Have you ever wished you could be inside an NFL dressing room?
Now you can. A new book exposing the ins and outs of NFL Locker Rooms is about to be released. It will detail how they work, the power dynamics, and the blatant homophobia and racism deeply ingrained in the NFL.
The book is written by an anonymous NFL player going by the pen name of Johnny Anonymous. The book will be called ‘NFL Confidential: True Confessions from the Gutter of Football’ and is set to be released January 5.
Johnny Anonymous details his first experience in an NFL training camp in 2014. He claims the cafeteria was divided by race. A black player approached an all-white table asking if a “klan meeting” was taking place. The response was that they were afraid of the “Black Panther meeting” a few tables away.
Anonymous also reveals that homophobia is even more widespread than racist comments. He suggests that players hate having openly gay players in the locker room. This, despite Michael Sam recently coming out and kissing his boyfriend on national television.
According to Anonymous, anti-gay sentiment brings players together. “There’s no greater of comfort with a guy, than being able to make a good gay joke” he states.
He also added that when the video of Ray Rice beating his partner was released, most players agreed the NFL probably already knew about it.
“The league knows every f*cking thing about us. Those f*ckers got connections everywhere” one of his team-mates had commented.
The NFL apparently does very little to combat such issues. They hold meetings every now and then showing statistics and horror stories. The bottom line of these meetings is “Don’t f*ck up, because then we’ll all look really bad.”
Johnny Anonymous has no plans to reveal his identity, saying:
“You can’t figure out who I am. Go Ahead, try. I dare you.”
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