Gannett columnist Mike Lopresti’s Feb. 7 piece on Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow, “Post-Gators life has gotten tricky for Tebow,” missed the boat entirely. Whether Tebow is a strong candidate to play in the NFL doesn’t interest me. However, he missed the message that Tebow has proven to be more than some two-dimensional jock who puts all of his eggs in one NFL basket.
He missed where Tebow said football is somewhere around fourth on his priority list. With all of the publicity he received in the last three years that have nothing to do with football, I don’t see how Lopresti could have overlooked that. Tebow has substance, integrity and devotion to things that are really missing in this world.
Even if, as Lopresti seems to think, Tebows’ football career is over, he is not finished with his more important pursuits: helping others in need.
Incidentally, draft gurus, as Lopresti refers to them, seem to be only interested in an athlete’s mechanics. How about their leadership qualities? Tebow’s teammates adored him. How about Urban Meyer’s quote: “I wish I could take a Tim Tebow pill,” or how about what teammate Brandon Spikes said when he was being recruited at Alabama: “I’m going where he’s going.”
I wonder if NFL gurus ever look at statistics. He can’t throw, he can’t do this, he can’t do that. Really? Maybe they should pay more attention to the scoreboard.
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