Playing the percentages

As a follow up to the previous post, here's some discomfiting stats for homophobic athletes to ponder in the locker room. With an accepted estimate that 10% of the population is homosexual and 1696 football players in the NFL (32 teams and 53 man rosters), there are 170 gay players currently playing. Or, put another way, 5 players on each team. Even if you low ball the homosexual population as a percentage to 5%, that still works out to 85 players and at least 2 per team.