…“For more than 38 years Dale Hansen has informed and entertained our audience like no other, and we are forever grateful for his dedication to our team and to the North Texas community,” said WFAA President and General Manager, Brad Ramsey. There will simply never be another Dale Hansen.” “From major breaking sports news, to powerful investigations, to standing up for human rights, Dale forged an unprecedented path and became so much more than a sports anchor. …“I’ve worked with Dale for a long time and always found his ability to author so eloquently what the human spirit feels around issues shaking the community a gift,” said WFAA Executive News Director Leslie McCardel. “It will be hard the next time we turn to him for his words and he’s not there.”įollowing service in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, Hansen started his media career as a radio DJ and operations manager in Newton, Iowa, then became a radio news director in Knoxville, Iowa. ![]() He then worked in radio in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, TV in Omaha, Nebraska, and then headed to Dallas in 1980 as a sportscaster at KFDW. In 1983, he’d move across town to WFAA (which also had Verne Lundquist at the time). But when I listen to Michael Sam, I do think it’s time to celebrate him now.He’d go on to a whole lot of memorable moments there, from his SMU investigation to covering local teams in three Super Bowls, three Stanley Cup Finals, two World Series and two NBA Finals to his “Unplugged” commentaries. I don’t know if that day is here yet, I guess we’re about to find out. We’ve always been able to recognize them, some of us accept them, and I want to believe that there will be a day when we do celebrate them. ![]() But I do understand he’s part of mine.Ĭivil rights activist Audre Lorde said: It is not our differences that divide us, it is our inability to recognize, accept and celebrate those differences. I am not always comfortable when a man tells me he’s gay. I never understood how they felt comfortable laying claim to both sides of that argument. So many of the same people who used to make that argument, and many who still do, are the same peolple who say government should stay out of our lives but then want government in our bedrooms. Because we weren’t comfortable with that either. It wasn’t that long ago we were told that black players couldn’t play in our games, because it would be uncomfortable.Īnd even when they finally could, it took several more years before a black man played quarterback. You love another man – well now you’ve gone too far. Players accused of rape and pay the woman to go away, you lie to the police trying to cover up a murder – we’re comfortable with that. Players caught in hotel rooms with illegal drugs and prostitutes – we know they’re welcome. You kill people while driving drunk – that guy is welcome. You beat a women and drag her down a flight of stairs pulling her hair out be the roots – you’re the fourth guy taken in the NFL draft. ”It will be uncomfortable, because that’s a man’s world.” Several NFL officials telling Sports Illustrated it WILL hurt him on draft day because a gay player wouldn’t be welcome in a NFL locker room. Michael Sam would be the first openly gay player in the NFL says he knows there will be problems and they’ve already started. The best defensive player in college football’s best conference only a third to fifth round NFL pick? Really? That IS chocking. ”… and then yesterday Missouri’s All American defensive Michael Sam, the SCC:s Defensive Player of the Year and expected to be a third to fifth round pick in the NFL draft, tells the world he’s gay. Notera hur han använder bilder som väcker känslor, citat som han sedan parafraserar och till sist avslutar med en väl underbyggd uppmaning. ![]() Lyssna noga på hur Dale Hansen bygger sin argumentation kring varför det är helt fel att räkna bort Sam i den närliggande draften. ![]() Amerikanarna kan sin retorik.įöljande är ett slags försvarstal som stödjer Michael Sam, USA:s första öppet homosexuella fotbollsspelare i NFL. Ser den korta tv-snutten och överväldigas av det perfekt uppbyggda talet. Springer på detta underbara nyhetsklipp i mitt flöde.
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