Jason Collins makes a brave decision

Jason Collins who is 12 season veteran of the NBA decided that today he would put all his cards on the table as he announced that he was gay and in that became the first active athlete in one of the four major sports in north american (NBA,MLB,NHL,OR NFL). What does this really mean is: one that are gay athletes in North American sports which is a simply a no brainer as there are people in a walks of life that have decided to have a relationship with their own sex and it is that athletes are too scared of what their teammates and opponents will react to the news. Two that the 34-year-old Jason Collins career in the NBA is over as he played with the Washington Wizards this season and I will be shocked if the Wizards or any other team in the NBA will be willing to have an openly gay player on their team which will mean that he will need to head to Europe if he wants to continue his basketball career. Third is that he is a very brave man trying to make it better for other athletes to not have to hide their personal life from their friends and hopefully do what Jackie Robinson did for baseball 66 years ago for blacks in baseball. Collins should be thanked and congratulated for try to be trend setter for other athletes Tom Mehegan