I vote for moron, but so what? IMO, there's a difference between "lack of street smarts" moron and "flat-out dummass" moron. Not that it shouldn't be a red flag to consider, but this sounds more like street-ignorance & what I want to know is: Can he play football?
Burfict had more onerous negatives. How'd he work out? And how about Ray Lewis? Not exactly your model citizen during his early days? Their circumstances were a bit more serious, but they prevailed.
But then, I'm not sure if we have all the info yet. Coverage of Te'o has been sloppy (In most accounts, it was like coming into a movie in the middle of the story. I had to do a Google search on "Te'o Hoax" to figure out exactly what happened in the order that it happened). The poor news coverage, in turn has turned on various spin-factories and generated a flurry of partially thought-out opinions from the public based on incomplete facts.
Maybe we'd be better off not rushing to judgment (in either direction). Watchword should be "proceed with caution", but let's not totally bury what otherwise seems to be a good kid.
