Of course he is .... aren't you, FRiend?
You're both buying and selling, for the sake of argument, that Tim Tebow deserves to be cut irrevocably by every team in the NFL.
So how are you on the subject of ..... Christians?
Sorry about the less-than-perspicuous triangular post.
No I’m not buying it.
Most people would readily agree that the NFL is at some crisis point with quarterbacks. There’s maybe five quarterbacks in the league of a “A” quality. Then you take a fair step down to the “B” level for another five-to-eight. And then you have the remaining forty-five-odd quarterbacks who are marginal performers, and sitting in the NFL for four-to-seven years. This last group will last until the team drafts up some remarkable quarterback from the NCAA-league, and dump the current player strategy.
I’ve come to believe that a fair amount of Tebow’s issue...is not his religious beliefs...but that he’s a unremarkable guy from the third group, and if you were going to take the risk of dumping your current quarterback....you might as well start with some fresh new NCAA guy. Adding to this...Tebow only has a certain amount of inspiration. So if you had a real loser of a team...the Redskins come to mind with their former coach (recently fired)...even an inspired-Tebow would not be enough to turn the team in a different direction.
Finally, there is this thinking and prospective. You as the owner of a team...with millions invested and a NFL-owner status as the heart of your business empire...don’t want journalists or the news media to focus on your quarterback or the team logo....as a Christian element. You end up in some soap-opera-like world where big fake crosses get dragged out to tailgate parties, local ministers turn into mouthpieces arguing over what Tebow did in the name of Jesus (winning today and losing next week), and the sport gets twisted around into us-versus-Satan’s team.
Sports, I readily admit...has turned into a business venture...not pure sports. For a typical team, there’s at least a hundred million a year that come from franchise gimmick sales (t-shirts and posters), the game tickets, the parking, the beer at the stadium, etc. A owner lives in continual fear that he will draft or sign some idiot who gets the team name mired into some controversy and subtract ten-percent of the team’s profits.
Me personally as an owner? If I was unhappy with my present quarterback, and Tebow was available....I’d ask about the incoming group of NCAA quarterbacks, and see if I could find the “total package” (a quarterback who actually can throw, think, and run). If there wasn’t anything worth discussing over the new incoming crowd....fine, I’d sign Tebow to a one-year contract and settle on him for a brief period. If Tebow had classed himself as a running back....I might be more enthusiastic on his talents, and not think much over his strategy skills or lack of throwing quality.