Brittney Griner says Baylor coaches wanted her sexuality kept quiet

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It's apparently no accident former Baylor star Brittney Griner didn't publicly reveal she was gay until after her college career ended last month.

Griner told espnW that Baylor women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey requested players not be publicly open about their sexuality out of fear it would affect the perception of the program in the community and negatively impact recruiting.

"It was a recruiting thing," Griner told espnW. "The coaches thought that if it seemed like they condoned it, people wouldn't let their kids come play for Baylor.

"It was just kind of, like, one of those things, you know, just don't do it. They kind of tried to make it, like, 'Why put your business out on the street like that?'"

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Considering the rumors and innuendo that floated around ("Was she really a man in drag?&quot , I don't think it did the program or the institution much good for her stay in the closet.

[KamaAina]

1. Very well. I shall continue to hate Baylor

with the white-hot intensity of ten thousand suns.

Why would Griner go there? Surely UConn, er, I mean some other school must have wanted her.

[caraher]

3. Maybe to stay close to home?

Waco isn't too far from Houston...

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4. Along with illegal recuirting tactics by Pokemon Mulkey...nt

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6. That would be my guess

Though I would assume there are other competitive women's NCAA basketball programs in Texas or neighboring states.

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. It is a 3-hour drive from my north Houston home to Waco... In good traffic.

I'd call that rather far. Chicago is closer to Milwaukee than Waco is to Houston. IOW, there are a lot of good basketball schools that are just as good as Baylor.

(her parents live about a mile from my house, which is why I referenced the location)

[caraher]

8. But still a lot closer than Storrs, CT!

The point about recruiting is a good one, though...

[joeybee12]

5. I know...they;'re such fundy scum down at Baylor...

It would have given them some credit for being accepting, something filthy Southern Baptists are not. Fuck them.

[KamaAina]

9. Why is sex banned at Baylor?

Because it might lead to dancing!

[joeybee12]

10. +1

[ScreamingMeemie]

2. Dropped like a weighted stone when I posted it in GD yesterday.