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Thursday, October 23, 2014

MICHAEL SAM CUT FROM THE DALLAS COWBOYS PRACTICE SQUAD

Michael Sam has been cut from the Dallas Cowboys practice squad.

The National Football League team made the announcement on 21 October.

'The practice squad player who joined the team on Sept. 3, spent the first seven weeks of the season on the 10-man squad and never made it to the 53-man roster,' the team wrote in its release.

'Sam, the first openly-gay player in the NFL, was a seventh-round draft pick of the Rams,' the statement continued. 'He spent all of the offseason and training camp with the St. Louis before being released and signed to the Cowboys’ practice squad.'

The team noted the spot will be filled by linebacker Troy Davis, a second-year professional.

Sam used Twitter to thank the team.

'I want to thank the Jones family and the entire Cowboys organization for this opportunity, as well as my friends, family, teammates, and fans for their support,' he wrote.


'While this is disappointing, I will take the lessons I learned here in Dallas and continue to fight for an opportunity to prove that I can play every Sunday,' the rookie continued.

SOURCE: GAY STAR NEWS

2 comments:

  1. Disappointing news but to his credit, he's handling the events with dignity.

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    1. yeah, he knew on some level this could happen, just sucks that it did

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