dealt with, mike vick, riley cooper or tim tooebo, eric hernandez, there has been so many other things dealt with, and somehow the league is still going. why will a gay man bring it to their knees. what are the chances for him at the draft. a lot of people are sporting to the player who came out towards the end of the career and nobody signed them. >> i think it will affect the draft stat awes. teams will pass because he's gay. at the end of the day a team will pick them up. to not do so would be to blatantly reveal the fact that it has been run by homophones. i wouldn't be surprised if they were on the phone saying, "talk to the gms and coaches, and make them aware discrimination." >> most players that come out as gay have done it at the end of the year. assuming sam gets drafted. can this mean that this will be the jacky robinson moment. >> history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes, there's only one jackie robinson. the first is not 1947, but the similarities cannot be ignored, not the least of which if you go back to the 1940s, they sounded like the blind quotes in "sports illust

had to deal with, mike vick, riley cooper, tim timbo, there has been others, why would a gay man be the straw that breaks the camel's back, bringing the n.f.l. to its knees. >> a lot of people point to jason colins, coming out towards the end of his career and no one signed him last year. >> it probably will affect his draft status a little bit because that's the reality of the n.f.l., there are teams that will pass on him because he's gay and they won't want to deal with it. i think a team would pick him up. to not do so would reveal the fact that n.f.l. is run by homophones. frankly, i would be spriffed if roger cadell is not on the phone, speaking to owners saying, "this is an image problem. talk to gm and coaches and let them know we do not tolerate this." >> a lot of players came out after they were tired. assuming that sam is drafted and is successful in the n.f.l., could it mean that this would be the jackie robinson moment for gay men in sports. >> mark twain said history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes. >> in other words, there's one jackie robinson. every situation is dif

and when you look at the distractions the nfl has had to deal with, stuff like mike vick, riley cooperr, or, you know, tim tebow or, you know, aaron hernandez, there has been so many other things that the nfl has dealt with and somehow the league kept going. why all of a sudden is it it's going it be a gay man that brings the league to its knees? that's the straw that breaks the camel's back. >> what do you think his chances will be at the draft. a lot of people are points to go jason collins who came out towards the end o of his career and nobody signed him last year. >> i think it probably will affect his draft status a little bit. because that is the unfortunate reality of the nfl is that there will be teams that will pass on him simply because he's gay and they don't want to have to deal with it. at the end of the day i think a team will pick him up in the fourth or fifth round to not do so, would be to really just play to wantly reveal the fact that the nfl is being run by homo phones. and i don't think the league wants that perfectio perceptioni would be surprised if roger godell

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mike. but when you take the example of somebody like michael vick, don imus, tiger woods, we can go on andople that have royally screwed up and america and sponsors have come back to the table. >> the bottom line is, they didn't say the "n" word. yes, you can talk about michael vick and tiger woods -- >> don imus, racial issue. don imus, racial issue. >> yes, don imus isn't paula deen and we'll see how he handles it. she is still running for the hills. >> what is your analysis -- >> i don't think she's running for the hills at all. >> don imus said the words nappy headed hoes, she used the "n" word. are those equal things? >> it's not a matter of whether they're equal things, it's a matter of how you deal with it. when someone's main message afterwards is, i is who i is, don imus didn't do that. when he's asked about it, he continues to apologize. paula deen is not coming to new york to promote this. she's not on your show talking about this. i think there are big issues because she's not comfortable in the issue. >> mel, maybe the thing is, she doesn't need those people. she's comfortable

mike. it might just be. >> go ahead. >> if you take the example of somebody like michael vick, don imus, tiger woods, we can go on and onthat have really screwed up and america and sponsors have come back to the table. >> i'm one of the top crisis p.r. people in the world. the bottom line is they didn't say the n word. it wasn't a racist issue. you could talk about michael vick and tiger woods. those dent deal with racism. >> don imus, racial issue. >> don imus is a racial issue. he isn't paula deen. we'll see how she handles it. he had an excellent mea culpa. she's running for the hills. >> i don't think she is at all. >> what's your analysis on those two things? don imus said nappy-headed hoes, she use the n word. are those equal things? >> it's not about whether they're equal things, how do you deal with it when that happens. if someone's message is, i is what i is and look what happened to my family. don imus eventually came out and said i made a big mistake. i fully apologize. when he's asked about it on a regular basis he continues to say that. paula deen is comfortable around your audience and family. she's not o

advocate mike dobmayer of north dark, i am mode i can't think past national commander larry palzine of california. chief of staff raymond hutchinson of ohio and my love of my life wick he vick and my son james and his wife rhonda. one man -- [applause] one man who for the first time in decade is not the at table with us today is art wilson. he retired in 2013 after a 47-year career serving as dav's superbly effective chief executive officer and national adjutant. art's departure after such a long ands distinguished term wil clearly leave a void the dav has selected an able, experienced, executive in mark burgess as our new ceo and national adjutant. while the dav national executive committee please stand and be recognized. [applause] while the members of the national legislative interim committee also please stand. [applause] and i'd also like to recognize the entire dav delegation from my home state of ohio. please stand. [applause] i've already submitted for the record my written testimony. detailing a number of concerns and ideas for your information and consideration. so i will use my time today to highlight a few of the mosto importantur issues facing veters today. t m