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Tim Tebow, Jason Collins and the culture war (Who is now considered "controversial"?)
American Thinker ^ | 04/30/2013 | Matt C. Abbott

Posted on 04/30/2013 7:12:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Two sports stories made headlines yesterday: The New York Jets released openly Christian quarterback Tim Tebow, and NBA player Jason Collins came out of the closet, making him the first active, openly gay professional athlete in the four major U.S. sports (basketball, football, baseball and hockey).

It's not surprising to hear of Tebow's release; he rarely played for the Jets, was seldom used at all, and ended up being their third-string quarterback. I'm certainly no sports analyst, but it seems to me that he really wasn't given much of a chance in New York, especially considering that starting quarterback Mark Sanchez struggled for several games and was eventually benched.

I'd like to think Tebow's release had everything to do with his performance on the field (for the few minutes he did play) and not due to his "controversial" Christian beliefs. Call me conspiratorial, but I'm not entirely convinced that's the case.

Then we have the news that NBA player Jason Collins has announced he's gay. The mainstream media are, not surprisingly, gushing over him, even saying he's courageous for proclaiming his homosexuality to the world. But it appears that several NBA executives--speaking anonymously, of course--are far from certain that his career in the NBA will continue.

From ESPN.COM:

Of the first 14 teams reached by ESPN.com in an anonymous survey, six said they expect to see Jason Collins in the NBA next season in the wake of his revelation Monday that he is gay.

The other eight teams that expressed some measure of doubt all cited Collins' age and corresponding questions about his ability to make a productive on-court contribution as the overriding reason he wouldn't be able to find a job for his 13th season, not because of fallout from the announcement....

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: christian; gay; jasoncollins; timtebow
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To: txrefugee

Real Christians need to think about giving their money to the NFL that obviously does not welcome Christian athletes who witness to the faith.

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You don’t actually watch any pro football, do you?

It may come as a surprise to you, then, that being a really devout Christian does not mean you are also a contract worthy quarterback. 2 entirely different skill sets.

Tebow has plenty of the first (devout Christian) and a deficit of the other (contract worth qb skills).

Of course, he’d have a contract in a New York minute with an NFL team if he recognized he could contribute mightily in a position other than QB.


41 posted on 04/30/2013 9:57:13 AM PDT by dmz
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To: Phillyred

>>And Michael Vick has an NFL job.<<

Go figger. But take heart. Vick will always be 3rd tier with Romo, Sanchez and Luck (bummer of a name, there Andy).


42 posted on 04/30/2013 10:09:36 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (LBJ declared war on poverty and lost. Barack Obama declared war on prosperity and won. /csmusaret)
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To: freedumb2003

I think you need to reread Acts. Paul, Barnabas, and Peter were not stoned or imprisoned because they kept their faith under a bushel basket. Neither did Jesus.


43 posted on 04/30/2013 11:01:13 AM PDT by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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To: SeekAndFind

If most americans really understand what vile, foul, disgusting, bizarre acts homosexuals do behind closed doors...they would be sick and horrified. ...

But all they see are the T.V. sitcom homos that are harmless funloving regular guys...who happen to love someone of the same sex...


44 posted on 04/30/2013 11:17:22 AM PDT by Popman (Godlessness is always the first step to the concentration camp.)
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To: SeekAndFind

If most americans really understand what vile, foul, disgusting, bizarre acts homosexuals do behind closed doors...they would be sick and horrified. ...

But all they see are the T.V. sitcom homos that are harmless funloving regular guys...who happen to love someone of the same sex...


45 posted on 04/30/2013 11:18:02 AM PDT by Popman (Godlessness is always the first step to the concentration camp.)
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To: SeekAndFind

If most americans really understand what vile, foul, disgusting, bizarre acts homosexuals do behind closed doors...they would be sick and horrified. ...

But all they see are the T.V. sitcom homos that are harmless funloving regular guys...who happen to love someone of the same sex...


46 posted on 04/30/2013 11:18:29 AM PDT by Popman (Godlessness is always the first step to the concentration camp.)
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To: 7thson

>> Paul, Barnabas, and Peter were not stoned or imprisoned because they kept their faith under a bushel basket. Neither did Jesus.<<

Indeed. What they did NO do was go in the square and yell “I AM SAVED AND YOU ARE NOT! SUCKERS!”

Tebow was and is about Tebow. Jesus is a convenient promotional tool.


47 posted on 04/30/2013 12:44:58 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (LBJ declared war on poverty and lost. Barack Obama declared war on prosperity and won. /csmusaret)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Jets always seemed like they were afraid Tebow might succeed, so they left him on the bench and let Sanchez lose. It never made much sense to me. Sure, Tebow is not a good QB by NFL standards, but he seemed to find ways to win at Denver - bet the Jets would have done better had he played more. The media and the league wanted him to fail, they were afraid he wouldn’t - apparently that is more important to the Jets than actually winning football games. Meanwhile, a fringe NBA player claims to be queer, thereby making it impossible not to employ him somewhere, and the media is orgasming in delight. Satan is getting bolder and bolder, and his belly flop into the lake of fire is getting ever nearer.


48 posted on 04/30/2013 6:54:59 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.
It never made much sense to me.

I had a kid working for me who was an undrafted free agent and was on NFL rosters for a couple years. He claimed there was a huge bias in favor of the players who were drafted by the team. Management never wanted to admit their drafting wasn't the best. Even if it meant not putting the best players on the field. This kid was no dummy, and got a mechanical engineering degree from a Big Ten school while a 3 yr starter in football, I gave his opinion a lot of credibility.

49 posted on 04/30/2013 7:02:18 PM PDT by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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To: txrefugee

Well, the NFL certainly hated Kurt Warner and Reggie White.
/sarcasm off


50 posted on 05/02/2013 9:58:14 AM PDT by Coronal
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To: SeekAndFind

Heard a ‘story’ the other day (Chris Plante) that Collins wore #98 in ‘honor’ and remembrance of a WY character named Mathew Shepherd, who was ‘staked’ out on fence and beaten to death in 1998.
Although it is/was highly regarded as a ‘feather in the cap of the ‘homo’ community (a cause celebre) the facts came out that he was actually a robbery target who happened to ‘go for the pole, rather than the hole (Female)’ but it was more better for the cause to throw in the ‘homo’ angle.


51 posted on 05/02/2013 10:28:59 AM PDT by xrmusn (6/98 --I turn 75 next year- but remember, that's only 24 Celsius. (TKS R. Reagan))
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