In order to help combat homophobia in sport, the new Football Manager 2018 video game is the first in the series that will feature gay players on the roster.
This report comes from BBC Sport. Football Manager 2018’s game director, Miles Jacobson, says they wanted to add gay players since there are real life gay football players out there but they keep it silent.
The game is trying to push the fact that it’s okay to come out as gay and players should not conceal it. Putting it in a video game is a way to make sure that there is nothing bad about being gay.
The reason they can do this is because the game features fictional characters. They are hoping to combat homophobia since being gay is still an issue for some people out there…
