Is there a financial benefit to drafting Sam...

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25. There are multiple potential negatives associated with it...

... that's why it's a story.

They could be financial, team internal or affect society at large.

1) Financial - The team that picks him could lose a X% of their supporters. You might not care but the team owners do and it will affect their decision.

2) Team internal - It could split a team along their beliefs and affect their ability to perform. See #1 why this is important.

3) Sam could fail - either at the draft or he gets picked up and washes out of the NFL. Maybe he gets bullied out. His lack of success keeps others from speaking out because they don't want to end up like him and we go back to square one.

The first two affect the team and the NFL as a whole and will influence his ability to join. The third has even larger ramifications.

If it was all sunshine and rainbows, I don't think everyone would be talking about it non-stop. Do you? Maybe you do... Somehow I wouldn't be surprised.

Also, I'll try to get by with your stern looks of disapproval as I continue not to agonize over convicted murderers and people who choose heroin over their kids. I'll just take it day by day...