Scenerio 1 He mentions the death of his grandmother and doesn't mention his girlfriend who died on the same day. "Boy what a cold bastard. Didn't take him long to put the love of his life out of his mind." Scenerio 2 "By the way, the girlfriend I thought had died just called me the other night. I know this might bring up a thousand questions and my team is preparing for the NC game next month. Do you think that you could postpone the media circus that's about to occur until after the game?" What does he do???
I've got to go with gipper's reasoning, while aknowlegding that those who aren't ND fans probably just have a hard time buying it and most likely not much can be said by Manti to change that perception. Who knows maybe the interview with Katie Couric will address all those lingering questions to the satisfaction of those who still feel there are unanswered questions. Probably not though.
Gip hit the nail on the head. By lying to his dad initially, he put himself behind the 8 ball. His dad recalls the story to the media several times over. Insert Gipper's reasoning here when she dies and he's put himself in a snowball. That being said, what I find astonishing is how all this burden of proof has fallen on Te'o. It could all be ended quickly by the person who everyone (including his family) now believes to be 100% behind this, coming forward and simply saying that. Every day that has gone on since the story broke will only add further speculation that future admissions of guilt are all part of a cover up. What few in the general public seem to understand is there are a handful of people in the media who believe Notre Dame covered up a rape, which to those who have followed the program know how laughable that suggestion is. That being said, they are vocal and this 'scandal' has given them an excuse to put on the tin foil hat and tie the strings to a larger conspiracy. The irony, to me at least, is that the people doing this are attacking the victim on one hand while trying to say the University attacked the victim on the other hand. They are using the very same tactic that they allege the University of Notre Dame used in covering up a sex crime. Again, to those who have seen ND players booted from school and acquitted later..or seen guys suspended for just the dumbest things.. this is a laughable suggestion. We don't have choir boys, no one does. However, our guys have a very small margin of error.. maybe only BYU or the Academies have a tougher line to tow.
He does scenario 3, which raises the very questions that are still being asked. I personally think scenario 1 would have been the answer but hindsight is 20/20. Corey has a good point. The perpetrators need to answer questions as well. Why would you do this to someone?
:cry: per latest here in LA there are 6 more just like Manti more to be released. PS in Ca it is illegal and now the police opened their own investigation.
My BS detector is still activated. Something not right about this whole account. The idea that a couple of 20 somethings could continually hoax an innocent victim for three years with no extortion motive is not plausible to me.
There are only three possible answers: 1. Extortion. These acquaintences of Teo concocted this ruse and kept it going for three years in anticipation of a big payoff at the end when he signs a contract. 2. Same as above except the motive is a strong desire to humiliate Teo for reasons unknown at this time. 3. Starts as a practical joke which Teo eventually gets wind of. But he sees a marketing value to this and plays along at the end until the lid is blown off. Its one of those three.
Two out of three ain't bad, George. Your BS detector overheated on #3. Manti's Mormon Bishop at Notre Dame speaks. For me, it's a compelling commentary. Even the most skeptical should be able to concede his words are credible. Of course, there are those who are intransigent and won't change no matter what. Te'o's Bishop Speaks
Perhaps. But it is still one of those three. To maintain a pure practical joke for that amount of time, to me, is the most implausible.
At one point she asked for Manti's bank account number saying that she wanted to send him money. Manti declined probably worried about a withdrawal rather than a deposit. Either one would be bad since we know that ND football players cannot recieve money from girlfriends since the Dunbar ********. Some conspiracy fans believe that the hoaxters were SC fans trying to get even for Manti going to ND. I guess if you're looking for a rational reason, that will work.
Does the media ever have to take responsibility for anything? On Manti they fertilize the girlfriend angle just based on stories from him and his father. Seemingly first-hand sources. But as they're writing these stories, don't they ever think, "Hey, maybe we should confirm these accounts?" Or even just find out more infomation for a personal interest backstory? Seems like Journalism 101 to have to fact-check stories. It shouldn't be 3 months after the original news before someone decides to connect the dots. Why didn't anyone Google her sooner for backstory and find that she had no record at Stanford or the other places? Same with that recruit story. They really run articles off of text messages from a high school kid? Duh! Don't even pick up the phone to ND athletics to see what they thought of the kid's visit? Pure laziness. So they have no right to play up any "we've been duped" angle when they have armies of fact-checkers that must be just hanging out playing Angry Birds. The media must be so used to perpetuating what it's fed without question from the White House that they've lost all impetus to check for truth on anything.
This is worse than all that. There's no evidence to corroborate Te'o being complicit in all of this. That was a leap of faith taken by the writer, on the suggestion from a person who doesn't know Te'o, never met Te'o and had no idea who Te'o was until long after the fact. The '80% sure' line is garbage. Had the writers taken a different approach to breaking this story and attacked the perpetrator as opposed to the victim, we'd all be talking a different tale today. BTW, have you guys ever watched Catfish? (the documentary) or even the show on MTV for that matter? (it's by the guy who did the documentary). If you have cable then you probably have an On Demand feature.. you can even find a few episodes on the web (maybe Youtube).. I'd suggest you try sitting through one before asking the question "why would someone do this to Te'o?" You'll find this happens all the time, to people far less glamorous and famous than Te'o. I watched one episode last night in which the girl was running several fake celebrity accounts to celebrities and models that she knew. (like really knew).. When finally caught and confronted about her fakes, basically, she admitted that she just did it for shits and giggles. She had feelings for the guy, but really, she couldn't give up the hoaxes. She was addicted to the rush of the job.. You're acting like this is a rare thing. It's really not.
Well he answered the remaining question that I had. It would have been an extraordinary display of personal strength to acknowledge the hoax in early December. There were a lot of events occurring that would have been affected negatively at that time. If the media has any guts they will stick with the story and find out why this was done. Since Teo is apparently not complicit they may not care and they may just want to move on to the next story. Hey the NCAA may be corrupt. There's a real news flash for you. :roll:
George are you saying that Te'o knew long before the season began that it was a hoax, maybe even conspired to kill off the girlfriend around the same time his grandma died? To hype his Sr. season for marketing? What exactly would he be marketing? Motivational speaking for $$, T-Shirts?