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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Michael Sam had the North team's only sack in the Senior Bowl. (Michael Chang/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Michael Sam received plenty of support after he came out as gay on Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But his father,\u00A0Michael Sam, Sr., said he was having trouble adjusting to the news. He received a text message from his son last Tuesday saying he was gay as Sam Sr. was celebrating his birthday at a Denny's near his home outside Dallas.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CI couldn\u2019t eat no more, so I went to Applebee\u2019s to have drinks,\u201D Sam Sr. told &lt;em&gt;The New York Times&lt;/em&gt;. \u201CI don\u2019t want my grandkids raised in that kind of environment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CI\u2019m old school.\u00A0I\u2019m a man-and-a-woman type of guy.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SI WIRE: NFLPA boss rips anonymous GMs who downgraded Michael Sam on draft boards&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sam's father\u00A0was still struggling with the news upon his son's announcement on Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CAs a black man, we have so many hurdles to cross,\u201D he said. \u201CThis is just one he has to cross.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sam Sr. said he loves his son and hopes he makes it to the NFL, but he said that he's uncomfortable with the idea of a gay NFL player.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sam has reportedly always had a rocky relationship with his family and tends to stay with friends when he returns to his hometown, &lt;em&gt;The Times&lt;/em&gt; reports.\n&lt;strong&gt;See Michael Sam on the cover of this week's Sports Illustrated&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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