Former Dallas Cowboys QB Troy Aikman Angry Over 20-Year Old Allegations That He is Gay

The Dallas Cowboys had one of the best quarterbacks of his era in Troy Aikman.  We will never know how good his teams could have been since Jerry Jones saw fit to chase off Jimmy Johnson after winning a couple Super Bowls, but oh well. What is in the past is in the past, or at least it should be.

For some odd reason Aikman has decided after nearly two decades to respond to allegations Skip Bayless made in a 1996 book about the Dallas Cowboys that Aikman is gay.

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This is what Troy had to say in a SI interview:

“I’m upset about it because it was made up and there was nothing accurate about anything that was insinuated. And he did it, as he does everything, just for attention. I am probably more upset because I probably should have responded to it at the time it was going on. The advice to me was “Hey, just don’t address it. It’s not worth it. It doesn’t make any sense. It’s ridiculous. All it’s going to do is have people continue to talk about his book.” So I didn’t.”

“But I probably could have responded differently and maybe that would have changed things. Maybe it wouldn’t have. But it is ridiculous, and, yeah, it bothers me. If that is a lifestyle people choose, so be it. It doesn’t affect me one way or another. But it is not my lifestyle.”

I can recall reading the book back when it was published. If memory serves Aikman was not one to date much in his playing days because of the time he devoted to his profession. He knew he couldn't give a relationship the attention it deserved as long as he was playing so he stayed out of them.

Troy--what they told you back then was right. Trolls like Bayless should not be on the air and need to be ignored. That being said, this was nearly two decades ago man.

Let it go.

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