Tim Tebow: New York Jets Will Pay for Mindless Publicity Stunt

August 18, 2012   ·   Erik Cotton   ·   Jump to comments

Let me start off by saying that I don't dislike Tim Tebow.  I admire the work that he's done with underprivileged kids all over the world.  Frankly, I wish more athletes were as willing as he is to give up their free time and serve as a role model, a title that so many of them can't be bothered to embrace.
With all of that said, I think the New York Jets will pay on and off the field for an acquisition that amounts to nothing more than a publicity stunt.  Was the idea in trading for such a polarizing figure like Tebow to not create a monumental distraction? 
Turn on ESPN and see how long it takes for some trivial Tebow update to come on.  With the amount of coverage the Jets are getting, you'd think they, and not the other New York football team, won the Super Bowl last year. 
As Dave Caldwell of the New York Times observed:
Tebow received exponentially more attention than Sanchez from the more than 35,000 ...

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