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The Overrated Tim Tebow Workout Needs To Get Florida University Put On Probation

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Jon Gruden does not work for free. Ask ESPN , who seems to have anointed their next Brett Farve to shove down our throats on a continuous loop.

Isn't Tim Tebow is still legally a college football player?

How did Tebow afford to have Gruden prepare him for Florida Universirty's Pro Day?

You know Gruden did not take an I.O.U. from Tebow for "services rendered".

Who paid for Gruden? How about the Gator boosters? It seems pretty obvious someone other than Tebow footed the Gruden bill?

Will it be investigated? Most likely not. You won't hear a whimper of this discussed by ESPN's "journalists", but you better believe they might if Gruden worked for FOX Sports.

The NCAA Committee is as dirty as the workout that was perpetrated yesterday. Payola, or "hush money", was fed to all the proper pockets so everyone will blindly accept things "as is".

What did we learn from the workout? That Tebow still has no arm, and should think about throwing the ball with his right hand over his left.Even in the current rules that caters to quarterbacks and makes the NFL's chosen divas jobs much easier year to year.

As he got tired, the ball lollipopped more and more. The accuracy waned. ESPN valiantly tried to keep their cameras on him instead of the ball, except for a few of his earlier passes on the most simple of routes. The verdict stayed the same ultimately, despite Gruden's "unbiased" ESPN report that Tebow was a future starter. The guy is no more than a project.

What we really learned is dirty money is flowing in the Sunshine State. Now we truly see why Florida gets all the top recruits and will continue to do so. Kids will see that the school will pay for top experts to teach them to be better players without any expense to them. The Gator's will foot the bill, along with the usual housing, clothing, vehicle, female companionship bills they typically take care of for all of their players.

Florida University has blatantly officially taken football recruiting to another level, and the NCAA will gladly follow blindly with stuff wallets continuously fed by the boosters of the school.

ESPN's faux pas journalism will continue to shove your next hero down your throats as long as you tune in. Favre's name is mentioned every 20 minutes on all channels because of legal obligation. It reeks of reminiscence of the "Devil And Daniel Webster".

Now that Brett finally appears to have one last year to wear slovenly on America's conscious, they have the next Golden Boy in waiting. So confident they are in their investment, they sent "Chucky" to teach the kid to look the part of NFL QB.

Part of this madness might be because of draft day. Tebow has to be the first third round prospect ever to be invited to sit in the green room during the draft. If you were utterly sickened by having to watch a constant close up of the crying Brady Quinn for 22 rounds in 2007, get ready to puke at 70+ rounds of watching Tebow wait for the call on April 22nd.

ESPN is ready. Are you? They have plenty of tape from his days in college on the projector to get ready to shove down your consciousnesses as the already written scripts are ready for their "experts" to lament for several hours as to why he hasn't been drafted yet.

Any team that drafts him before the third round needs their heads examined because Tebow is quite simply a poor man's Bobby Douglass.

Unlike Tebow, Douglass had a good, strong arm. Like Tebow, Douglass was a left-hander with accuracy issues his entire career.

Bobby Douglass spent nine years in the NFL between 1969 - 1978, and was a full time starter in two seasons. His best season was in 1972 with the Chicago Bears, and it is not remembered because of his arm. He ran for an then-NFL record 968 yards that year on 141 carries, leading the NFL with a 6.9 yards per carry average. He ran the ball in for eight scores, while tossing a career best nine more scores against 12 interceptions.

Ultimately, he threw 36 touchdowns against 64 interceptions for his career. His yards rushing record for a quarterback was surpassed by 71 yards in 2006 by Michael Vick, though it took two extra games on the schedule to break it. Douglass was drafted in the second round, but you can bet the farm his Alma Mater Kansas University never paid for a coach to come in for six weeks to try to improve his draft stock.

If they had, the NCAA would have put them on probation because they have a set list on who can buy off their silence. Florida is on it, and Kansas never has been. In football. Basketball is a completely different story. Whomever makes them the most cash in each sport has the best chance to line the NCAA pockets and zip their lips with a nodding off acceptance.

