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Tebow Blacklist Isn’t the Beginning, It’s the End
Townhall.com ^ | February 3, 2014 | John Ransom

Posted on 02/02/2014 11:34:17 PM PST by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin

bfl


21 posted on 02/03/2014 3:23:56 AM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: Kaslin

I agree with everyone’s comments. What has been done to Tebow is infuriating.

Now I wonder how they are going to treat Russell Wilson. He praised God numerous times in all the post game press. Actually sounded alot like Tebow to me!


22 posted on 02/03/2014 3:27:50 AM PST by battletank
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To: NTHockey

John Ziegler was worse than Bettman. If you didn’t live in an NHL city...you had zero hockey on TV. Ziegler couldn’t even get a cable TV deal for hockey....the only network he got was SportsChannel...few cable companies had the channel

At least w Bettman you have major over-the-air networks carrying hockey...and a very good NHL network that gives US audiences Canadian network coverage


23 posted on 02/03/2014 3:28:04 AM PST by SeminoleCounty (A Theory is not a Fact....It is not called the "Fact of Evolution")
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To: freebilly
Tebow was pretty much one-dimensional as a QB. In a pass first league, which is what the NFL is, Tebow was a runner. His passing game was just not NFL caliber. I wanted him to make it in New England, but he was just terrible in the pre-season. Belichek gave him an opportunity to be Brady’s back-up, but Tebow did not perform....

Bingo. Tebow has talent and has played in some winning games; mostly thanks to some very excellent defensive teams, but his passing is not only, not NFL caliber, most importantly he doesn’t show consistency and doesn’t perform well under pressure. And from what I’ve read, Tebow didn’t do well, doesn’t perform well in practice. A coach isn’t going to field someone who looks that bad in practice. It has nothing to do with his Christianity, it has to do with his playing abilities. There are many devout Christians in the NFL who profess their faith. The difference is that they deliver.

24 posted on 02/03/2014 3:35:18 AM PST by MD Expat in PA
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To: Pajamajan
Agree with you. The NFL blacklisted him because he's Christian. They won't let him play. They almost seem afraid to let him play.

Then why didn't the NFL blacklist Kurt Warner? Nobody was more open about his faith than Warner was. Could it possibly be that Warner was a good quarterback and Tebow stinks?

25 posted on 02/03/2014 3:50:42 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: battletank
Now I wonder how they are going to treat Russell Wilson. He praised God numerous times in all the post game press. Actually sounded alot like Tebow to me!

My prediction is that they'll treat Wilson like they treated players like Kurt Warner. Why? Because Wilson and Warner are great quarterbacks and Tebow isn't.

26 posted on 02/03/2014 3:53:01 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: SeminoleCounty
Denver Broncos paid 40-50 million dollars the past two seasons for a QB who won 1 more playoff game than Tebow. And judging the way Peyton Manning played last nite...Tebow would have fared better than Manning.

Judging the way Tebow has played over his career, had be been their starter this year the Broncos would have been watching the Super Bowl from their living rooms.

In fact, the winning QB, Russell Wilson, plays just like Tebow...

ROTFL. Except for the fact that Wilson can read defenses, pass accurately, and has a good head for the game then yeah, Wilson is a lot like Tebow.

27 posted on 02/03/2014 3:56:41 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Kaslin

Well — John Elway is certainly licking his wounds after last night.

That was a major thrashing —


28 posted on 02/03/2014 3:58:18 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: Oliviaforever
I believe they sure would have, or at least it would have been very close. they sure got clobbered.

I turned my TV during the 3rd quarter and went to bed. I had enough when the score was still 29-0

29 posted on 02/03/2014 4:02:22 AM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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That Scientology ad mocked Christianity.

Go Tebow!


30 posted on 02/03/2014 4:07:45 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: varmintman
Kaslin is right. This is anti-Christian bigotry and I basically don't have much use for the NFL any more.

You mean John Ransom is right, don't you? I only copied and posted the article. I do agree with him also.

31 posted on 02/03/2014 4:10:29 AM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Kaslin

And that stink bomb of a Super Bowl game last night didn’t help prolong the life of the NFL either. The outrageous over-hyping of these games leads to disappointment nine out of ten years for real fans of football as it once was played.


32 posted on 02/03/2014 4:25:51 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: Kaslin

I did not watch the super bowl... I will never watch the nfl again. They destroyed baseball... football... basketball and NASCAR. Now the nfl.


33 posted on 02/03/2014 4:26:28 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS! BETTER DEAD THAN RED!)
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To: Kaslin
I'm not sure how good or bad Roger Goodell has been as the NFL's commissioner, but disagree with the underlying statement here.

Tebow wasn't on an NFL roster last season because he's not an NFL quarterback. It's really that simple. Many of us have said this for years.

He certainly isn't the first guy to win a Heisman Trophy as a running quarterback in a fast-paced offense that is well suited to the college game, only to turn into a bust in the NFL.

He's actually a tremendous athlete and would probably be an All-Pro candidate for much of his career if he had played a different position.

34 posted on 02/03/2014 4:32:18 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
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To: LibLieSlayer

Well the reason why I watched was because helicopters from the 101st Airborne Division were supposed to do a Flyover during the Halftime, which they did. You would have missed it though if there hadn’t been an announcement on the screen.


35 posted on 02/03/2014 4:35:22 AM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: MD Expat in PA

Newsflash, the Denver defense during the 2011-2012 season was by no stretch of the imagination “good.” This is the same defense that was torched the first four games of the season with Kyle Orton at the helm on offense.

The radical improvement in the defense happened AFTER Tebow took over because THE DEFENSE WAS RARELY ON THE FIELD. During Tebow’s time behind center the Broncos overwhelming led the NFL in time of possession which kept the defense OFF the field. The problems emerged when the Broncos would be forced into short 4 and outs by teams like the Patriots. When that occurred you got the same crappy results from the D.

Elway STILL has not upgraded the D. He spent all that money on luring Manning.


36 posted on 02/03/2014 4:36:38 AM PST by gallandro1
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To: Portcall24

I have little interest in football but something.told me to pick seahawks. i watched most of the game. now i know why. :)


37 posted on 02/03/2014 4:47:13 AM PST by Donnafrflorida (Thru HIM all things are possible.)
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To: Kaslin

Time Warner Cable went down across a better part of the country for most of the second half. Had it been college football or baseball I would have freaked. But as it was the NFL, the Mrs and I just blew it off and turned to the Joseph story on the Military Channel.


38 posted on 02/03/2014 4:49:51 AM PST by onedoug
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To: varmintman

If Denver would have kept Tebow and let him from Manning we would be looking at years of a dominant franchise, rather than looking at sinking back into the cellar of embarrassment for years as we are now....


39 posted on 02/03/2014 4:57:24 AM PST by Mom MD (I)
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To: Alberta's Child

Some people just won’t listen to reason, but you are of course absolutely correct. Tebow’s skills just didn’t translate to the NFL. It happens.


40 posted on 02/03/2014 5:08:12 AM PST by bigdaddy45
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