Try to keep up. The Lion who make the sack said that he was just having a little fun with Tebow. He was not praying.
NFL stands for No Fun League. Almost EVERYTHING is banned! I do not agree with banning most of the stuff, especially a quick prayer of thanks.
But that does not mean I have to watch people mock a Christian. And I won't.
Well Tebow, at least, wasn’t bothered by it:
“What you might not know is that Tulloch got up, went to Tebow and told him that it was just in fun, not meant to be mean-spirited. Tebow said that was fine. And at the end of the day, after Tebow had been nonstop terrible for three hours in Denver’s 45-10 loss to Detroit, Tebow thanked Tulloch for a good game. Tulloch told him to keep working hard, and that everything would work out.”
When a player has a “signature” celebration (something they do a lot after a big play) it WILL get thrown in his face. Not just in the NFL but in all sport. If a pitcher does something after a strikeout you can bet some batter is going to do the same thing after getting a home run on him. Another Lions player yesterday started to do the Tebow after scoring a TD and changed his mind and did a Mile High Salute (a bit of a Denver tradition). That’s how it works. The only way to not have your signature celebration thrown back in your face is to not have one.
Yeah he’s being mocked, but not for his faith, he being mocked for being predictable. Same as Ray Lewis (TO mocked his bird opening), Ickey Woods (lots of people mocked the Ickey Shuffle), The Atlanta Falcons (back in the dirty bird days), and also the entire Denver Broncos yesterday. If it bothers him he can go to the Jerry Rice, nobody ever mocked hand the ball to the ref and go sit down.
And, it is really the ratings not allowing the NFL to become the equivalent of the WWE? Actually, the ratings are higher than ever.
Athletes are role models and it isn't good for kids to see professional players acting act like idiots.