When you've lobbied on behalf of players, telling teams to set aside the distractions they bring to the table, then you forfeit the right to say "I wouldn't draft him based on the distraction."

If he'd said, "it's an issue of talent," folks would've been skeptical due to his views on homosexuality, but it would've been about ten times less controversial. Basing his opinion exclusively on the level of distraction is either hypocrisy or a lie.