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Tebow offered $1M by Russian team
TORONTO SUN ^
| SEPTEMBER 14, 2013
| THE SPORTS XCHANGE
Posted on 09/15/2013 7:26:32 AM PDT by rickmichaels
A football team in Russia has offered Tim Tebow $1 million to play in two playoff games.
“We have offered him $1 million for two games,” Moscow Black Storm owner Mikhail Zaltsman told Russia Beyond The Headlines. “I talked with him personally and he wanted to go.”
Zaltsman wants Tebow to fly to Moscow for the Black Storm’s semifinal against the Moscow Patriots in the American Football Championship of Russia on Sept. 28 and also play in the final if they advance.
Zaltsman said Tebow’s agents are urging the quarterback to not play.
“They’re thinking of using him as a motivational speaker,” Zaltsman said. “They don’t want him to play football.”
Tebow, the former Heisman Trophy winner at Florida and first-round draft pick of the Denver Broncos, is a free agent after being released by the New England Patriots on Aug. 31.
TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: athletes; denverbroncos; florida; football; mikhailzaltsman; moscowblackstorm; newenglandpatriots; nfl; russia; tebow; timtebow
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To: rickmichaels
If he fails, he will seriously hurt his reputation in the U.S. I don’t think it is worth the risk.
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posted on
09/15/2013 7:29:16 AM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(Doing the same thing and expecting different results is called software engineering.)
To: rickmichaels
Why not go?
I don’t think Tebow has much of a future in the NFL.
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posted on
09/15/2013 7:29:55 AM PDT
by
hoosierham
(Freedom isn't free)
To: rickmichaels
I think he should take it and hope he will do extremely well...
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posted on
09/15/2013 7:31:08 AM PDT
by
Innovative
("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
To: rickmichaels
I support him going. His future in the NFL is in question, and it would be a cool experience to go somewhere where the papers would likely praise him rather than attack and demean him.
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posted on
09/15/2013 7:35:08 AM PDT
by
Viennacon
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
I don’t think it is worth the risk.$1,000,000 is not worth the risk?
To: rickmichaels
It's not reasonable to think you can walk into any system, not knowing your team and be successful in “play off games”.
This sounds like a PR gimmick.
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posted on
09/15/2013 7:38:55 AM PDT
by
ryan71
(The Partisans)
To: rickmichaels
American Football Championship of Russia Kind of like the World Championship of American Cricket ....
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posted on
09/15/2013 7:39:42 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Sportz BUMP)
To: rickmichaels
How do you say 36...24...18 hut in Russian!
Language couldn’t possibly a barrier...to success.
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posted on
09/15/2013 7:40:49 AM PDT
by
PoloSec
( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
To: rickmichaels
he’s already turned down Canada & playing arena football.
I can’t see him going to Russia
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posted on
09/15/2013 7:43:21 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: rickmichaels
Reading it again,...he’d be playing for America against Russia & only in 2 games. Well, why not.?
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posted on
09/15/2013 7:45:25 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: nuconvert
He would be a better representative of our country in competition with the Russians than our President.
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posted on
09/15/2013 7:46:59 AM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(Actually, they lie when it suits them! The crooked MS media must be defeated any way it can be done!)
To: The_Media_never_lie
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posted on
09/15/2013 7:48:00 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: hoosierham
He does have a helluva future if he would give up the goal of playing QB... which he won’t.
That’s why the pats won’t take him.
To: nuconvert
Read it again. It’s the American football (vs futbol everywhere else in the world) league. Both teams are Russian.
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posted on
09/15/2013 7:54:08 AM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who will watch the watchers?)
To: TaxPayer2000
It’s hard to quantify the value of reputation in money terms, but doing something like this would have unlimited downside potential. Tebow’s reputation is clearly worth a lot more than $1,000,000 dollars.
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posted on
09/15/2013 7:54:50 AM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(Doing the same thing and expecting different results is called software engineering.)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
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posted on
09/15/2013 7:58:27 AM PDT
by
Therapsid
(Communism has killed 50-60 Million people in only 50 yrs.)
To: rickmichaels
I believe Tim Tebow should take the offer. I think he might do so if the offer were for $1 instead of $1 million. What an opportunity for a believer to deliver his message by his very presence to the whole of Russia.
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posted on
09/15/2013 7:58:40 AM PDT
by
nathanbedford
("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
To: All
He belongs in Jacksonville, but its Muslim owner doesn’t want a religious Christian to be his team’s icon. So Jags fans are left to wonder if future hall of famer Blaine Gabbert will be able to top last week’s stellar TWO point performance against the Raiders in Oakland today.
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posted on
09/15/2013 7:58:53 AM PDT
by
montag813
(NO AMNESTY * ENFORCE THE LAW * http://StandWithArizona.com)
To: rickmichaels
The minute he goes; there will be a PR nightmare saying he is an atheist.
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posted on
09/15/2013 8:08:53 AM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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