As long as we're on the subject of progress on the LGBT front, let's take a quick note of the fact that the CFL's Montreal Alouettes have signed openly gay player Michael Sam to a two-year contract.
We cats are excited about this, and not only because we might see Michael around town someday. We also couldn't help noticing that the CFL commissioner immediately issued this special statement:
"Congratulations to the Montreal Alouettes on the signing of Michael Sam. Our players come to us from different places, different walks of life and ultimately they take different paths to get to our fields. Today is another indication of how open and progressive the CFL is — consistent with our rich and storied history of great football tradition."
Okay, so NFL commissioner Roger Goodell also issued a welcome statement back when Sam was drafted by St. Louis. But it took him three days to do it — on his spokesman's Twitter account. How lame. So we cats PURR at the Montreal Alouettes. But as always when it comes to American football, we HISS at the same time.
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