Jake Daniels, the UK's only openly gay active male professional footballer, speaks about his mental health, Jordan Henderson and the 18 months since coming out.
It is, but I still think the fact he’s the only one, and barely a pro, and the last one killed himself over it before I was even born, is a huge problem. As in a how tf are we throwing a high horse over this, level of huge.
If I was the “Saudi PR team” I’d be chucking the bag and another bag but gold-plated at this bloke, manage to sign him and it’s suddenly 🇸🇦1-0🏴 for openly-gay pro players in the leagues.
Yeah to come out at such a young age in the current football environment is insane, hopefully it inspires the next generation.
It is, but I still think the fact he’s the only one, and barely a pro, and the last one killed himself over it before I was even born, is a huge problem. As in a how tf are we throwing a high horse over this, level of huge.
If I was the “Saudi PR team” I’d be chucking the bag and another bag but gold-plated at this bloke, manage to sign him and it’s suddenly 🇸🇦1-0🏴 for openly-gay pro players in the leagues.