Is 'Tebowing' the end of football as we know it?
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Editor,
With tongue in cheek, a great interest in football and fear for its future, I offer the following:
Consider Tim Tebow, the great Denver Broncos quarterback and his “Tebowing” posture. Tim getting down on one knee in a praying posture after a good play creates a very interesting dilemma for the future of football.
We all know that players are often penalized for displays of celebrating after a good play. What, for heaven’s sake, can be more theatrical than actually bringing Almighty God onto the field of play?
I think football has a real problem here, and one they had better get some divine guidance on before it’s too late.
I mean, since Tim Tebow’s great success has captured the attention and imagination of millions, whole teams could take up PP (Prayer Posturing) on key plays, and possibly even before the play is run. God works in mysterious ways, as we all know. And who knows what He might have up his divine sleeve when it comes to our sometimes rather brutal sport of football.
Just consider how God’s influence propels us into extending love to our fellow man, resisting violence, turning the other cheek and doing good deeds. Without even realizing it, individual players and whole teams could fall into His ways very innocently. We’d have quarterbacks handing the ball to the opponents; runners finding the opposing players running alongside them cheering them on; and a lot of hugging and good-natured chatter going on. Do we really want this?
I don’t know about you, but all I see here is a whole bunch of trouble with a sport which has been just fine in knocking each other around, playing “kill or be killed,” and causing life-threatening bodily injuries. And it gives a whole bunch of otherwise sensible folks a chance to wave hankies and towels, yell and jump around, express hatred by taking the name of the Lord in vain, and generally working off the frustrations that have built up all week through work and family-related problems.
As one golfing buddy asked me at breakfast this morning, “Who will God favor when Holy Cross plays Temple?”
See? We’ve got problems, my friends. PP has got to stop.
Bob McClellan
Polson
