I don't get all the hate on Tebow. The man has zero run ins of a negative nature. All he does is work his tail off.
Work? I had a cousin that played DIII hoops. He "worked" his butt off. After school he went to several NBA tryout camps, then NBA-D league team camps and never made a team. He got invited to play on summer developmental practice squads but was not guaranteed playing time. At some point his friends and family convinced him it was time to give up the dream. The difference between him and Tebow was that my cousin wasn't invited to be on the roster only as a gimmick to put fans in the bleachers.
I could see if you were a guy who felt like they were "so close" you might not like a guy like Tebow who seems to get these types of opportunities but I think that's sometimes just how life goes.
There's a lot of guys in minor league ball that have no shot at the bigs...whether or not you have a shot is all perspective...you might not think he has a shot, but he's probbaly not thinking that....same as any other Single A guy who is a few years in and hitting in the low.200's....he's probably still grinding away thinking he's got a shot but does he really??
Probably has a lot to do with the fact that during his college years and his first years in the NFL he was promoted like few athletes ever were before...on all major sports shows. He took a piss and it was reported as news. People got tired of it...and then the backlash.
Tebow is basically in the same process as your cousin was. He is currently trying to make it. He hasn't made a big teams roster yet. He is playing Single A ball. If the NBA had a minor league system as large as MLB then your cousin probably could have found a similar spot as Tebow currently has.
I agree with you on that but the only reason he gets a shot is because he's Tim Tebow. He has opportunities at this point to make millions doing plenty of different things because of his name also.
Agree. He's actually doing someone a favor. Getting paid less than minimum wage for several years to find out you'll never make it past single A is reality for most of these players. The few that do make it will make it with or w/o Tebow.
Suck he may be he's still Tim Tebow and they ain't....lol
And that is a harsh, difficult reality to accept, especially when you've been a star player in HS and/or college for several years.
Realistically speaking, how many member of the "Columbia Chiggers" have a chance of making the show? Not enough to comprise an entire baseball squad. You need "fillers" on each team.
Remember reading that somewhere around 10% of all minor league players will make it to the majors. So, somewhat less than 10%. It's not good odds, especially considering the poor pay.
