Manti Te'o #1 pick or not??
My next blog involves
a developing story within the 2013 NFL Scouting Combine. It is held before the
NFL draft, in which potential first round draft picks compete in various
skilled events. The athlete I am referring to is University of Notre Dame star linebacker,
Manti Te’o. After four years at Notre
Dame, Manti built up a solid reputation on how to play linebacker for the
Fighting Irish, he finished runner up for the Heisman Trophy in 2012.
Soon after the
championship game news of a yearlong online relationship broke. A male friend
of Manti admitted to creating a hoax that lured Te’o into an online relationship with
an imaginary woman. Once the news broke, Manti tried to brush aside any “are
you gay questions?” however, several NFL teams are asking the same questions.
“NFL teams want to find out about Notre Dame
linebacker Manti Te’o’s sexual orientation, NBC Sports’ Mike Florio said on Dan
Patrick’s radio show Monday.”“They just want to know,” Florio said. “They want
to know because in an NFL locker room, it’s a different world. It shouldn’t be
that way.”
“Te’o only recently
overcame the embarrassment of the public exposure brought when it was revealed
in January that he was fooled by a male acquaintance into believing he was
dating a woman he genuinely loved.” “Florio said former Indianapolis Colts
coach Tony Dungy (now an NBC Sports analyst) told him that “if the NFL were
ready for an openly gay player, there would be an openly gay player.“
What is your opinion, does
the NFL have the right to ask if Manti
Te’o is gay?
Source:
I'm curious as to who does everyone think the lions will draft? Jim
ReplyDeleteNo, I don't think sexual orientation should have any bearing on one's job.
ReplyDeleteI think Teo is going to drop to the end of the first round. I am hoping the Lions would avoid him even if he fell as far as the 2nd round. The sexual orientation issue shouldn't be a factor, but his subpar performance in the NCAA game vs Alabama definitely should be.
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