[Kathy]

Actually, we don't know what they were up to, or even know the question interviewers asked DeCastro. All that's been related here is a story that "Supposedly some team (I think it was the Cardinals) asked DeCastro something so provocative that he nearly flipped the table, and after that took him off their board."

These interviews are conducted in private. Did a team's interviewers actually ask Te'o point blank about his sexual preference, or is this merely conjecture from the fake girlfriend story that just won't go away (and, the cynic in me wonders, maybe a little more publicity leaking & whining by those in the Te'o camp)? The ProFootballTalk.com report implies an inference, as an "elephant in the room" usually is an unspoken issue hanging in the air that people avoid discussing or acknowledging. So is this just Florio's perception?

There was a report from ProFootballTalk.com's Mike Florio, speaking on The Dan Patrick Show, saying the "elephant in the room" was teams' desire to know if Te'o was gay and if his relationship with Lennay Kekua, who didn't exist, was some form of cover-up for his sexuality."

The comments by the Colorado player, Nick Kasa, set me to wondering ... stories claim Kasa was asked if he was a heterosexual, but Kasa's quote indicates a more roundabout line of questioning:

“They ask you like, ‘Do you have a girlfriend?’  Are you married?’  Do you like girls?’” Kasa told ESPN Radio Denver on Tuesday.  “Those kinds of things, and you know it was just kind of weird.  But they would ask you with a straight face, and it’s a pretty weird experience altogether.”

When I edit copy such as this, I want the reporter to state exactly what was said. Reporters aren't mind readers -- just give me the facts, and keep your undocumented perceptions to yourself.

[Kathy]

Actually, we don't know what they were up to, or even know the question interviewers asked DeCastro. All that's been related here is a story that "Supposedly some team (I think it was the Cardinals) asked DeCastro something so provocative that he nearly flipped the table, and after that took him off their board."

These interviews are conducted in private. Did a team's interviewers actually ask Te'o point blank about his sexual preference, or is this merely conjecture from the fake girlfriend story that just won't go away (and, the cynic in me wonders, maybe a little more publicity leaking & whining by those in the Te'o camp)? The ProFootballTalk.com report implies an inference, as an "elephant in the room" usually is an unspoken issue hanging in the air that people avoid discussing or acknowledging. So is this just Florio's perception?

There was a report from ProFootballTalk.com's Mike Florio, speaking on The Dan Patrick Show, saying the "elephant in the room" was teams' desire to know if Te'o was gay and if his relationship with Lennay Kekua, who didn't exist, was some form of cover-up for his sexuality."

The comments by the Colorado player, Nick Kasa, set me to wondering ... stories claim Kasa was asked if he was a heterosexual, but Kasa's quote indicates a more roundabout line of questioning:

“They ask you like, ‘Do you have a girlfriend?’  Are you married?’  Do you like girls?’” Kasa told ESPN Radio Denver on Tuesday.  “Those kinds of things, and you know it was just kind of weird.  But they would ask you with a straight face, and it’s a pretty weird experience altogether.”

When I edit copy such as this, I want the reporter to state exactly what was said. Reporters aren't mind readers -- just give me the facts, and keep your undocumented perceptions to yourself.