I always find it funny how you've condensed the worlds problems down to a series of cards in a deck. You got the black card, the gay card, the George Bush card. Everything's a "card" with you. Your go-to move is to play the card card. LOL.
As for the football player, I haven't heard any controversy about this. He seems to accept it is what it is. As far as the topic of equality goes, I think I heard something about him being happy about at least getting a chance to prove himself. So it seems all good to me.