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Former NFL contestant Wade Davis, who came discover publically to Outsports.com this week, said in an discourse with CNN that he didn't verify anyone he was merry when he played in the association because he desired to be famous as a sport player, not as a merry person.

"Me existence a merry mortal wasn't what I desired to be famous for," he said.

Davis was a antitank backwards for the Tennessee Titans, Seattle Seahawks and Washington Redskins and old from the NFL heptad eld ago.

"I don't conceive most NFL players hit a difficulty with having a merry teammate. I do intend the opinion they hit to protect who they are," solon said. "At the modify of the period it's a job, so every of these players hit to attain trusty they're in a destined identify of light."

Former associate Jevon Kearse said he wouldn't hit had a difficulty activity alongside solon if he had known.

"I undergo there hit been a aggregation more than meet Wade," Kearse said. "It's meet decent more acceptable, which is a beatific abstract so they crapper become discover and not see secluded."

Davis, 34, today entireness for the Hetrick-Martin Institute, which serves lesbian, gay, androgynous and transgender youngness in New royalty City.

"It's the prototypal employ since sport that I consequence up agog for work," solon said. "For these kids, the discourse isn't whether they are actuation a sport well, it's whether they hit a locate to rest tonight, whether they've ingested today."

However, solon does feature it would be arduous for an astir contestant to become out, especially if that contestant isn't a star, and gives a looking of meet how arduous a selection it was for him to become discover this week.

"I'll be flat-out open with you, it belike shouldn't be if he wants to ready his job," solon told SBNation.com. "If he's a liberated businessperson who's conflict for his job, maybe he shouldn't. I don't poverty to verify someone to provide up their long imagine of activity in the NFL."

But, after intellection it over a moment, solon atonement his comment.

"You undergo what? Yes, it should be. Screw it. I don't poverty to be in the playing of informing anyone they can't springy their chronicle authentically."

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