>> i think it's so important because you have to understand when chris cluey was released 50 vikings last year, everybody including myself asked him this very question. do you think you were released just because you took a stand on marriage equality? and chris did not want to go there. he said i don't know that. i don't know if that's the case. i just want to move on, wish my best to the organization. now he has come forward now and not only said he doesn't know but by giving us the details what he does is he lights a fire under everybody. lights a fire under all of these kinds of practices that take place behind closed doors in the locker rooms all the ways in which not just lgbt politics but all politics are policed inside the locker room. and i think any time you let more air into a situation, it's like the old expression, light is truly the best disinfectant. >> biggest cases of academic fraud to hit the state, in a school celebrated by athletic and academic excellence. dr. julius, a class he did not teach at the university of north carolina. allegedly, his courses have a high en

chris. you have definite people in the cluey camp who, you know, are behind him 100%, thinking he's speaking out, speaking the truth, glad to have him do it. you have people that are not only tired of hearing from chris, but are protective of the vikings, and don't want to hear his message. it's a very diverse and mixed reaction for sure. >> in the arm, cluey said he was sharing his thoughts on his release for the following reason: >> tell us about the chris you know, is he an opportunist or ideologist. >> probably both. he has taken a separate chapter of his life and run with it. he's outspoken for gay rights and advocacy, and it benefitted him in some ways. it's opened doors for him. it's closed doors, perhaps, n.f.l. wise. he's the kind of person who you give him a set of ideals, and it's hard for him to back down from the ideals. he does respect team and those ideas, but i think he has a sentiment inside of him that does not allow him to stand down when he feels there's a subject that needs to be heard. >> clearly in the article the special teams coach was accused of being a bigot. he re

zimmer will take over for leslie fraser, also recently called a coward by former vikings punting chris clueyo uncomfortable with cluey being outing spoken on lgbt issues that they decided to not resign him. i asked him to outline the reason why they were so dead set against rehiring him. >> maryland state delegate member for one stifling brendan amadeo's right to free speech and why he cared so much, why are you trying to keep other people from enjoying rights that the rest of the country can enjoy. after that was when i started experiencing a pattern of behavior from my special teams coach in terms of homophobic remarks and not treating me in the right way and i didn't think it was going to lead me to being fired until the vikings drafted a punter in the fifth round, despite never telling me, hey your numbers aren't good, you're not punting up to par. we're going otry replace you -- to try oreplace you. my stats were where they had ever been. >> when you came out in support of marriage equality and other lgbt issues it could adversely affect your career? >> yeah, i knew it could. this issui

chris cluey made that claim.he team denies it. >> i think it is something that the team. >> reporter: if ever there were a way to get in the last word, he has done it. he dropped an 11 page attack on dead spin, claiming the vikings canned him largely because of activism for same-sex marriage. >> really the only thing that changed from the previous year to when i got cut, i spartd speaking out about same sex rights. when i looked at everything else that happened, that's the only logical conclusion i can draw from all the evidence there. >> reporter: kluwe names names. he says fraser told him to stop speaking out on this stuff. but he is targeted in this article by the special teams coach. he claims he said to him i would wind up burning in hell with the gays. he claims in a special teams meeting in november, 2011, we should round up all the gays, send them to an island, then nuclear it until it glows, end quote. kluwe says those statements were followed by a tense relationship between the two, until last spring wh

that comes in this blockbuster tell all letter on deadspin.com written by former vikings punter chris clueyheadlines last summer when he came out against minnesota's gay marriage amendment, which would have defined marriage between one man and one woman. this transformed him into something of a gay rights activists. here he is on our own network o couple of months before that bill was struck down. >> gay people would like to get married and i think that's something when we look back and you look at history, which side were you on? on the side that supported this or did you try to take people's rights away? >> his eight-year career came to an end in april, quote, i don't know if hi act vito m was the reason i got fired, however, i'm pretty confident it was. he said he was fired by mike -- and two cowards. former head coach and general manager who lacked the fortitude to disagree with mike on a touching subject. earlier today, the vikings announced a former chief justice of the minnesota supreme court will help investigate his allegations, saying in part it is extremely important for the viki

former vikings punter chris cluey accused of making his -- coach mike made several antigay comments into cluey's outspoken opposition of an antigay marriage amendment in minnesota. he says former vikings coach and current general manager rick spielman encouraged him to tone down his rhetoric supporting gay rights in an effort to reduce distractions to the team. the vikings say they will review the matter and do not accept discrimination at any level. >>> time is 5:48. we've been talking about the weather back east. we just got a message from the news. boston's logan airport has reopened. also let's bring sal back. you've got breaking news. what happened? >> we had a pedestrian hit on the freeway. near southbound 280. i want to show it to you where it is at on the map here. apparently pedestrian was hit. the person responsible may have run off. but the traffic will be slow now. we are also getting reports this could be on 280 on ocean avenue. the area i want to show you is this area here. i'm going to draw a line. this area here. we are trying to figure out exactly where it is. we have

. >>> chris cluey is accusing his former special team's coordinator of making antigay comments whileicle posted on dead spin that coach mike made several antigay comments in objection to cluey's out spoken opposition of an antigay marriage. former vikings coach leslie frazier and current general manager encouraged cluey to tone down his rhetorics supporting gay rights in an effort to reduce distractions to the team. the vikings released a statement after they became aware of the allegations yesterday. it says quote we take them very seriously and we will thoroughly review the matter. we do not tolerate discrimination at any level. any notion that chris was released from our football team due to a stance of marriage equality is inaccurate and incant with team policy. >> let's check in with sal. we have a major traffic situation on the peninsula. >> that is right. 280 in san francisco just before the daly city border here. there is an injury crash and also one person was killed. so more than one person was injured but one person was killed here on 280. that is northbound 280 on the lef