Media : Premier League Player Assessed Less with Gay Friendly

Former NBA basketball player John Amaechi, assess English football could not accept the decision of sexual orientation deviation of the players. It is considered Amaechi made gay players choose to cover themselves about their identity.

"Some of them feel the team specifically will not support the decision to be gay. Not only from the team, but the coach, the club, and administrative matters around them also will not support the status," Amaechi said.

"They also recognized, recognition about their sexual orientation would lead to hatred and a long debate," Amaechi said.

The statement disclosed Amaechi when speaking about homophobia in sport in front of British MPs from the commissions of Culture, Media and Sport. Male 45 years old also revealed another reason the gay players reluctant to reveal their sexual orientation for fear of being perceived to be so.

"One day you will be judged based on the achievement and the next day you will be judged based on their sexual orientation. I can say this sort of thing is very annoying," said the man from the United States.

Gay football and is already an open secret. The phenomenon of interest in the opposite sex that was already there since the first in a sport that is typically played by men.

Referring to the recent research carried British National Bureau of Statistics, about 2 percent of footballers in the Premier League is gay. That if In total about 20 players from 20 clubs had same-sex sexual orientation enthusiasts.