Public Address | Cafe | Field Theory: The score is 43-1 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-score-is-43-1/?p=79143#post79143 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-score-is-43-1/?p=79143#post79143

It's possibly a little too beefcake to call it SFW however (Hadyn suddenly discovers).

Well there goes my afternoon...

]]> Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:48:08 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-score-is-43-1/?p=79140#post79140 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-score-is-43-1/?p=79140#post79140 Outsports would probably be the best place to start for lists of gay sportsfolk (and lists of the hottest guys in sport).

It's possibly a little too beefcake to call it SFW however (Hadyn suddenly discovers).

]]> Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:43:28 +1300 LegBreak https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-score-is-43-1/?p=79121#post79121 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-score-is-43-1/?p=79121#post79121 Our take on gays in sport from the archives.

And yes, that's Roberts in the pic.

]]> Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:08:25 +1300 LegBreak https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-score-is-43-1/?p=79096#post79096 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-score-is-43-1/?p=79096#post79096 The reason Roberts “got away” with being gay in the NRL (the ultimate Aussie macho sport) was because he was just such a hard bustard.

No-one would ever dare give him a hard time.

One of the great sporting minority role models of all time.

]]> Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:21:11 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-score-is-43-1/?p=79086#post79086 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-score-is-43-1/?p=79086#post79086 I would say that football is the worst sport in the states for any kind of -ism. Case in point: Buck Burnette from the University of Texas Longhorns. After the election, he updated his Facebook status to: all the hunters gather up, we have a #$%&er in the whitehouse.

Thankfully he…

]]> Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:04:35 +1300 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-score-is-43-1/?p=79077#post79077 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-score-is-43-1/?p=79077#post79077 There was a gay rugby league player playing for Manly in the 1990s. Roberts?

But I suspect that, depending on the sport, 50 – 90% of gays/lesbians are in the closet in terms of their sport and their teammates.

In a competition between basketball and ice hockey, I suspect basketball…

]]> Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:58:35 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-score-is-43-1/?p=79031#post79031 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-score-is-43-1/?p=79031#post79031 By the way I realised at lunch that the title of this post is incorrect.

While there have been 43 white presidents and 1 black one. Technically black candidates are 1-0 in US presidential elections.

]]> Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:08:25 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-score-is-43-1/?p=79026#post79026 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-score-is-43-1/?p=79026#post79026

Can anyone name 5 openly homosexual athletes from Australasia?

Not 5, but the guy who won the diving gold medal at the Olympics was gay (though the American TV stations did everything they could do to hide it.

]]> Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:07:01 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-score-is-43-1/?p=78986#post78986 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-score-is-43-1/?p=78986#post78986

Would Jenkins' campaign for gay rights if any of his children were homosexuals?

Or just ship them off to gay re-education camp?

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Can anyone name 5 openly homosexual athletes from Australasia?

Well according to Zoe Goss, the Australian Women’s Cricket team gives you 11 to start with.

]]> Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:02:55 +1300 Naly D https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-score-is-43-1/?p=78957#post78957 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-score-is-43-1/?p=78957#post78957 Would Jenkins' campaign for gay rights if any of his children were homosexuals?

Homosexual sports players in sports are a tricky one. Teams [especially in the States] have obligations to sponsors as well as their coaches.

But of course, it isn't just a US thing. Can anyone name 5 openly…

]]> Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:43:31 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-score-is-43-1/?p=78956#post78956 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-score-is-43-1/?p=78956#post78956 Discussion from blog post.

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