THE NETHERLANDS – The Dutch Football Association (FA) – the governing body of professional soccer in The Netherlands – is running a TV commercial highlighting the lack of openly gay footballers.
The ad, which has been shown on Dutch television shows a man in a closet playing soccer and then enjoying drinks with his team mates after a match.
The commercial then ends with the words, “Why not step out of the closet?” before saying “Your team is on your side” and finishes with the tag line — “Gay? There is nothing queer about it.”
Last month Swedish professional soccer player, Anton Hysen, the world’s only openly gay professional soccer player, said it might take another “five to ten years” for the sport to see a serving gay top-flight international star.