If the NCAA or ESPN were legitimate entities, then Florida would thoroughly be investigated to see who bought Jon Gruden. ESPN would have their employee cooperate with the investigation, then break the story when the proper culprits are exposed.

But this will not happen, so just go to sleep and blindly accept the constantly shifting rules. It is exactly what is expected of you.


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I wonder who paid for Bradford

to come out to DC and get worked on by the Skins’ doctor.

I think God made Gruden go to Florida and work miracles with Tebow. JMO

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

by Scott E on Mar 18, 2010 9:41 AM EDT reply actions   1 recs

Dr. James Andrews

is actually in Alabama. And Bradford has insurance that covers medical costs for football.

by kseandoyle on Mar 18, 2010 9:45 AM EDT up reply actions  

?

Players entering the draft hire coaches/tutors/specialists all the time. This isn’t something new. You just can’t work with any NFL players or coaches, unless it’s for free, in a mentoring type role. I don’t like Tebow, but I’m not trying to get him blacklisted. Calm down, this kind of thing happens all the time.

by kseandoyle on Mar 18, 2010 9:48 AM EDT reply actions  

I was wondering if LJP

has possessed Canton?

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

by Scott E on Mar 18, 2010 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions  

not sure about the rules

Why was Haden penalized for being around Deion Sanders?

SpottieOttieDopaliscious

by Rekka on Mar 18, 2010 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions  

think you are the only one who seems to grasp the part of how someone paid Chucky…you know the bill ran in the tens of thousands for 6 weeks of teaching..if not more

by Crazy Canton Cuts on Mar 18, 2010 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

What I read was that

Steve Bratkowski was hired as a QB coach for him.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

by Scott E on Mar 18, 2010 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think that was during the season

AND he was passing along info or doing something that could have jeopardized his NCAA eligibility. Neon, I believe, has friends who are agents and whatever happened appeared to be communications thru him to people he was not allowed to talk to.

Or, could have been something else. :)

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

by Scott E on Mar 18, 2010 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

Could you draw me a picture of that

special look the other way, so I’ll know it when I see it? [wink,wink, nudge, nudge] I could also use a new decoder ring if I’m going to track down these conspiracies. Aaah!! So many theories; so little time!!

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

by Scott E on Mar 18, 2010 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

thanks for reading it letjasonpass, pretty much on point in an angle I went

yet no one here seems to remember Bobby Douglass yet

by Crazy Canton Cuts on Mar 18, 2010 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah, I remember him. So what?

He’s pretty insignificant historically. What do you want? For everyone to say, “Wow! I remember that guy! You referenced someone who retired a long time ago! You sure are smart, CCC!” Congratulations, you can name former players.

by kseandoyle on Mar 18, 2010 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

the hell?

is it Shit on Canton Day or something?

SpottieOttieDopaliscious

by Rekka on Mar 18, 2010 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

Canton's talkin' crazy

If you were spouting off randomness and soley backed by the logic of LJP, you too Rekka, would likely get shit on haha

by DoWork on Mar 19, 2010 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions  

I've been here over a year

and have seen some wild ass shit being posted, and people haven’t lambasted them as much as now.

He has a gripe, and her at least took the time to put it in a way that most people would understand. I honestly thought that collegiate players couldn’t have contact or train with anyone that had played in, or has strong contacts within the league.

SpottieOttieDopaliscious

by Rekka on Mar 19, 2010 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions  

It's too specific.

It’s soley against Tebow for whatever reason. There’s a lot of players working with ex pros, ex coaches, etc. But this article was aimed soley at Tebow. You have to be more general.
for instance:
If Canton said “I like kids” that would be completely fine and acceptable, but if he said “I like 12 year olds” that would not be fine or acceptable, it would be too specific

by DoWork on Mar 19, 2010 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions  

It was specific

because he was trying to make a point. From what I read, he said they were trying to turn Tebow into the next Favre with having him in the news all the time. And he took it from there.

