Former NFL Player Ryan O'Callaghan Comes Out as Gay, Opens Up About Power of Football

The macho nature of the NFL provided the ideal cover for former lineman Ryan O’Callaghan to his secret during his playing days, and now the previous member of the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs has announced to the world that he is gay.

This could provide a big breakthrough for the sports world and those living with a similar struggle to O’Callaghan in the game today.

While Michael Sam tried and failed to make it in the NFL as an openly gay player, the fact that O’Callaghan talks of his plans to commit suicide after his playing career is heartbreaking.

It’s time for everyone to be treated as humans first and let the other characteristics that define us individually be secondary to the ultimate goal.

And in the case of sports, winning trumps everything.