Chris Kluwe American football player

Christopher James "Chris" Kluwe (/ˈkluːi/; born December 24, 1981) is a former American football punter. He played at Los Alamitos High School in Los Alamitos, California where he was a 1999 USA Today High School All-American, and then attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where he played college ball for the UCLA Bruins. He was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2005 and played professionally in the National Football League for the Seattle Seahawks and Oakland Raiders. Kluwe's most notable tenure was his eight seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, where he had a very tense relationship with the team owners and coaching staff due to his outspoken views while at the same time setting eleven individual team records which still stand as of 2014. Kluwe retired from professional football in 2012 after being controversially released by the Vikings.Kluwe is an outspoken advocate for same sex marriage and gay rights, and as a result was, and continues to be, one of the NFL's more controversial figures. Most recently Kluwe threatened to sue the Vikings for wrongful dismissal unless special teams coach Mike Priefer was given a four game suspension and the Vikings released an internal report that was written in response to Kluwe's accusations. Kluwe accused Coach Priefer of making remarks that Kluwe found offensive and the team of releasing him because of his opinions and his active advocacy of his views on civil and human rights. After the Vikings suspended Priefer for only two to three games and released one and one half pages of the Vikings 150 page internal report Kluwe stated on Twitter that he was extremely unhappy with this response and would proceed with his lawsuit.