That’s Between You, God, and Tim Tebow

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There seems to be a lot of repenting needed this offseason in the NFL.  Arrests have been aplenty.  We’ve had the usual DWI’s and DUI’s.  And then we’ve had the extremely sad case of a possible murderer, and the not so heavy situation of just simply one putting their foot in their mouth.  ESPN has all their talking heads weigh in on almost every story that breaks but the one guy that gets the final say it seems, is Tim Tebow.  I’m not sure when it happened, but somehow I feel like Tebow has become the on field correspondence for heaven. You go to John Clayton to get some geeky insight into stats, you go to Skip Bayless to get some inflammatory remarks, maybe you go to Stewart Scott to coin a new phrase about the situation, and lastly you go to Tim Tebow for whether this will obstruct the culprit’s chances of making it to heaven.

I say all this after seeing the headline for the recent Riley Cooper incident (it was one of the foot in mouth variety).  Right next to the headline about Riley Cooper on the side bar on espn.com was a headline stating something to the fact that Tebow sends his prayers for Cooper.  First off Riley Cooper is an idiot. Lets just get that out-of-the-way.  But while we’re on the subject can we please stop the whole pomp and circumstance around racist remarks.  I hate the whole feigning remorse and immediate turn around.  One, if he is racist, a video of him showing that isn’t going to change him over night.  Two, and this is going to bother some people, one slip up of racist remarks doesn’t mean he’s absolutely racist to the core.  He’s definitely ignorant, and got caught with his ignorance getting the best of him, but he may not be a full-fledged racist.  But either way an apology and a few nights away with some friends isn’t going to change his core dynamic.  Which is why I almost appreciate Paula Deans reaction to her gaffe.  She owned up to it, in some ways.  Anyways enough tangent.

Back to Tebow.  I get the fact that Tebow played with Riley Cooper in Florida, and that’s also the wire thin logic used for why he was interviewed about Aaron Hernandez.  But there were plenty of players that were on that roster.  I tend to think the sports media world is less trying to get the insight of a guy that has privileged knowledge of these players, and more just playing a game of “top five reasons we should ask Tebow about this”.  I get it the guy had a number one selling jersey without ever starting a whole season.  He draws ratings just by sitting on the bench, just ask the Jets.  Speaking of the Jets, he’ll probably, for the rest of his existence get asked about every Quarterback situation in the Jet’s locker room.  Maybe it’ll start to die down as Tim Tebow’s playing time dies down in the NFL, but if Brady by chance has to miss a game this season, and Tebow by chance leads them to some miraculous victory, he’ll not only reinvigorate the excitement around him, but he’ll also reset the statutes of limitation timer on “how much longer can we turn to Tebow for his take on every headline?”  Oh and for you interviewers who can’t seem to get a hold of him, I’ll help you out here.  Here’s a canned response from Tebow for pretty much any question.  ”I just thank God every day that I’m able to play football.  I hope nothing but the best for him and his situation, and I send my prayers.”  That’s it. But this isn’t a knock on Tebow, what is he supposed to say to things that in the end really have nothing to do with him.  No this is a knock on ESPN style reporting and their obsession with Tebow, still. He’s a back up, back up, utility player.  No one cares what he thinks, unless of course it’s about the Pope and his thoughts on football, cause that’s maybe the only time Tebow might be an expert on the situation.  You know, come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve seen Tim Tebow and the new Pope in the same place at the same time.

 

 

 

Matt Cargile

About Matt Cargile

Matt Cargile is the Editor in Chief of rookerville.com. He also works in finance, but refuses to read any news printed on pink paper. He is a child at heart with adult means. His childhood dream was to either become a magician or the leader of the next great empire and somehow both these things make complete sense. He's contradictory in nature, but is always consistent.

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  1. Tim Tebow is a Baptist.

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