survive the potential backlash. instead it's the exact opposite. a fringe player, a guy who may play seven to ten minutes a night, a free agent. i mean, you couldn't have drawn it up differently than a lot of the people i had been talking to behind the scenes who were predicting this would play out. jason collins is the last guy you would have expected. i'll throw one other thing in there. for years being an openly gay sportscaster and being in the lbg community, you heard names rumored. one you never heard was jason collins. >> two part question. the first being, how do you think it's going to affect his future as a player? secondly, we saw all of the support, but not everybody is going to be supportive of this. >> very true. he is a fringe player. that's the problem. i know people are going to rush to, if he doesn't get signed by a team, well, jason collins didn't get signed because he's openly gay. i don't think that is fair. a guy at this stage of his career, a little up in years, i know he is in great shape, working out, running through the hills of california.