The Rise & Fall of Tim Tebow, College Football Star for Christ
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009With all the “transgressions” flying around surrounding Tiger Woods, it seems that even the purest of the pure squeaky-clean athletes can turn out to be dirt bags. That being said, I wonder how long until we see the downward spiral of Tim Tebow.
For those of you out there who don’t know Tim Tebow, he is the Florida Gators star quarterback and one of the biggest names in college football. He has earned such accolades as 2 time All-American, AP Player of the year, a couple of ESPYs and last but not least, the Heisman Trophy.
The thing that really makes Tim Tebow unique is the fact that he is a devout Christian, and I don’t mean like how George W was a devout Christian - Tim Tebow is the real deal. Here is a guy who was born to missionary parents in the Philippines and was home schooled all his life. Talk about living a sheltered life!
So here starts my theory about the impending downfall of Tim Tebow. He is projected to go very high in the 2010 NFL draft, and as we all know: as soon as a kid goes pro, the world is his oyster.
I think as soon as he gets a taste of the gold plated Escalades and the abundant amount of strippers in whatever losing football city he goes to, he will find it harder and harder to quote John 3:16 and keep his pants on - I mean really, do you honestly expect someone who will have access to a private jet from Nike, or literally bags of cash from Gatorade to keep his humble life path following Jesus? Yeah neither do I.
So much of sports (from a fans perspective, at least) is about predictions, so rather than predicting tomorrows football scores, I’m going to be so bold as to predict the different aspects of the downward trajectory that will be the life of Tim Tebow, and I’m taking bets.
- He will go high in the first round of the 2010 NFL draft and then proceed to lead a loser team to another losing season. Before word sets in that he can’t win at the professional level, he will milk the hype to find him a bevy of loose women to establish secret relationships with. (50 to 1)
- He starts wearing dark sunglasses and far too much Ed Hardy apparel, and starts to alienate himself from his teammates on the Lions on his eventual team. (30 to 1)
- He develops a coke habit. (20 to 1)
- His career continues to suffer, and finds himself playing one season for the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL before signing a bargain basement contract with the always awful Buffalo Bills. (10 to 1)
- He retires a failure, and makes money participating in celebrity boxing matches, facing both Jose Canseco and Danny Bonaduce. (60 to 1)
- He fades into non-existence only to be resurrected when sports shows do their “Biggest Sports Busts” episodes. (100 to 1)
I don’t mean to be so bleak with my predictions. But if you have been suppressed from all the fun stuff you are supposed to get out of your system in high school and college and then suddenly given the world (namely gold plated cars and ladies), you are sure to be on a path to the bottom… As for Tiger Woods, I don’t know what happened there.
