I concur Scotty... Maybe I am a little jaded by circumstances. Southern California has, I would imagine, a must higher percentage of gay/lesbian presence when compared nationally... There are whole cities like W. Hollywood and industries like TV/Film that are gay driven here...
He'll benefit from those that came out before him but he's still in for some tough times. I mean, we've come a long way as a society, I suppose, but athletes are notoriously masculine, closed-minded and, frankly, immature. In fact they were just recently re-playing the comments Jeremy Shockey made on Stern about how he'd react if a teammate came out. It's honestly absurd.