How Manti Te’o Can Avoid Being the Next Tim Tebow

Like it or not, the media spectacle of Manti Te’o is reminiscent of the one that continues to haunt Tim Tebow. The media has an insatiable appetite for more Manti, just like it did for Tebow until he faded into irrelevancy last season.

Some players crumble under a media microscope and never reach their potential—Ryan Leaf is one example. Tebow dealt with the attention well, but he couldn’t live up to the hype that followed. Now Tebow is not worth the hassle for NFL teams.