Why does everybody love to hate Tim Tebow?
As a kid (maybe even sometimes as an adult, screw you tom brady) I remember always having some form of unprovoked anger towards a professional athlete. It pretty much always coincided with my childhood love of my own sports team, and hating whoever played against them. But I'm really confused by the whole Tim Tebow thing. Mostly because its 'mostly' adults who seem so frustrated by his success.
Throughout sports history, there has always been that that man many would call a 'bust', or, a player who was drafted high, with great expectations, only to not apparently live up to those expectations.
So, Tebow was drafted, i believe, number 24 overall. Really? How many players, specifically quarterbacks, have been drafted number 1 overall and not accomplish what Tim Tebow has? (hey, anybody heard from Jamarcus Russell lately?)
And he's getting hit from everywhere. Even former professional athletes seem upset by his publicity and success. These include former hard nosed fullback (Merril Hoge) and the always self hyped, undersized, overweight NBA power forward (Charles Barkley).
At first thought, I would assume these would be two guys who would specifically go out of their way to praise, respect, and support what Tebow is trying to do out there on the field.
So, it is really just about religion? Every year, there's some 'prospect' in professional sports not playing well in a game. Sometimes they are criticized. Sometimes analysts seem to agree that the player is not ready. Mostly, the young player, if showing a positive effort to maintain good publicity (no DUI's, no beating of wives or girlfriends) gets credit for his accomplishments, and others to seem to wish him luck. But not Tim Tebow.
I, for one, don't think he's that great of a quarterback either. But it sure is fun to watch the show. And that, I thought, what was the whole point. Sports, last I checked, was another form of entertainment. And Tebow, as I see it, is entertaining. So whats the problem.
Is that problem that the guy talks about God too much? Really? Go watch a music awards show on TV one night. Count how many times a 'rapper' with a long criminal 'rap sheet' thanks God. You can make a drinking game out of it. Guarantee you will drunk off your ass before the first commercial break.
In a country dominated by religion, all the way up to a point where we just had a recent president state that he spoke to God (thank God Bush is still not president by the way).
But, apparently, its a big issue when some young dude from South Florida professes his love to a higher power. And its a big issue when a team, and its entire coaching staff, decide (without force from Tim Tebow), to run an offense where he barely passes at times.
Maybe we should see Tim Tebow for what he is. He's a young man who makes a lot of money, doesn't apparently spend it on 'strippers', jewelry and bentley's, and is always quoted as saying he works hard at what he does.
In conclusion, stop hating on Tim Tebow. Win or lose this weekend, he is still a professional athlete. An athlete who not only is lucky (and blessed) to do what he does for a living, but is also willing to admit so.
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Posted by Ernest Dove at 1/13/2012 12:52 PM 
Categories: My Daily Thoughts, sports
Tags: Tim Tebow Ernest Dove blog Charles Barkley Merril hoge football NFL religion sports love hate
Categories: My Daily Thoughts, sports
Tags: Tim Tebow Ernest Dove blog Charles Barkley Merril hoge football NFL religion sports love hate
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