I am only speculating, but I think Manti Te'o could be involved in an elaborate cover-up, as he could possibly be gay. I believe he created this online girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, two years ago after a teammate accused of him being gay.
At that time, he wasn't a top draft pick or a national media sensation, so the idea seemed pretty harmless. But the problem is, when you create a lie, you have to keep the lie going.
I believe pressure started to mount up by his family and teammates to finally meet who he called the "love of his life." Since he could not obviously produce this fictitious person, he began to tell everyone that she was sick with leukemia. Then Te'o possibly decided the cancer story was not good enough, so he finally caved in and told everyone, including the national media, that she had passed away.
If you put all the pieces together, one would realize that Te'o made sure to get rid of this online girlfriend at the beginning of the football season. Notre Dame football was on the rise and were undefeated, so more attention would definitely be coming his way. We also know that real girlfriends actually attend BCS National Championship games, just ask AJ McCarron.
Unfortunately, you cannot be known as a gay football player in today's society. All of the former NFL players that have publicly came out have waited until after their playing days were over. His draft status could have been affected drastically if such a story surfaced.
Te'o also has admitted to lying about this online relationship. He admitted that he told his father and other national media members that he met her. How could he possibly be so "in love" when he has never even met her, hugged her, kissed her or even held her hands? Te'o claims he loves this woman so much, however he never visited her once in the hospital, nor did he attend her funeral.
His story just does not add up. Then he proceeded to make another crucial mistake, stating he had a serious relationship with a female shortly after Kekua's death. I thought Te'o was grief-stricken. Again, there are many obvious holes and inconsistencies with his story.
I believe Te'o could possibly be a homosexual with all of this said. He comes from a very conservative, Mormon background which obviously is a direct contradiction of a homosexual lifestyle.
Furthermore, why would a high profile, extremely popular college football player need to have an online girlfriend? Big-time college football players usually don't have any difficulty finding women to date.
How would Te'o even have the time to have an online girlfriend with all the groupies waiting outside his dorm room, football games, practices, academic work and all these dramatic interviews he engaged in during the course of this season?
Plus, the person behind this "hoax" was Ronaiah Tuisosopo, who revealed a lot when he appeared on Dr. Phil, saying that he was a homosexual and that he "fell in love" with Te'o during his fake phone calls to him.
Manti Te'o is either a fraud or one of the dumbest, most naive people in the entire world. If Te'o is indeed a fraud, he has learned from the best: Tiger Woods, Joe Paterno and Lance Armstrong.
Just to name a few...
