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01-24-2013, 12:40 PM
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#351
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Originally Posted by Drako
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LOL!!!
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01-30-2013, 12:07 PM
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#353
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Lifer
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Originally Posted by Drako
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Honestly at this point I have no idea what the truth is. I will say that if Te'O and Tuiasosopo are in love (which I've always thought made the most sense of any explanation), it would not be surprising for Tuiasosopo to take all the heat for this in the interest of protecting Te'O's draft prospects and career. It is interesting that Tuiasosopo has admitted he is gay and has feelings for Te'O, in any case.
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01-30-2013, 12:08 PM
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#354
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Join Date: Feb 2000
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I hope manti can develop a thick skin because he's given every offensive lineman in the league a lifetime of material to throw at him on the field. And honestly, I dont want my team picking him in the draft. Let someone else take him. Prior to this whole ordeal, I wanted him on my team pretty badly. I considered him the possible second-coming of Seau.
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01-30-2013, 12:43 PM
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#355
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Lifer
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: In Your Frontal Lobe
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Ah, young gay love.
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01-30-2013, 12:48 PM
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#356
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: San Jose, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SP33Demon
Ah, young gay love.
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http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/vi...ew-im-not-gay/
Katie: Are you gay?
Manti: No, far from it, far from that <nervous laugh>
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01-30-2013, 12:51 PM
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#357
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Golden Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
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Why is he so scared to admit that he is gay ? Is he going to make less money because of that as a pro?
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01-30-2013, 12:52 PM
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#358
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Golden Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: NoVA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OlafSicky
Why is he so scared to admit that he is gay ? Is he going to make less money because of that as a pro?
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YES!!!
I know its not as bad coming out today than it was 20 or even 10 years ago but to say it would not hurt would be false. Let alone he be the "gay" player not just a player.
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01-30-2013, 01:00 PM
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#359
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Jumping to the conclusion that Te'o is gay still makes absolutely no sense. He (and everyone else around him) believed that he was in a relationship with a woman.
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01-30-2013, 01:06 PM
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#360
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Lifer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 30,079
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DougK62
Jumping to the conclusion that Te'o is gay still makes absolutely no sense. He (and everyone else around him) believed that he was in a relationship with a woman.
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yes, and that would be the perfect cover - to make people think you are in a relationship with a woman.
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01-30-2013, 01:21 PM
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#361
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Quote:
Originally Posted by purbeast0
yes, and that would be the perfect cover - to make people think you are in a relationship with a woman.
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Everyone always wants some fancy story, but I prefer to apply Occam's razor.
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01-30-2013, 01:29 PM
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#362
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: pa
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimzz
YES!!!
I know its not as bad coming out today than it was 20 or even 10 years ago but to say it would not hurt would be false. Let alone he be the "gay" player not just a player.
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http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl--re...190346715.html
Certainly not all players are against it, but I doubt the league (as in, players in general) would be particularly receptive to it.
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01-30-2013, 01:31 PM
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#363
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Lifer
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: In Your Frontal Lobe
Posts: 20,152
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Drako
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Seems guilty...
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01-30-2013, 02:44 PM
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#364
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DougK62
Everyone always wants some fancy story, but I prefer to apply Occam's razor.
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The thing that has never made sense to me - how can you not go to the funeral of your dead girlfriend.
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01-30-2013, 03:38 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 10,304
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Dude's gay. So what. If he can bring his game to the NFL level, more power to him.
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01-30-2013, 03:40 PM
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#366
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DougK62
Everyone always wants some fancy story, but I prefer to apply Occam's razor.
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The idea that he would think he had a girlfriend for 3 years without ever meeting her is the least plausible explanation.
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01-30-2013, 03:40 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DougK62
Everyone always wants some fancy story, but I prefer to apply Occam's razor.
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As has been said repeatedly in this thread, I think Occam's Razor supports the notion that Te'O is lying. That doesn't necessarily mean he is, but you have to accept a lot of wildly unlikely "facts" to believe him.
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The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. The Second Coming, William Butler Yeats.
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01-30-2013, 04:19 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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If he is gay and comes out he would end up being one of the most famous football players ever, regardless of his abilities. Ratings would probably spike too.
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01-30-2013, 11:56 PM
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#369
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: San Jose, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Vito Corleone
As has been said repeatedly in this thread, I think Occam's Razor supports the notion that Te'O is lying. That doesn't necessarily mean he is, but you have to accept a lot of wildly unlikely "facts" to believe him.
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Read the transcripts and watch the tapes, and any sane individual would come to the conclusion that ...
Well, let's just say you would have to be a little naive to believe anything that Manti says, and leave it at that.
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01-31-2013, 02:20 AM
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No Lifer
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Bay Area
Posts: 53,755
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DougK62
Everyone always wants some fancy story, but I prefer to apply Occam's razor.
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same.
Therefore, he is gay.
(or, at the very least, lying and the main perpetrator of the hoax, for whatever reason)
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01-31-2013, 02:33 AM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: May 2003
Location: DFW
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Applying Occam's razor means Te'o is lying. Why is up in the air. There are simply too many WTF scenarios to believe him.
That being said there's really no "reasonable" scenario here. It's all completely fucked up.
OK, so he lied. He's gay? That's an odd way to cover it up.
OK, so he lied. Just to gain favor in the Heisman polls to maybe get a higher draft rank?
OK, so he didn't lie and never met this woman he dated for 3 years, didn't visit her in the hospital, didn't go to her funeral?
All of these are WTF scenarios.
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01-31-2013, 12:00 PM
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Golden Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Chicago, IL
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Apparently he's a recovering homosexual.
from Gawker:
"Is Ronaiah Tuiasosopo — the would-be gospel singer who crafted an elaborate fake online persona and "catfished" college football star Manti Te'o — gay? When Dr. Phil asked him for a soon-to-broadcast interview, Tuisasosopo said "yes." And then he quickly called himself "confused." And then he said this:
"You've heard of recovering drug addicts? It takes a lot of courage to stand and say that," he said "To recover from homosexuality and this type of thing. Not only that, coming back to your real life, as hard as a task as that is I'm going to do all that I can to live right."
I'm not a doctor, or anything, but, Ronaiah. Dude."
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01-31-2013, 12:09 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Bronx, NY
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Are gay guys even allowed to play in the NFL? I mean, what happens if he gets cut and infects another player with Gay?
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01-31-2013, 12:12 PM
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#374
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Washington DC
Posts: 8,252
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DougK62
Jumping to the conclusion that Te'o is gay still makes absolutely no sense. He (and everyone else around him) believed that he was in a relationship with a woman.
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... Have you been living under a rock? 
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01-31-2013, 12:45 PM
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#375
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Golden Member
Join Date: Feb 2000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by amdhunter
Are gay guys even allowed to play in the NFL? I mean, what happens if he gets cut and infects another player with Gay?
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post of the day!
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