Manti T’eo is spinning. So is Lance Armstrong. Of course they are at different levels. Armstrong has lied for years, drawing in his intimates to a destructive web of lying and doping. And we paid him for this.

Make no mistake, Manti is doing what he is doing because he does not want to lose his grip on years of money and fame. But when he “huddle” with advisers to decide what to say and do he is spinning.

I know this for one simple reason. No one needs to “spin” the truth. It is what it is and it is simple to tell it. Painful. Humiliating. Exposing. But very, very simple.

What Lance does not see is the ordinary people whose marriages and families he has harmed by setting himself up as a superman. There is only one superman and his name is Jesus. And Lance has conspicuously denied the healing existence and power of God.

Lance has let his son down. Imagine being a kid and defending your father against accusations that are in fact true. Heartbreaking.

The truth remains: integrity is more important than money, fame, power or winning.

To borrow a phrase from the world’s most famous loser–

what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?

Wake up boys, your souls are calling.