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Date Posted: 16:57:11 11/22/02 Fri
Author: Get some eyes hearst you play with a fag
Subject: In other news Jeff Garcia cried to the Niners managment

Hearst: Gay comments were insensitive
November 21, 2002


SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- San Francisco 49ers running back Garrison Hearst acknowledged Thursday that his comments about gay NFL players were insensitive.

In an interview with the Fresno Bee three weeks ago, Hearst used a slur to describe gays, and said he wouldn't want a gay player as a teammate.

The subject became a matter of national debate last month when former NFL player Esera Tuaolo revealed his homosexuality. Sterling Sharpe, a former teammate of Tuaolo's in Green Bay, said Tuaolo would have been "eaten alive" and "hated" if he'd come out while he was playing.

Hearst toned down his opinions Thursday, but he also didn't take anything back.

"I realized it was a little insensitive, some of the stuff I said," Hearst said.

When asked if he regretted his comments, Hearst was noncommittal.

"I don't know. If I hurt somebody's feelings, I hate that I did it."

The 49ers' executives, mindful of their home city's large, vocal gay population, distanced themselves from Hearst's remarks.

"I don't think it's reflective of the attitude of the organization," GM Terry Donahue said. "We're way too busy trying to block and tackle to be involved in a social issue. It's unfortunate that those comments were made and insensitive, but we'll go on."

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