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titaniumsalute

(4,742 posts)
Sat Apr 14, 2012, 08:08 AM Apr 2012

A New Yorker Summed Up His Thoughts on Tebow yesterday

I live in Palm Beach County...known as the 6th borough of NYC. I was getting a bagel and coffee yesterday morning and some New York men were in line behind me. With a thick NY accent the one said to the other...

"I don't give a shit if he believes in Jesus, Santa Claus or the fucking Easter Bunny...all I care is if he can throw a touchdown."

I, along with about 5 other people in line, were cracking up. Personally I think Tim Tebow is going to be in for a rude awakening in NY. If he sucks they will twist him up and throw him away. The fans in NY are relentless.

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A New Yorker Summed Up His Thoughts on Tebow yesterday (Original Post) titaniumsalute Apr 2012 OP
Just Win Baby... KharmaTrain Apr 2012 #1
I'm from Cleveland...the same thing. titaniumsalute Apr 2012 #9
As a Patriots fan, I just hope he becomes the Jets starter. RagAss Apr 2012 #2
You don't need to go there quaker bill Apr 2012 #8
I, for one, am fed up with sports increasingly being a delivery system for propaganda. eomer Apr 2012 #3
I second the being fed up. sarcasmo Apr 2012 #4
It isn't just sports.......for that matter. And yeah, I am fed up with it, right along with you. SammyWinstonJack Apr 2012 #5
I know, it's like they have not read the Ten Commandments of Sports hfojvt Apr 2012 #7
Of course if the media didn't zoom in on him...nobody would see it or care. titaniumsalute Apr 2012 #10
The defense calls hfojvt Apr 2012 #6
As a Denver Bronco fan randr Apr 2012 #11

KharmaTrain

(31,706 posts)
1. Just Win Baby...
Sat Apr 14, 2012, 08:17 AM
Apr 2012

It's not only New York fans who think that way....they're just louder about it. The bottom line on Tebow is his "entertainment" value. If he leads the Jets to bigger and better on the field he'll be the toast of the town...doesn't matter who he worships. If he fails...as you say, he'll get chewed up and spit out. The same applies to Ozzie Guillen...if the Marlins make it to the World Series all is forgotten...everyone loves a winner.

titaniumsalute

(4,742 posts)
9. I'm from Cleveland...the same thing.
Sat Apr 14, 2012, 09:08 AM
Apr 2012

I remember when Roberto Alomar spit on an umpire during a game when he played for the Orioles. The CLeveland fans hated him. Of coruse a few months later he came to the Indians. Then they loved him.

quaker bill

(8,224 posts)
8. You don't need to go there
Sat Apr 14, 2012, 09:07 AM
Apr 2012

As a Jets fan, I don't think Tebow and Sanchez on the field at the same time would amount to much of a threat to the Patriots...

I don't get this trade. They already have a quarterback who doesn't really start playing until the third quarter, to this they add a quarterback that doesn't get going until 7:00 minutes left in the 4th. I don't see how this will make them any better.

You should be happy with Tebow just consuming salary cap, even if he is on the bench.

eomer

(3,845 posts)
3. I, for one, am fed up with sports increasingly being a delivery system for propaganda.
Sat Apr 14, 2012, 08:43 AM
Apr 2012

And, I don't know, maybe I'm the one changing; maybe it's that I'm increasingly aware of it rather than it increasingly being that way. But either way I'm starting to stop watching sports because I can't stomach it. It is too much a way for them to sneak in a point of view that has nothing to do with sports, usually either Christianity or militarism. Fuck them.

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)
7. I know, it's like they have not read the Ten Commandments of Sports
Sat Apr 14, 2012, 09:02 AM
Apr 2012

#1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me (sports)

randr

(12,417 posts)
11. As a Denver Bronco fan
Sat Apr 14, 2012, 09:31 AM
Apr 2012

I offer all NY'ers my condolences. And thanks, by the way, for taking Tim off our hands.

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