Tim Tebow, if you dont know this name then you have been hiding under a rock(or just dont watch ESPN). So for those under-rock dwellers here is a short summary: Tim Tebow is a former Florida Gator, national championship winning Quarterback, and Heisman winner. He has been embraced by the football community(mostly the white sect) for being an every man type who is not that skilled at the technical aspects of football but managed to eek out victories with sheer hustle. I was actually in to the Tebow, the idea of this running QB who was an average sized white guy with alot of heart who energized his team and his entire University. When he won the Heisman I cheered, when he won the National Championship I celebrated, when he proclaimed his right-wing christian beliefs I GAGGED!!! Soon after, I begin to think of Tim Tebow differently. After listening to countless sports reporters and newscasters praise him on a personal level for being such a good model kid, a virgin(yeah right, the QB of the Gators not getting any?) the kind of boy that people want their kids to be like(yes I actually heard someone say this) I became upset with the reality of Tim receiving praise for being an all-american white kid even though he sucked as a quarterback AND every piece of personal praise included the caveat that he would not thrive as a NFL quarterback.
In the months leading up to the draft, the media continued to Farve-erize him(paise him for his white man heroics in football)....Then I hear Tim Tebow is changing his entire throwing style in order to make himself more attractive to NFL teams...Riiiiiight, the one that has been the same for four years, he is going to switch it up, perfect it, and be NFL ready in three months. Myself and every black person laughed, guffaed even as white people hoped and prayed that their golden boy Tim would at least MAKE IT to the NFL. Well to the surprise of myself and everyone else that watches football not only did Tebow get drafted, he went in the first round(I thought at best he would go in the third). It seems the Denver Broncos thought it important to draft a 3rd string QB in the first round for his "personality" than using that pick to help their team get better. To add insult to injury Tim Tebow had the highest selling Jersey last month on NFL.com surpassing numbertwo Donavan Mcnabb's new Redskins jersey and third Drew Breesus(can you tell Im a saints fan). Thats right, a rookie QB who hast taken one down as a professional(and probably never will) surpassed two of the greatest Qb's in the league in jersey sales. I'd like to think the people that bought Tebow's jersey bought it as a collecters item because its one of the biggest gaffs in draft history(second to Jamarcus Russell but we will address that later), but I realize now that is not the case. Tim Tebow is a symbol to white people, a representation of the fact that anything is possible for them if they are just mediocre at what they do whilst keeping a squeky clean image they can achieve things well above their level of competency. It made me realize that in this country Great White Hope can become Great White Reality...sigh...Im having a "bluest eye" moment....ttyl
