re: This whole Michael Sam gay-out could be a well crafted marketing ploy.

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I disagree but I'm not marketing expert.

News stories like this last a bit longer than usual for obvious reasons. As soon as this nears that tail end of interesting, it'll be brought back up over and over during the combine and ultimately at the draft. This story has a longer shelf life than usual and ESPN will take advantage of every available minute.

The gay lovers are being sought out now sadly. Wait until they are found and paid for their stories. Very risky.

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Doing it after a good combine performance means that any drop in his draft stock would be directly related to his coming out. If he now goes to the combine and has a mediocre to poor performance that would lend credence to not drafting him. All the pressure at the combine will be on his shoulders instead of the teams during the draft.

If he's doing this to draw attention to himself in order to add to his draft stock then by doing it now he has also added a ton of pressure to the weight he was already carrying.