Posted on 12/06/2011 3:45:11 PM PST by presidio9
In Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, the football gods have offered up a star that every father in America should be grateful for (provided they don’t root for a rival team in the AFC West).
Tebow is respectful, wholesome and a man of God. He has no obvious failings besides an inaccurate throwing arm.
If Disney were to concoct the plot of a movie about an altogether admirable young man who joins the NFL and is scorned by all the experts for his unorthodox style, yet wins week after week, Tebow would play the lead. In fact, at this point Disney could make it a documentary.
Nonetheless, Tim Tebow is considered “controversial.” It’s now cutting-edge to be a straight arrow. It’s countercultural to be an outspoken Christian. A player who embodies everything meant by the cliché “role model” is for his critics a figure of fun, or even hatred.
Tebow is widely mocked -SNIP-
By any reasonable standard, though, Tebow is a blessing. He won’t be getting arrested for groping a woman at a Halloween party (Julian Edelman), for accidently shooting himself with the Glock he smuggled into the dance club (Plaxico Burress) or for running a dog-fighting ring (Michael Vick).
He won’t be taking performance-enhancing drugs. He may or may not continue his success on the field, but he will do everything he can to respect his teammates and his God.
Here is a prominent player who will almost certainly never require fathers to make awkward explanations to their kids about some spectacular scandal. Rejoice, America, rejoice.
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Actually the article isn’t about the talent of any athlete, but rather the religious qualities of Tim Tebow, and why people dislike him. Your fave, LT was a great player alright, but is a registered sex offender for raping a 16 year old girl...exactly what this thread is all about.
Kidding me? Obviously these pimplefaced juveniles never heard of LePrick James.
Tebow shines in the fourth quarter. James disappears behind his mother in the fourth quarter. Just ask the losers at the Heat.
B.S.
Right now its Ndamukong Suh of the Detroit Lions and not undeservedly so.
You are right.It is because Tim Tebow is pro-life that Costco does not sell his recent biography.Tim’s courage has shown the media for what they are.I thank my Lord and Savior,Jesus Christ for Tim Tebow and his wonderful family.Go Broncos. We need more young men like Tim Tebow.
The best offensive player I ever saw was a black man by the name of Barry Sanders. After each and every one of his 109 career touchdowns he calmy handed the ball to the nearest ref and hustled back to his own sideline.
You’re right.... I realize that. I was using Jennings as one example, but it appears most black athletes do the same thing. Empty, meaningless gestures as far as I am concerned. They seem to do it both before or after their gloating & prancing & chest butts & shucking & jiving in multiple variations of fist bumps or shoulder bumps. The media doesn’t have a problem with the black athletes who cavort & then drop to their knees....even the media knows it is a meaningless gesture, probably more intended to bring self-adulation to the athlete rather than praist to God.
Thanks for sharing. I think that was my point.
The NFL has a salary cap and they share TV revenues equally. That's how. Major League Baseball will never do either because it would mean the end of the dominance of the NY Yankees. And baseball will die on the vine before they will let that happen.
The NFL has a salary cap and they share TV revenues equally. That's how. Major League Baseball will never do either because it would mean the end of the dominance of the NY Yankees. And baseball will die on the vine before they will let that happen.
Maybe the most hated man in sports among people who don't follow sports.
Forbes has a thing on the most hated NFL players and he doesn't make the list.
The most indelible image I have of him was when he broke Theismann’s leg. The way he waved for Washington medical staff to help Theismann showed me he was concerned for his competition. Can’t ask for more than that on the field of top-knotch sport.
Revenue sharing would not work over the length of the MLB season. The way to fix baseball is to get rid of the small market teams who are not even pretending to be competitve, and force megatropolises like NY to accept additional franchises. Off the top of my head, the A's could easily be moved to Staten Island, and the Pirates to Brooklyn. Right now, the Yankees could easily support a $250mm payroll if they didn't have a token concern for appearances.
It’s funny you mention Staubach, my all time favorite. Tebow reminds me of him.
As someone else was sure to point out on this thread, LT is an incredibly flawed human being, but there is also some good in him, unlike say Ray Lewis, the player most currently compared to him. Lewis pretty much dares you to prove that he had anything to do with the murder he was involved in.
If LT ever had a "sack dance" I am unaware of it.
He had no sack dance that I can remember. No Gastineau, was he.
Between Tebow and the Penn State/Syracuse situations - all you need to know about ESPN’s bias is right there to be seen. They traffic in the ridicule of Tebow because he is a Christian. But they tiptoe around the issue of homosexuality in the Penn State and Syracuse situations, not wanting to offend gays.
Has any of these people ever actually watched a football game? Almost every player acknowledges God after every touchdown, every catch, every sack. I have seen on many occasions 5 or 6 players kneel together and pray after a TD. Many teams pray as a group before taking the field. There is more open praising of God on the football field each Sunday than there is in most churches. This was all before Tim Tebow ever played in the NFL. So what is the big deal about Tebow’s acknowledging God? He didn't invent it or bring it to football, it was already there, BIG TIME!
You don’t have to have played the game to understand it. A lot of GMs and scouts who evaluate talent never played the game either.
It’s not so much that as the baseball players union not allowing it. They would literally start their own league if the owners tried to put it through.
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