Why do they hate tebow

He played games in total and had some memorable moments, hitting a home run during his first plate appearance in Single-A minor league baseball for the Columbia Fireflies. His dating life also made news. In the days following the news of his possible NFL return, some national media turned the conversation toward questions of talent, how far your name really goes, privilege and nepotism. Other people Tebow has a lot of fans and has been a media darling for years. Talent does play a role here as McFarland suggests.

Does Tebow deserve to return to professional football after six seasons off? As far as baseball goes, he did perform better than expected for some scouts. But baseball and football could not be more different. Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Devin Bush II and Jemele Hill both brought up what might be the biggest discussion topic — Tebow is returning to the league before Colin Kaepernick, the former NFL quarterback who knelt for the national anthem.

Kaepernick has become a symbol of the power of Black athletes to stand up to racial injustice. He signed a deal with Nike in In , Public Policy Polling surveyed fans about their favorite quarterbacks. Nothing is guaranteed in football. Giving up and starting over midway through a rebuilding phase would do more damage than good for most any team.

The bottom line is this: Tebow can be a starting quarterback in the NFL in the right situation. But soon, sooner than most of you may think, Tebow will be back on the field waiting for the snap. Enjoy our content? Join our newsletter to get the latest in sports news delivered straight to your inbox! Or that he wants to play baseball. Or that he's disingenuous, because he's not. Tebow isn't shy about sharing his beliefs or crediting God for his life.

But it's not as if he is forcing people to listen to him. If you don't want to see it, turn off the TV, turn the page, move on to something else. It doesn't mean you have to have the exact same faith, but you can sure respect someone who has those strong beliefs. That's a positive way to live your life.

Whether you try to do that in religion, or in college football, or the classroom, or in a TV career, or in missionary life — or in trying to play pro baseball — that's a very hard thing to do. Want more of our free, weekly newsletters in your inbox? Still, the haters can't wait to see him fail. They rejoice that he can't find an NFL job. They smile whenever they read about him striking out or making an error. Not only don't they want to see him do well, they want to seem him flounder and flop in embarrassing fashion.

It's not good enough that Tebow can't start in the NFL, the haters want to see him out of the league completely. Now those same people are upset that he's playing in a baseball league they don't even follow.

Maybe, just maybe, the target of their hate isn't Tebow, but something far more unsettling. Tim Tebow has attempted just 82 passes in his NFL career and he has already become one of the most controversial figures in sports. The emotions range from complete hatred to undying love, but the real question is why? Most backup quarterbacks in the league are happy if the announcers say their names correctly during preseason action.

Yet, any time Tebow gets a chance to play, the media go crazy. Heaven forbid if he actually plays well. Tebow is currently entrenched in what most observers consider a one-sided battle with Kyle Orton to become the Denver Broncos starting quarterback. It's an endeavor that hasn't been going well for Tebow as he attempts to prove he belongs.

His popularity is confirmed by the fact that he led the league in jersey sales during his first three months in the NFL. So, how is it that this seemingly perfect role model has become such a despised figure? Let's examine the possible reasons for this nearly unfathomable quandary. Tebow on the other hand has five career touchdown passes. While he did record touchdowns while playing for the Florida Gators in the Southeastern Conference, college football is not nearly as popular or influential as the NFL and, despite what some talking heads might say, no SEC defense is anywhere near as good as a professional defense.

By comparison, most Monday Night Football games average around 20 million viewers while the Super Bowl in February had million viewers, a new record.

Based on those numbers, you would be led to believe Tebow would have to accomplish something in the NFL before he became such a household name.

Instead, he has skyrocketed to a level of fame that is independent from his on-field performance. That doesn't sit well with a lot of fans, especially those of Kyle Orton who think he might be getting unfairly pushed out of town by a quarterback that hasn't earned the spot. Religion has become one of the biggest hot button issues in this country even though the entire premise of the United States of America was to be tolerant of all religions.