Video: Jon Stewart’s right-on take on Michael Sam and an NFL afraid of so-called distractions

The fact that Michael Sam is the best defensive player in the best college league in the country really puts the NFL in a corner come the draft in April.

He’s simply too good.

Jon Stewart points out that any reluctance is more about homophobia than distractions because, let’s face it, the league has had plenty of distractions in the past.

“No pro team wants the type of controversy having a gay player is going to cause … if he had just been convicted of DUI vehicular manslaughter, or obstruction of justice in connection with a murder, or have been accused of sexual assault, or screamed the n-word at a concert, or killed a bunch of dogs,” as other NFL players have all done, then Sam would be a great fit on an NFL team. But being gay is just too much. Riiiight.”

Stewart also takes the opportunity to take a dig at Tim Tebow: “We could have the first openly gay professional football player. There hasn’t been a civil rights victory so significant since the NFL welcomed it’s openly really bad player.”