This was inevitable.
Yesterday, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reported that Tim Tebow has hired CAA’s Nick Khan to join agent Jimmy Sexton in planning for his future. And that future doesn’t look like it will be on a football field.
Despite the rash of quarterback injuries this year, nobody is calling Tebow. I mean, Matt Flynn is on his third team.
So it looks like option B will be using the headsets for a different purpose. Matt Yoder of Awlful Announcing speculated on the broadcast possibilities for Tebow.
The likely option: the new SEC Network that launches next year. Guess who owns that network? Yep, ESPN, lover of all things Tebow.
Yoder writes:
But there’s one option that may be the best of all for Tim Tebow and ESPN – the SEC Network.
Tebow is the best SEC player in a generation. And next year when ESPN launches the SEC Network next year it’s going to need people with ties to the league to feature on the network. Besides Paul Finebaum of course. SEC Network would be the best fit for Tebow because of the audience, the regional exposure, and the reps he could get as an analyst. And he could appear on ESPN whenever the network sees fit. If there’s any of these scenarios that seems most likely, I’d be willing to lay my money on Tebow joining ESPN as an analyst for SEC Network.
However, what makes anyone think Tebow would be a good analyst? He’s a really nice guy. Is he really going to knock a player or coach? Or even second-guess?
More likely, Tebow will say, “(Player X) really gave 100 percent effort there…”
That might be as rough as it gets for Tebow. His candor seems to be on par with his skills as a pocket passer.
Now Tebow’s deficiencies in a studio or booth won’t be as important as they were on the field. Given his name, he will be in demand.
It just seems unlikely that he will be any good.
Think about this Ed.
I came to your website (having NEVER EVER HEARD OF YOU) after seeing a tweet from you about Tebow, because I follow Tebow news on Twitter.
I follow Tebow news on twitter because I like Tim Tebow as a person, wish him success in the NFL and his life story and actions make me want to be a better person.
He also drives me to defend him publicly and privately from people like you who use his name to get clicks (and who ALWAYS manage to mock, ridicule or diminish his life accomplishments).
I am not alone.
There are HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of people just like me who were excited about football again (after swearing off the NFL) during his run with the Broncos and would TODAY pay REAL MONEY to see him play, wear his jersey and support his team ANYWHERE HE PLAYED.
What don’t you (and sports writers, GMs and Coaches like you) get about Tebow? People like him because he lives his faith COMPLETELY and is actually WORTH ROOTING FOR.
Of course Tebow would be just fine in the booth. He’d be genuine and honest if that’s what the job called for.
But the real reason ESPN and FOX 1 SPORTS want him, and are wiling to pay him MILLIONS OF DOLLARS is because of the loyalty of people like me.
So, please, keep mocking Tebow as he goes from NFL Playoff Winner to College Broadcaster and he will continue to build hospitals, share his time with sick and dying kids and have a kind word people who don’t think “he will be any good” at whatever he does.