Rick Welts, the President of the Phoenix Suns is Gay

Wow! Hot off the street! Rick Welts has decided to come out, hopefully to send out a message to the sport world and beyond.

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"This is one of the last industries where the subject is off limits," Welts said in an interview with The New York Times. "Nobody's comfortable in engaging in a conversation." 

But Welts, 58, 40 years into a sports career, was no longer comfortable keeping it secret.

Last month, he told The Times, he informed NBA Commissioner David Stern, who had figured it out long before but felt it wasn't his place to raise the subject.

The day after their conversation is when controversy developed over Los Angeles Lakers Lakers guard Kobe Bryant mouthing the expletive homosexual slur toward a referee.

Welts lost a partner to AIDS in 1994, unable to fully share his grief, and a 14-year relationship ended two years ago, in part because he wouldn't go public.

He wants to make a change in his life and others. Good luck, Rick and welcome to the 'business'.

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