SpottieOttieDopaliscious

by Rekka on Mar 19, 2010 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions  

I dunno, Rekka

I guess I was struck by the complete contrast between the kinds of posts Canton’s done in the past – well researched, thorough and well thought out – versus this one, which had me thinking of Oliver Stone with a heavy dose of whining. Maybe I overreacted, but the contrast between before and now is striking.

And at this point in time, I really don’t think Tebow is/has done anything improper. Yeah, the Gruden thing is a little wierd, but the comparison to Bobby Douglas was down right odd – not that they aren’t similar in play style – but to bring Douglas into the fray regarding these supposed irregularities with Tebow doesn’t make sense to me.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

by Scott E on Mar 19, 2010 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions  

Which is cool

If you don’t agree with it, then that’s totally fine. Everyone’s not gonna agree, I was just saying that when it comes to being offbase, this write up could have been a LOT worse.

Even I took a second to think about it, what other non consensus first round pick was invited to be live at the draft?

Agreed on the Douglas part though. That was a head-scratcher .

SpottieOttieDopaliscious

by Rekka on Mar 19, 2010 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

I agree

SpottieOttieDopaliscious

by Rekka on Mar 19, 2010 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

I guess they had his phone number on hand

from the Heisman Awards. I get the idea that this is a fairly compelling human interest story about Tebow not likely to be drafted very high considering his achievements, i just don’t get all the conspiracy hoo-ha, that he’s somehow done something wrong or is being set up to be the next “Favre.”

The media will always have its darlings, but usually sooner than later they move on to another story. Two days after the draft no one will be talking about Tebow.

Also,odd that the Network would send/allow Gruden to go help him (I heard Steve Bratkowski was teaching him up) but I don’t see what the big deal is.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

by Scott E on Mar 19, 2010 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

Tebow SHOULD have been invited to the draft

And I say that as someone who will be pi**ed if the Redskins draft him (at least if they do so in the first or second round; if he’s still there by the time our 4th round pick comes around, I won’t blame anyone for taking him). But the reason he should have been invited is because he’s already making money for the NFL. Whenever there are posts on fan sites like this or pro sites like WP, ESPN, or Fox, tons of people click on them simply because they’re about Tim Tebow. That creates ad revenue for these guys, and they realize that, whether or not he’s got potential to be anything more than solid (and I do think he’s got that potential; hell, people think that Colt Brennan is primed to be an All-Pro), he’s a money-making guy. It comes down to dollars, and Tebow’s face makes more dollars for the NFL than Jimmy Clausen or Colt McCoy and maybe more than Sam Bradford. So if he sticks around for all three days of the draft, good for them; they’ll milk it for all it’s worth.

by kseandoyle on Mar 20, 2010 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

When was the last time

possibly the greatest college football player of all time wasn’t a consensus 1st round pick? I don’t want Tebow to be a Redskin, but I want him to succeed in the NFL. Regardless of anyone’s personal feelings regarding Tebow, you can’t deny that he has had a remarkable career and is very accomplished. Given his resume, why is it such a stretch to think that he should be invited to the draft?

Is it because he’s very outwardly religious? Tebow wouldn’t be getting near the criticism if he were saying how much he loved Obama all the time.

by CarverM on Mar 19, 2010 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

don’t you think the term greatest most applies in present time?
maybe some USC backers will say it was OJ or someone else
Buckeyes might say Archie Griffith or another
all subjective and bandied about daily
of course, the guys I talked about didn’t live in a media heavy day where every movement was captured on live feed

I won’t bet against him making it, even though I think he’d make a good gunner on special teams…not that there’s anything wrong with that…worked for Joe Theismann until he finally nailed down the starting job..maybe it will be a similar journey?

by Crazy Canton Cuts on Mar 20, 2010 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'm talking about greatest

based on National Championships, wins/losses, and Heisman Trophies. Noone has done what Tebow has.

by CarverM on Mar 21, 2010 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

I honestly don't care

about his religious views. I don’t recall ever saying anything about his views on this website actually.

