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In an on-air interview during Friday’s broadcast of ESPN First Take, ESPN censored Skip Bayless. The in-studio hosts cut to Bayless for his opinion on Tim Tebow’s GQ Magazine cover. Bayless took the opportunity to turn the discussion into a religious rant about the prosecution of Tebow and his faith.
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Resistance is futile. Especially at this point, when ESPN devoted an entire SportsCenter to Tim Tebow; making a Tebow reference literally every 18 seconds. As poignant as song lyrics could ever be. Green Day “American Idiot”….”don’t want to be an American idiot, one nation controlled by the media.”
As a New England Patriots fan, well…I guess whatever gives Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski, Wes Welker and company an extra edge. They’re certainly flying under the radar today, even though their a heavy favorite in the NFL playoffs!
So let’s get to the point and run down all the Tebow pieces we’ve been forced to do. (It’s like covering the Amy Winehouse death, you don’t want to do it, but as a business man you’re a complete schmuck if you don’t).
So let’s talk media-whoring and annoying displays of public faith! Greatest hits after the jump
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Without a doubt Tim Tebow is the most polarizing figure in the entire sporting world. And the main reason isn’t his overt Christian faith, which he publicly displays as if he were receiving royalties for every mention of the lord, or even anything inherent to his personality.
I don’t think Tebow himself is worth hating. Sure, none of us really know him, but his public facade seems like a nice guy. We don’t know who he actually is but he seems a decent sort. Sure, he’s home-schooled, and those people are usually creepy and simplistic. But I think he generally means well even if he isn’t exactly bright.
However, I don’t find him likable at all. In fact I think he’s an annoying one-trick-pony, but that’s different from being detestable. There are other people connected to Tebow who are much more detestable.
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I’ve always said that Skip Bayless is to sports what Ann Coulter is to politics- just a loud mouth, idiot who publicly adopts positions that no sane, rational person could ever take. All in the sake of fame whoring. If you’re masochistic enough to watch ESPN First Take (a dumbed down version of an already very dumb show, Cold Pizza) or follow Skip Bayless’ Twitter account these past few months, you’ll see that Bayless isn’t exactly out on an island on one issue. That would be Tim Tebow, the most polarizing figure in sports today.
Bayless is right in lockstep with the rest of the lamestream media that SLURP Tebow constantly. In fact he might be the worst offender of all. The whole DJ Khaled “All he does is win!” crap is really getting out of control, and extremely unprofessional.
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