NFL

Brian Burke, President & General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team delivered keynote remarks to members of PFLAG NYC on fighting homophobia and making sports more welcoming of young people who are gay. The National Hockey League (NHL), National Football League (NFL), National Basketball Association (NBA), Major League Baseball (MLB), MetLife, and JetBlue Airways sponsored the event.

Last year, New Orleans Saints linebacker Scott Fujita vocally supported a march for GLBT rights - while on a Sirius XM Satellite Radio radio show.

“Just because I’m in favor of gay rights doesn’t mean I’m gay,” Fujita [31] told radio host Dave Zirin. “I know who I am. My wife knows who I am.”

Fujita, who played at Berkeley - and his wife Jaclyn - have twin daughters who are 2-years old.