wild pool parties with lots of girls. This gay thing was all because he wasn’t married. He was real dedicated to his job, that’s why he got married later. Leave him alone!

By: Vesta Perli

Vesta Perli — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:27:47 +0000

Hope he doesn’t have kids if he does he’s a selfish person. He should have id his gayness before getting kids involved. We do have bigger fish to fry but please it’s hard enough to be a kid today throwing this shit out there as if he just found out he likes men is rediculous.

By: Robert Preskop

Robert Preskop — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:44:05 +0000

What the hell is the difference if Troy Aikman is gay or straight? It does not change the obvious fact that he was a successful quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys and made them superbowl champions in the 90s. I wish all this gossip and speculation would just die out permanently. I am sick and damned tired of it. Furthermore, Troy Aikman’s personal life is nobody’s damn business. Enough of this nonsense, there are more important issues out there in the world.

By: Darrell

Darrell — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:53:33 +0000

as we all know, just because he’s married and has children, it doesn’t mean he’s straight.

in due time, aikman will come out if he truly is gay. is he even in the hall of fame yet? it would be a shame for the panel to exclude him from the hall of fame just because he was gay, which i could imagine happening if he came out “too soon”

By: John McGovern

John McGovern — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:22:17 +0000

So agree with Randy Boyd

If we lived long enough everyone would get around to sleeping with someone of the same sex

Definitely, no need for there to be out athletes

Amazing thing to be with a man who does it for the time & what he experiences is so completly all of the blue no matter what the feeling

Makes me believe that we are all not so strongly identifying with the notion “I am gay” which is a neat thing

By: So Left I'm Right

So Left I'm Right — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:43:41 +0000

I don’t really care if Troy or any other sports star is gay or not, unless they are making public anti-gay statements. If a gay athelete wants to keep his life private, for the variety of reasons they might want to, starting and ending with the unfortunate reality of homophobia in sports, that is their business. Idle speculation is one thing, but if an athelete crosses the line and make anti-gay statements or positions, he is subject to outing as a hypocrite, and is fair game.

By: Randy Boyd

Randy Boyd — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:11:48 +0000

I disagree with the previous comment. No way would a network fire an announcer because he or she came out as gay. Hello? Gays have become way too empowered in the entertainment and legal industries to let someone get fired because they’re openly gay. Moreover, the networks would never do such a thing in this day and age. Gays might not be marriage material in America’s mind, but gays are green enough to withstand the Sarah Palins of the corporate world. If a gay man came out in sports or the sports booth, the Land of the Free would have no choice but to suck it up, like it or not, Jackie Robinson style.