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(06-24-2021, 01:32 PM)Sled21 Wrote: So why do people roll their eyes at Tebow?

I think it's just one of those situations where the story outshines the performance/relevance to the game.  On paper, Tebow is a 1st round bust QB who is now a practice squad TE and yet he continues to get coverage...which I get.  What is his ranking on the Jaguar's TE depth chart?  Can we name another roster bubble TE in the NFL, much less dedicate headlines to one of them?

Again, I get it...stories are big news but this is why people roll their eyes.  If Colin Kaepernick were the 6th QB on a team's roster he would be getting an undue amount of coverage and people would be pointing out that covering a QB who won 2 games 5 years ago is ridiculous.  Michael Sam was a complete non-factor on the NFL field, but he made headlines and people complained that someone who did so little on the field was such a big story.

Another example that comes to mind is Annika Sorenstam playing in the men's PGA tournament in 2003.  She came in 96th but she managed to get a lot of coverage because she had a different/interesting story that got people's attention.  I've never really watched the PGA, but I can't imagine 50% of the coverage goes to the people in the first 5 slots and 50% goes to the person in 96th, but that's how it went that year.

So Tebow is one of those people who gets a bunch of attention because of things that don't have to do with the on the field stuff and people are always ready to pull the "Can't we just talk about the sport?" card in those situations.  Personally, I realize a good story sells so I'm a bit cynical about it all.  I'm sure by pointing out this bias I could come off as being anti-Christian, anti-BLM, anti-women, and anti-gay but I'm mostly saying good for all these big stories, good for the people who get the attention, and fair play to people who roll their eyes at it.