Ted glances down at her, then reaches for the remote to mute the television. He sits there for a moment before answering, staring ahead.
"You know, I love coaching. It's in my top five - it basically goes Henry, you, my mom, then coaching," he says, gesturing like he's listing them off. He nods a bit to himself, like he's mulling it over.
"Do you know how many openly gay or bisexual players there are in the NFL? Or in the Premier League, or the Championship? Zero," he continues. He sounds slightly bitter, maybe even a little bit angry, but in a subdued way. Like he's used to pushing those feelings down. "So how do you think they would react to a coach like that, someone in a position of power?"
He's not outright saying it, but he is more or less admitting it now. That's probably about as far as he'll get.
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2021-09-17 01:28 pm (UTC)"You know, I love coaching. It's in my top five - it basically goes Henry, you, my mom, then coaching," he says, gesturing like he's listing them off. He nods a bit to himself, like he's mulling it over.
"Do you know how many openly gay or bisexual players there are in the NFL? Or in the Premier League, or the Championship? Zero," he continues. He sounds slightly bitter, maybe even a little bit angry, but in a subdued way. Like he's used to pushing those feelings down. "So how do you think they would react to a coach like that, someone in a position of power?"
He's not outright saying it, but he is more or less admitting it now. That's probably about as far as he'll get.