'Pro Football Weekly' Host Dan Hampton To Apologize For Anti-Gay Remark

BY ON TOP MAGAZINE STAFF 
PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 09, 2010

Pro Football Weekly host Dan Hampton will apologize on-air for an
 anti-gay remark made during Sunday's broadcast.

Hampton earned his 2002 Pro Football Hall of Fame induction after
 a 12-year career with the Chicago Bears.

The syndicated show is co-hosted by Hampton, Pro Football Weekly
 publisher-editor Hub Arkush, Chicago sportscaster Pat Boyle and
 Tom Waddle, a former Chicago Bears player.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
demanded an apology from Hampton for suggesting the Dallas
Cowboys are gay.

“The Cowboys think they are Clint Eastwood; they're more of the Brokebackvariety, if you know what I'm talking about,” he told viewers,
 referring to the gay cowboy movie Brokeback Mountain.

In asking for an apology, GLAAD said such comments encourage
anti-gay violence.

“Hampton was a tremendous player for the Chicago Bears throughout
 the 1980s, he's a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, he's
 a television personality, and whether he likes it or nor, he's a role
model. Every day, millions of kids across this country are harassed,
bullied and beaten because of attitudes like this. Hampton should not
 be using this platform to encourage homophobia.”

According to a posting on GLAAD's website, the former NFL player
 will lead Sunday's broadcast with an apology for the remark.

“Arkush said 'it shouldn't have happened' and assured GLAAD
 that similar incidents will not happen again,” the group wrote.