After the 49ers insisted that cornerback
Chris Culliver didn't represent their organization when he made condescending, antigay remarks in a radio interview days before the NFL championship game, two players who
were in the 49ers
It Gets Better video
have disassociated themselves from their participation.
The 49ers' linebacker
Ahmad Brooks and nose tackle Isaac Sopoaga, both of whom participated in
the team's widely-praised "It Gets Better" video last summer, have denied ever producing the clip.
The players told USA Today Sports
that they didn't realize the video's aim was to specifically combat
bullying experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)
teens.
"This is America and if someone wants to be gay, they can be gay,"
Brooks told the publication. "But I didn't make any video." Later, after
he was reportedly shown the video on an iPhone, the player clarified,
"Oh, that. It was an anti-bullying video, not a gay [rights] video."
Even more curiously, Sopoaga also denied taking part in the clip,
even as a teammate reportedly tried to jog his memory. "I never went,"
he declared. "And now someone is using my name."
One thing is certain: some 49ers players are pretty bad liars. Here's the evidence:
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