1:19 pm - 02/26/2013
According to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk and NBC Sports, NFL coaches and GMs want to know if Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o is gay.
"Here's the elephant in the room for the teams, we have to step aside from the rest of reality and walk into the unique industry that is the NFL. Teams want to know whether Manti Te'o is gay. They just want to know. They want to know because in an NFL locker room, it's a different world."
"I don't think you can ask that question -- because of the Dez Bryant question (he was asked by Dolphins GM Jeff Ireland if his mother was a prostitute) of a few years ago," Florio said.
Florio said: "It's been described to me as the proverbial elephant in the room and I don't think anyone knows how to solve this dilemma yet. It's just that they want to know what they're getting."
"Now you have a situation where you have a guy who was in a relationship with a fake girl who ended up being a real man, and the man has said to Dr. Phil that he was romantically in love with Manti Te'o, it just raises a lot of questions that the NFL is going to have to deal with.
"Tony Dungy makes a great point. If the NFL were ready for an openly gay player, there would be an openly gay player."
In other news today, Manti Te'o ran a 4.8 in the 40. John Harbaugh was not impressed.
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2013 NFL Combine: General Manager's Want To Know If Manti Te’o Is Gay!!!
According to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk and NBC Sports, NFL coaches and GMs want to know if Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o is gay.
"Here's the elephant in the room for the teams, we have to step aside from the rest of reality and walk into the unique industry that is the NFL. Teams want to know whether Manti Te'o is gay. They just want to know. They want to know because in an NFL locker room, it's a different world."
"I don't think you can ask that question -- because of the Dez Bryant question (he was asked by Dolphins GM Jeff Ireland if his mother was a prostitute) of a few years ago," Florio said.
Florio said: "It's been described to me as the proverbial elephant in the room and I don't think anyone knows how to solve this dilemma yet. It's just that they want to know what they're getting."
"Now you have a situation where you have a guy who was in a relationship with a fake girl who ended up being a real man, and the man has said to Dr. Phil that he was romantically in love with Manti Te'o, it just raises a lot of questions that the NFL is going to have to deal with.
"Tony Dungy makes a great point. If the NFL were ready for an openly gay player, there would be an openly gay player."
In other news today, Manti Te'o ran a 4.8 in the 40. John Harbaugh was not impressed.
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