Nets to sign Jason Collins

[StroShow]

The Brooklyn Nets on Sunday will sign center Jason Collins, who will become the first openly gay active player in North America's four recognized major team sports, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.

ESPN

 

[BJBirdy]

I don't follow basketball at all with the exception of what pops up in my timeline on Twitter, but when I saw this thread title I thought to myself "isn't that the guy who came out last year?" It's good to see that someone's going to sign him.

 

[arock1234]

This is a nice story and I'm happy that Collins got a chance. He is a marginal player at best, not forget which probably is the main reason why it has taken so long for him to sign.

 

[BourneofDarkness15]

Great pub for the league, good he's getting some money, but honestly this isn't worth much to me.

 

[StroShow]

They've put his jersey up for sale in their store which is unheard of for a guy who signs a 10-day contract. Do you think this is a money maker or is the franchise giving him their full support?

 

[Konshentz]

They are definitely just cashing in. They also wanted to beat the NFL to it and get more publicity.

 

[VJ_Sportsgeek]

yea this is more of a publicity move to be honest. There are alot of more qualified big men out there that they could have chosen, but instead opted for Collins. And nothing against Collin's game, but hes not the guy that you'd look at to play backup mins

 

[BJBirdy]

His jersey is the best seller since he signed with the Nets.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/25/us/jason- ... index.html

But then again, what does that really mean? There's just more of a market for his stuff at the moment since most LeBron fans already have a LeBron jersey.

 

[Babe_Ruth]

With Collins, now that he's a part of sports history, I wonder if he'll just retire as soon as he's cut or when the season is done.

I get the sense that he really wanted to be part of history, and I don't think there is anything wrong with that.

 

[Joster]

I don't see him contributing a lot except for grabbing a couple rebounds here and there. This was definitely for publicity.