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Tim Tebow blackballed by NFL teams because of...
Yahoo Sports expert ^ | May 9, 2013 | Michael Silver

Posted on 05/09/2013 6:23:37 AM PDT by Resettozero

Nine days after Tebow was released by the New York Jets, it has become increasingly clear that the ultra-popular quarterback who has hijacked many a news cycle has no viable landing spot. No NFL team seems to want him — as a starter, backup, converted H-back or fake-punt decoy — and it's not like he's fending off big-money offers from Canada, either. Now, here's the interesting part: Tebowmania is at least partly to blame.

(Excerpt) Read more at sports.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: athletes; blackballed; chat; christians; nfl
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Count it all joy, Mr. Tim Tebow! We know the Reason why you are being blackballed.
1 posted on 05/09/2013 6:23:37 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: Resettozero

Hate crime?? (never mind, he’s Christian)


2 posted on 05/09/2013 6:25:12 AM PDT by NewCenturions
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To: Resettozero

Call me crazy but I have a feeling he’ll end up with the New England Patriots football club. Might even give Tom Brady a run for his money.


3 posted on 05/09/2013 6:25:41 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: Resettozero

I’m blackballed for the very same reason. Can’t throw, can’t catch.


4 posted on 05/09/2013 6:26:00 AM PDT by deadrock
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To: Resettozero

because he doesn’t have a great arm?


5 posted on 05/09/2013 6:26:28 AM PDT by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept?)
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To: SamAdams76

bttt


6 posted on 05/09/2013 6:26:30 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: Resettozero

The NFL is only looking to recruit homosexuals these days. Homosexuals are very popular in this country right now.


7 posted on 05/09/2013 6:26:53 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (America is the root cause of violent crime in Mexico. - Barack Hussein Obama Jr.)
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To: Resettozero

Come to think of it, I notice nobody is offering the Pope an NFL contract either. I think I see a pattern here.


8 posted on 05/09/2013 6:28:15 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: Resettozero

The NFL is far too mercenary to overlook anyone simply because of their religion. I empathize with your suspicions but I just think the teams are finding it difficult to design a position around him. The National Felon League is just not all that choosy concerning off the field stuff is a guy has the talent to fit one of their offensive schemes. You are giving them credit for having principles, even if they would be perverted principles.


9 posted on 05/09/2013 6:28:23 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: Resettozero
He's not that good, and combined with his popularity, he could certainly be a distraction.

Still, I don't understand his not landing in Canada. Anybody can be a football player in Canada!

Maybe he should change his name to "He Love Me".

10 posted on 05/09/2013 6:28:57 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Absolutely Nobama; Thunder90; 4everontheRight; ABG(anybody but Gore); Abbeville Conservative; ...

NFL PING

FReepmail Perdogg to be added to, or to be taken off the NFL Ping list...
11 posted on 05/09/2013 6:28:59 AM PDT by Perdogg (Sen Ted Cruz, Sen Mike Lee, and Sen Rand Paul are my adoptive Senators)
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To: Resettozero

God may have an alternate plan for Tim Tebow’s life that is far more interesting and influential than enduring the bigotry of the bloating corporate corpse that is today’s NFL. When the government begins making the rules regarding player safely, the days of the NFL are numbered.


12 posted on 05/09/2013 6:29:26 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Resettozero
The communist, satanic media and democratic party are making it quite unpopular to be a Christian, these days. They've even gotten to the military. Persecution, we were warned.
13 posted on 05/09/2013 6:29:32 AM PDT by ryan71 (The Second American Revolution)
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To: Resettozero

This is enough to bring scorn and derision upon the NFL. It used to be that athletes were God-fearing men who prayed at mid-field and thanked God after the game. Now it’s all about how much money they bring home, how much they’ll be fined for swearing at a ref, and lucrative commercial endorsements.


14 posted on 05/09/2013 6:29:38 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: Resettozero

Yahoo’s main thesis is that coaches “don’t want to deal with the circus”

Yet these same coaches accept murderers, drugs, baby mommas, drunk driving, etc... as just run-of-the-mill problems and part of the job when dealing with players.


15 posted on 05/09/2013 6:29:57 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: johniegrad

Wrong.


16 posted on 05/09/2013 6:30:05 AM PDT by RavenATB
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To: Resettozero

Maybe if he held a news conference and said he was gay............or at least for gay marriage........or believed in globull warming.......

The NFL is sliding downhill fast........


17 posted on 05/09/2013 6:30:07 AM PDT by Red Badger (Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
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To: DEADROCK

Yeah thats a common trait with Heisman trophy winners.


18 posted on 05/09/2013 6:30:54 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do ithat when I have a fire.)
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To: rarestia

There are still many players who thank God after the game, you just can’t understand them through their diamond-studded gold grills.


19 posted on 05/09/2013 6:31:00 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: RavenATB
Wrong.

OK. I'm convinced now.

20 posted on 05/09/2013 6:31:40 AM PDT by johniegrad
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