The former Baylor basketball
star, drafted first overall by the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, said in an
Sports Illustrated article last month she was always openly gay. But in
an upcoming ESPN interview, she reveals she was pressured by Baylor's
coaching staff to not mention her sexuality openly. "It was a recruiting
thing...The coaches thought that if it seemed like they condoned it,
people wouldn't let their kids come play for Baylor." Griner has been
openly gay since high school, and even told coach Kim Mulkey while she
was recruiting her, and was told it would not be a problem.
Baylor is a private Baptist college, and has policies on heterosexual extramarital conduct as well as "homosexual behavior," and encourages students to consult the "Spiritual Life Office." Baylor's athletic program was the center of an infamous 2003 scandal, when then-men's coach Dave Bliss covered up multiple NCAA violations, including failed drug tests, paying players, and actually claiming a murdered player was dealing drugs to pay his tuition when it was Bliss' own money.
Read more at espnW.
Baylor is a private Baptist college, and has policies on heterosexual extramarital conduct as well as "homosexual behavior," and encourages students to consult the "Spiritual Life Office." Baylor's athletic program was the center of an infamous 2003 scandal, when then-men's coach Dave Bliss covered up multiple NCAA violations, including failed drug tests, paying players, and actually claiming a murdered player was dealing drugs to pay his tuition when it was Bliss' own money.
Read more at espnW.
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