Manti Te’o’s dead girlfriend, a hoax?

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Don Vito Corleone

Don Vito Corleone

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Drako said:
Doctor Phil: Tuiasosopo says Te'o not involved in hoax.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...e-ronaiah-tuiasosopo-20130130,0,4989753.story
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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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tHa ShIzNiT

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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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Why is he so scared to admit that he is gay ? Is he going to make less money because of that as a pro?
 
Jimzz

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OlafSicky said:
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.
 
DougK62

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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.
 
purbeast0

purbeast0

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DougK62 said:
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.
 
Theb

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DougK62 said:
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.
 
Don Vito Corleone

Don Vito Corleone

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DougK62 said:
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.
 
Theb

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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.
 
Drako

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Don Vito Corleone said:
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.
 
Phoenix86

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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.
 
Abe Froman

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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."
 
amdhunter

amdhunter

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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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