The Irrelevant Sexual Orientation

This blog is written mostly tongue in cheek. Some points may be informative. Please provide your feedback.
If you suffer from self-irrelevancy, please seek professional advice.

Hello. John Amaechi became the latest retired pro team sport player to admit to being gay. He now has a book out chronicling his experiences of keeping his secret quiet while playing for fear of abuse from teammates, management and fans.
My question is, why not come out? To me a person's orientation is irrelevant.
Of course, it's not as easy as I make it out to be. Whoever did admit to being gay while still playing would face a career similar to Jackie Robinson. Who needs it? But they would be known forever as a pioneer. As Mark Cuban said, that individual would become rich beyond belief, and known forever.
Frank Deford wrote a column saying the fans are the main reason a player wouldn't come out, as teammates would be accepting. And since I know of a now retired gay NHL star who was highly regarded, I tend to agree.
As fans, do we care if our stars are gay? As long as they're good citizens, I'd say the question is irrelevant.

Regards,
Irrelevant