The "karmic justice" of John Amaechi's new endorsement deal...
If you are a balding man and aren't in the hair club for men, who would you want to buy products from? Former NBA player John Amaechi who recently announced publicly that he is gay or Tim "I hate gay people" Hardaway?
Well, now there really isn't much choice since Amaechi has inked a deal to represent Headblade while Hardaway has been dumped by rival company BaldGuyz. Amaechi noted that there is some amount of "karmic justice" in this development but says "I don’t feel any joy [at Hardaway's loss].
The ads featuring Amaechi will run in two basketball magazines, Hoop and Slam, and while HeadBlade is not a huge company, Amaechi's endorsement deal is being noted as a step forward in the acceptance of openly gay athletes by mainstream marketers, according to Towleroad.com.
Meanwhile, the beleaguered Hardaway gave an interview Miami Herald's Barry Jackson and said the impact his hateful anti-gay comments ''hurt the most."
I'll bet. Would he even be sorry if there had not been such instant backlash against him? Doubt it.
Here is more of Hardaway's sob story, I mean interview: ''People have been trying to kick me when I'm down. [The reaction was] very, very shocking. People saying my wife left me -- that's not true. My family is OK and my finances are OK. I'm looking for a second chance and trying to clean up my image. I haven't been in trouble with drugs or guns. I'm an upstanding citizen. Like I told my children, life is not easy. This is a big bump I have to overcome. I'm going to deal with it like a champ. I've got to make sure people know I don't hate gay people.''
Oh, now you DON'T hate gay people. OK. Glad you're making progress on that. If you get all your endorsements back, will you hate gay people again? Will you still feel compelled to cross the street in order to get away from them? Will you still be such an IDIOT?



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