Joakim Noah, a center for the Chicago Bulls, is under fire for using a gay slur during a playoffs game last night. Caught on camera, Noah is heard calling a fan a "f**king f**got". Kobe Bryant called a referee the same slur during a game a couple months ago and was fined $100,000 for the verbal attack.
GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios remarked, "Last month the NBA sent an important message about how such slurs fuel a climate of intolerance and are unacceptable. These anti-gay remarks, coming so soon after, demonstrate how much needs to be done.”
Barrios continued, "Noah's apology is a start. We are confident that the NBA will now take disciplinary measures and hasten its work with us to tell all players that there is no place for anti-gay words and attitudes in the game."
Noah's slur comes just a week after Phoenix Suns President and CEO Rick Welts revealed he was gay.
The NBA has yet to comment on the matter.
More must be done to curb the use of gay slurs, not only in the NBA, but all professional sports. As the NBA takes more aggressive measures to fine those using the anti-gay slur, the more it will curb its usage.
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