Brooklyn Nets Center Jason Collins has had himself quite a season since coming out as gay, but now Collins faces a new challenge from within the game. Collins told media sources that among the vast majority of support for his sexual orientation, at least one unnamed player has made taunts toward the center.
(Quotes via Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News)
“One player, one knucklehead from another team. He's a knucklehead. So I just let it go. Again, that goes back to controlling what you can control. That's how I conduct myself - just being professional...You can't control what other people are going to do.”
Collins is absolutely right that there are things he can control and things he can’t and his ability to show a professional demeanor and be the bigger man is an admirable quality. The sad truth about this report is that things like this are going to happen. The tempers of sport raise often and competitors are always looking for a way to get under their opponents skin at any expense.
Collins continued to address they fact that some media outlets believed his sexual orientation could be a distraction and that was the cause of him not having a contract until recently.
“This shows that "distraction" is B.S. That it's about the team, it's about the sport. I hope this shows all players that you can still have your life off the court and not have to hide anything. And still have your life on the court or on the field or on the ice, I guess, in hockey. That's a credit to my teammates and the entire Nets organization - from ownership to coaching to teammates to everyone.”
Jason Collins is signed with the Nets until the end of the season and plays a little over eight minutes a game serving as a substitute big body.
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