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As football season officially kicked off with a game between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks last night, DirecTV aired an ad for their NFL Sunday Ticket program, which offers fans the opportunity to watch every NFL game free with the package deal.
What was totally unexpected was the gay couple they used to advertise the product.
Gay Football Fan: Chris and I have a friendly rivalry. Giants. Cowboys. You know the deal. But we sure agreed on getting rid of cable and upgrading to DirecTV with NFL Sunday Ticket. It's the only way we can watch our favorite teams every week. Sure, we still argue sometimes.
Gay Football Fan's Squeeze: We're just like any couple, really.
Voice-over: Become the world's most powerful fan. Get NFL Sunday Ticket included with no extra charge. Call 1-800-DIRECTV.
In this latest moment of American inclusiveness, we see one of the last bastions of stereotyping crumbling before our eyes. Football, as bigots would have it, holds nothing for the effeminate gay man. It is a man's man sport. With Michael Sam crashing ceilings first with the St. Louis Rams and now with the Dallas Cowboys, having a national advertising campaign recognize that there are plenty of LGBT people who love the sport is a pretty big deal.
I took to Twitter today to see what the reaction might be. Fearing that the homophobes would be crawling out of the woodwork, I was happily blown away by the overwhelmingly positive response this ad has received.
The times, they are a-changin'!
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