Manti Te'o...girlfriend's death a hoax?

[bassistjoe93]

[Tractorr]

This is a really great article about ND and their reliance on myth making

http://www.sbnation.com/college-foot...-dame-insanity

[NKUSigEp]

Originally Posted by bassistjoe93

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Should've said: Welcome to Notre Dame...where there is still a high GPA requirement to play sports and our graduation rate is 96%, bested only by Harvard and Yale.

[Tractorr]

Originally Posted by NKUSigEp

Should've said: Welcome to Notre Dame...where there is still a high GPA requirement to play sports and our graduation rate is 96%, bested only by Harvard and Yale.

And they don't investigate sexual assault, or harassment of the victim, or the death of a student while being forced to film practice from a tower in bad weather conditions, but yeah the grades thing is more important.

[Woodchuck]

Originally Posted by Tractorr

And they don't investigate sexual assault, or harassment of the victim, or the death of a student while being forced to film practice from a tower in bad weather conditions, but yeah the grades thing is more important.

And "Boom!" goes the dynamite!

[Woodchuck]

[Eublet]

Originally Posted by Tractorr

And they don't investigate sexual assault, or harassment of the victim, or the death of a student while being forced to film practice from a tower in bad weather conditions, but yeah the grades thing is more important.

Agreed. There have been a long line of ND cover-ups lately. Seems this could be another one at the moment.

[Woodchuck]

[Tractorr]

Originally Posted by Eublet

Agreed. There have been a long line of ND cover-ups lately. Seems this could be another one at the moment.

Well let's be careful. While the Te'o thing is embarrassing, he was the only one who could have been actually hurt by this.

[NKUSigEp]

Originally Posted by Tractorr

And they don't investigate sexual assault, or harassment of the victim, or the death of a student while being forced to film practice from a tower in bad weather conditions, but yeah the grades thing is more important.

If you have firsthand knowledge of this, I'm sure there are many people out there willing to listen to the details. Or did you just read someone's blog on the web?

And if this turns out to truly be a hoax that Te'o cooked up himself, I don't see how Notre Dame is the least bit responsible for it. It's a story that would allegedly have been crafted by a young adult, gobbled up by the media, and all too willingly swallowed down by everyone that would listen. Notre Dame might have been the beneficiary of the publicity but the public was more than generous in giving it to them.

[Tractorr]

Originally Posted by NKUSigEp

If you have firsthand knowledge of this, I'm sure there are many people out there willing to listen to the details. Or did you just read someone's blog on the web?

And if this turns out to truly be a hoax that Te'o cooked up himself, I don't see how Notre Dame is the least bit responsible for it. It's a story that would allegedly have been crafted by a young adult, gobbled up by the media, and all too willingly swallowed down by everyone that would listen.

Oh I forgot the part where the victim killed herself after being threatened by players, so yes there is no way to corroborate it.

And the kid falling to his death was widely reported.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoot...e-dame-tragedy

[Unprofessional]

Ick. What a bunch of losers from Loserville.
Is Touchdown Jesus hiding his face yet?

[Woodchuck]

Originally Posted by NKUSigEp

If you have firsthand knowledge of this, I'm sure there are many people out there willing to listen to the details. Or did you just read someone's blog on the web?

Those stories were widely reported by legit news organizations. In fact, ND was shamed into launching an investigation AFTER the fact.

[Eublet]

Originally Posted by Woodchuck

Those stories were widely reported by legit news organizations. In fact, ND was shamed into launching an investigation AFTER the fact.

Agreed in this case.

[nutdog]

Originally Posted by Woodchuck

Those stories were widely reported by legit news organizations.

To be fair, so was the dead girlfriend.

[Eublet]

Originally Posted by Tractorr

Well let's be careful. While the Te'o thing is embarrassing, he was the only one who could have been actually hurt by this.

This is true if they are really concerned with exposing the truth, which we don't know yet. But Notre Dame's press release on this directly contradicts things that Te'o has said all year about his girlfriend. It also contradicts things the Notre Dame AD has said about Te'o regarding his girlfriend. So while it is possible that ND was lied to and duped by Te'o, now is the time for them to put that out there if it is true. It seems however at the moment that they are hoping this goes away. Hard to judge that part just yet as the story is still pretty new and still developing.

All I'm saying is that Notre Dame has blocked the truth from getting out in the past by doing nothing more than stalling for as long as they can. They don't want the disgrace anymore than Te'o does. I don't think they were involved in the hoax, but understanding what they knew and when they knew it becomes paramount in knowing how complicit they were in the hoax continuing. They obviously new before the game. I know that's a bad time to release something like that, but at least shows they are concerned with things other than Revelations also, pun intended.

[NKUSigEp]

Originally Posted by Tractorr

Oh I forgot the part where the victim killed herself after being threatened by players, so yes there is no way to corroborate it.

And the kid falling to his death was widely reported.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoot...e-dame-tragedy

I was referring to the fact of whether or not it had actually been settled, in or out of court. There are many dealings that happen on a daily basis that the general public is not privy to, so just because your blogger didn't have access to the settlements, doesn't mean it has not happened. The sad reality here that is pissing me off is that you're blindly disregarding the hundreds of crimes that happen all over the nation at colleges everywhere, involving athletes, simply because this happens to be the flavor of the day. If this were Michigan, I have to believe that the Notre Dame family would have a lot more class and respect for the victim/alleged perpetrator and allow all of the details to come to light before passing judgments out so freely.

I think I'm done here. It's like arguing with a four year old.

[Tractorr]

Originally Posted by NKUSigEp

I was referring to the fact of whether or not it had actually been settled, in or out of court. There are many dealings that happen on a daily basis that the general public is not privy to, so just because your blogger didn't have access to the settlements, doesn't mean it has not happened. The sad reality here that is pissing me off is that you're blindly disregarding the hundreds of crimes that happen all over the nation at colleges everywhere, involving athletes, simply because this happens to be the flavor of the day. If this were Michigan, I have to believe that the Notre Dame family would have a lot more class and respect for the victim/alleged perpetrator and allow all of the details to come to light before passing judgments out so freely.

I'm think I'm done here. It's like arguing with a four year old.

I think all should be investigated. ND is a special case because they claim to be morally superior to other schools. Along the lines you came on here firing off their graduation stats.

[Tractorr]

Originally Posted by bassistjoe93

True. Had it been a quiz bowl, I'm sure ND would've gotten more than 14 points... Still doesn't change the fact, though, that Alabama made them look like the #17 team, not #1.

Pittsburgh made them look like the #17 team.

[bassistjoe93]

Originally Posted by Tractorr

Pittsburgh made them look like the #17 team.

Hey, I was trying to be nice