Irish football captain thanks team’s ‘girlfriends and boyfriends’ for their support during the season

Ger Brennan, captain of St. Vincent’s All Ireland club team, makes casual remark in speech at end of tournament

It was the end of a successful tournament for the All Ireland football club St. Vincent’s when captain Ger Brennan made a very casual but powerful victory speech remark.

Holding a microphone and addressing a large crowd on Sunday (16 March), Brennan expressed his thanks to those who supported the team through its final victory over Mayo’s Castlebar Mitchels in Dublin’s Croke Park.

He then – without hesitation of special emphasis – specifically thanked the ‘families, girlfriends, boyfriends’ of the team members for standing behind the team.

‘There’s a lot of work that goes into playing for your club team,’ he said.

Brennan’s action in a team leadership role resembles that of LA Galaxy captain Landon Donovan who made a similar gesture in a far less public way last month.

Donovan, close friends with the team’s openly gay player Robbie Rogers, left a locker room note for his teammates calling for a mandatory boys night out that would not include any significant others.

‘No wives, gfs, bfs, sidepieces.’

Rogers, who is dating television producer Greg Berlanti (Arrow), noted the inclusion in a tweet to Donovan which simply stated: ‘Thanks for including me.’

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N.F.L. Prospect Michael Sam Proudly Says What Teammates Knew: He’s Gay

Michael Sam, a bruising defensive end on one of 2013’s most surprising college football teams, announced Sunday he is gay.

He didn’t back into the revelation or simply hint at it. The Missouri defender and the Associated Press’s SEC co-defensive player of the year said it, owned it, and now stands at the fringe of one of sports’ last social frontiers: becoming the first openly gay NFL player.

“I am an openly proud gay man,” Sam, 24, was quoted as saying in reports posted Sunday by ESPN and the New York Times.

“Now you can play the game you love with all heart. In your true essence!

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Jose has since become a loud voice for the lgbt community especially service members and teens who are bullied because of who they are.
“You will receive hate messages. You will be bullied. Ignore and play the game with all heart and courage because that’s what you have! It took heart and courage to do what you have done. Hopefully more will follow.”