Manti Te'o is a fraud. That's all there is to it. He was exposed as a football player in the Alabama game, and he's been exposed as a liar and a narcissist with respect to the fabricated "dying girlfriend" story. I agree completely with these comments made and posted by readers of a Sports Illustrated article:
Comment No. 1:
I don't need to know anymore from Manti Teo about his involvement in this saga other than the statement that "It never really crossed my mind" to go see his dying girlfriend, "the love of my life". . . . Teo is on record as saying he was at the airport leaving for home vacation when he was told she was "flatlining" at the hospital (a vacation he nonchalantly continued). . . .
What fascinates me now, and I'm certain will continue to, is how many people will continue to believe him. Amazing.
Comment No. 2:
Many of these mainstream reporters, especially at ESPN, are too busy kowtowing to athletes instead of delving deeper and pushing the envelope because they want to maintain good PR for future business. Glad that in this day and age we have websites like Deadspin which does not and will not.
If Manti Te'o had not played for Notre Dame, he would never have been thought of twice by Heisman voters, and he certainly would not have been an All-American. But, Notre Dame must be considered complicit in the whole thing, because Notre Dame certainly got a lot of good publicity for a long time out of Te'o. Take a look at what Notre Dame Public Information Director had to say about Te'o.
Now that he's been exposed as a mediocre football player and as a liar, let's see what the NFL - the guys who put their money where their mouths are - say about and do, in the draft, with respect to Te'o.
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