Former Buffalo Bills WR has issues with sponsoring a National Gay Flag Football League team

The Buffalo Bills are currently focused on maximizing the roster talent they have largely managed to keep intact over the past few seasons in hopes of finally overtaking the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC to compete for a Super Bowl.

The Bills have made the playoffs six of the seven seasons Sean McDermott has led the team since 2017. Although he struggled during his rookie campaign in 2018, Josh Allen has led Buffalo to the playoffs every season since his inaugural campaign in the NFL. but failed to advance past the AFC Championship Game.

In three of the last four seasons, Allen and the Buffalo Bills have been eliminated from the playoffs by Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs – with the worst loss coming in 2020 in the AFC Championship.

Heading into 2024, the Bills will once again look to compete for a Lombardi Trophy, but Allen will have to find a way to produce at a high level without his two biggest playmakers in recent years. Gabe Davis and Stefon Diggs are now playing for other teams, so Buffalo is counting on rookie WR Keon Coleman to produce right away.

Only time will tell if the bills will finally succeed in ousting the leaders, but earlier this week the organization made headlines for a new initiative focused on inclusion and diversity.

Buffalo Bills sponsor National Gay Flag Football League expansion

The Bills announced Tuesday that the team will sponsor an expansion of the National Gay Flag Football League (NGFFL) to Buffalo, New York.

The team, which presents the bio on social networks “Stop Hate. End racism. Choose love,” the announcement made via Instagram. This ad included an image of the Bills logo colored after the Progress Pride flag.

“We are proud to support the National Gay Flag Football League by sponsoring the launch of a league in Buffalo! » the team wrote on the official Buffalo Bills Instagram account.

NGFFL is a nonprofit sports league founded in 2002 that hosts more than 250 teams in 26 leagues across the United States. The league “seeks to promote the positive social and sporting enjoyment of American flag football,” according to its website.

The league says it is inclusive of all identities and does not discriminate “on the basis of sexual orientation, gender and gender identity, race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, political beliefs, athletic ability, physical challenge, HIV status or gender identity. »

Former Buffalo Bills WR Cole Beasley has a problem with a former team sponsoring the Gay Flag Football League

Former NFL wide receiver Cole Beasley – who spent three years in Buffalo after his first seven with the Dallas Cowboys – has carved out a niche in the league as a premier receiver, utilizing his shifty footwork and its course to compensate for its small size and frame.

He finished his NFL career with 556 receptions for 5,744 yards and 34 touchdowns.

Beasley was always a player who spoke out on controversial issues and wasn’t afraid of backlash. So it’s no surprise that he publicly spoke out against the Buffalo Bills’ sponsorship of a gay flag football league.

“We are proud to support the National Gay Flag Football League by sponsoring the launch of a league in Buffalo! » the Bills social media team wrote on Instagram.

Beasley, who had two stints with the Bills, was perplexed by the decision and took to X/Twitter to question it.

“But why?” He asked.

Great question Cole! » » replied one user. “I wonder why I would want to see the Bills play this year! Why can’t sports just be about sports? »

“It’s flag football. And the league has been around for decades. another offered.

But this is hardly surprising since Cole Beasley’s position on homosexuality is well known.

As for the league, it is played according to the usual rules of flag football and is not 100% gay, as there are teams made up of heterosexual men. It’s clear the Buffalo Bills are working to be more inclusive and Beasley obviously doesn’t agree with the decision.

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