And I think Vick has paid his dues and people should leave him alone, but I get why they aren't. Sam plays football and happens to be gay, so the only controversy/debate/distraction is the way people talk about him. it literally has nothing to do with sam himself. anyone saying "what? i can't say anything about him w/o people criticizing me?!" is missing the point, which is that there's nothing to really say about him.