An anonymous survey has revealed that "homophobic slurs" are still commonplace in the NFL.
The league is expected to accept its first openly gay player this year when Missouri Tigers defensive end Michael Sam enters the Draft in May.
Sam announced that he is gay earlier this month having helped his team to success in the Cotton Bowl on his way to being named SEC Defensive Player of the Year last season.
His revelation prompted ESPN to conduct a survey asking a number of current NFL players how they would react to having a gay teammate.
A total of 51 players, just two short of a regular season roster in the NFL, answered the survey, with 32 admitting that a teammate or a coach used homophobic slurs last season.
Despite that, however, the vast majority of players also insisted that the sexual orientation of a player does not matter to them.
