North America's four biggest pro sports leagues have been around a combined 398 years. They've had two openly gay active players
"I think that we have to get to a space where athletes, where men in general and where parents, mentors, teachers ... start to stretch and force and crack the idea of masculinity open," Davis told CNN. "Sports leagues have an opportunity and a responsibility to continue to widen our definitions of manhood, knowing that the more that they create spaces for people to be more themselves, the better player they'll actually be."