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  • June 16, 2015 at 5:03 pm #26407
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    Michael Sam placed on suspended list in CFL

    http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000497222/article/michael-sam-placed-on-suspended-list-in-cfl

    Michael Sam’s CFL career is on hold, and there is no telling if it will continue again.

    The Montreal Alouettes announced Monday that Sam was placed on the team’s suspended list after leaving the team over the weekend.

    “He wanted to go home, and that’s what he did. I don’t know why,” general manager Jim Popp told the Montreal Gazette. “When a guy wants to go home, they go home. He had some personal things to take care of.

    “I wouldn’t be surprised if he returns. I’m surprised he left. I was very surprised. If he doesn’t come back, I would think football’s over for him. He’s the one that has to face that. But I don’t think he doesn’t want to play football. That’s why he came here.”

    Sam, the NFL’s first openly gay player, spent time on the Cowboys practice squad last year after spending the offseason in St. Louis. The newspaper said that Sam was struggling initially with the Canadian game, but had showed improvement. It was unclear if he was going to make the team’s roster. The Alouettes also cut former NFL running back Chris Rainey on Monday.

    June 26, 2015 at 9:51 pm #26803
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    Michael Sam reportedly left the Alouettes after getting the sense that he wouldn’t make the team.

    http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/michael-sam-left-cfl-team-fear-cut-report-article-1.2259917?utm_content=buffer55d89&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=RVacchiano Twitter

    Michael Sam’s disappearing act in Montreal was due, in part, to his diminishing chances of making the Alouettes’ roster.

    Sam, who signed a two-year deal with the CFL team last month, requested a leave of absence on Friday and hasn’t been back. The team suspended Sam on Monday, a calculated move that allows the Alouettes to retain his rights while he’s away from the team.

    While Sam hasn’t explained his absence — the team says he’s away for personal reasons — the Montreal Gazette reports that sources think Sam fled Montreal once he got a sense that he would not make the team.

    The newspaper reported that the “theory … in the Als dressing room” is that Sam wanted to spare himself and the team the awkward situation of trying to explain Sam being cut.

    The team released six players on Monday, trimming its roster down to 65 players. CFL teams carry 46 players; NFL teams carry 53-man rosters.

    June 26, 2015 at 9:53 pm #26804
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    Michael Sam is back in Montreal, expected to practice next week

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    http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co…k-in-montreal-expected-to-practice-next-week/

    There’s still been no explanation for why Michael Sam abruptly left his Canadian Football League team two weeks ago. But now he’s back.

    Sam was in Montreal last night as his team, the Montreal Alouettes, opened the season with a loss to the Ottawa Redblacks. Sam still has a locker in the team’s locker room and is expected at team meetings on Sunday and at practice the following day, the Montreal Gazette reports.

    When Sam left the team, there was some talk that he simply wasn’t good enough. But Alouettes General Manager Jim Popp has said Sam will be welcomed back, suggesting that the team thinks he can help them win.

    Sam became the first openly gay player to be drafted in the NFL when the Rams took him in the seventh round last year. Although he played well in the preseason, he did not make the Rams’ regular-season roster. If he plays for the Alouettes, he’ll become the first openly gay player in a CFL game.

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