So what does Obama have to do with anything?

SpottieOttieDopaliscious

by Rekka on Mar 22, 2010 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions  

Exactly what I said

if he were going on about a different message, most people wouldn’t take such offense to Tebow. So you haven’t mentioned this, but it was been one of the main gripes against him discussed on this site. Tebow was by all metrics a remarkable college player, and given his accomplishments I see no reason why anyone should be surprised that he has been invited to the draft.

by CarverM on Mar 22, 2010 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions  

I still don't understand

why you thought it was fitting to bring it up in response to what I said.

Full disclosure, I honestly don’t know how many players can be invited to the draft at one time.

BUT, if it turns out that there is a certain number of players that can be there, how is it that one kid gets butted out when he’s worked his ass off to make himself the best player he can be at his position to have his name called in the first round. While the guy who, while being a tremendous college athlete, has not learned the tools of his trade (throwing motion, taking traditional snaps etc.), whether by his own fault or because no one thought to teach him gets front billing.

SpottieOttieDopaliscious

by Rekka on Mar 22, 2010 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions  

Douglass was a lefty with an inaccurate gun, though a stronger one
he actually has drawn more comparisons, by those who recall Bobby, than you’d think

end of the day – IF Tim has the career Bobby Douglass did – he can be proud

by Crazy Canton Cuts on Mar 20, 2010 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

It doesn't take very advanced logic

to deduce that you are a sensationalist that holds grudges and attacks the characters of men who you don’t know and have done nothing to harm you.

by CarverM on Mar 19, 2010 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

How is he aking your point????

You are faltering on the ledge of sanity

by shvd98z24 on Mar 20, 2010 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions  

I watch NFL Network almost every day......

and I hear bad just as much as good!!! They knock his mechanics….they have showed him fumbling his first 3 snaps from center at the senior bowl practice 1000 times. The problem is…..you only see what you want! He does receive praise…..and why not……he won the Heisman….won championships….all he does is win….and just because he thanks God after wards……you hate him and he is being propped up? He established himself! And again…..I am not a fan of his!

by shvd98z24 on Mar 20, 2010 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

shvd, Wrong, I do not care who he thanks. I listen to his words and watched his actions. Maybe some people should stop trying to make him into something he is not. The point that I have tryed to make is he is high risk.

If you don’t think him spreading his message, is more important to him then football you are wrong. He even said as much when he talked about how football was only a platform to use, to do bigger things. How many football players say that prior to starting their career? Like I have said I like the Rolle kid as a DB but he is a big risk as well.
His real goal in life is to become a surgeon. So if he meets some obstacles in his NFL career he will be out of the NFL faster then you can blink. Then what will the team that drafted him be left with. I am not hating on either one of these guys. They just have strong convictions, that are more important to them then playing in the NFL.

by LETJASONPASS on Mar 21, 2010 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions  

So why do you attack the man

when it’s the media that you have the problem with?

by CarverM on Mar 20, 2010 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

Carver, Tebow is the one benefiting from the media and its biased coverage of him. I agree that he was a great football player in college. If he was such a great guy then he would tell the NFL that he does not deserve the invite to the NFL draft.

He is one of only 18 players invited and that is a shame for the more deserving players. This is a big moment in these kids lives and Tebow being propped up ahead of better players. My fan post might have been a little rough. But Tebow will falter at some point we all do. To bad it will be worse on Tebow then it was Tiger Woods because he will have a lot further to fall. Most people with any sense knew that Tiger was no Angel. How often had seen him curse or throw golf clubs on the course. But Tebow is set up to fall like a meteor from the sky. We all have been so used to the God Bless this, and thats coming from Tebow. That when he falls watch out. I feel the same way about Tebow as I do about Rolle. Rolle will be a good Db but who knows when he will decide to leave football for medical school? Like wise who knows when Tim Tebow will leave football or at least put spreading his message over playing football. in one of his recent interviews he talks about his platform being more important then football. To me this would worry me if I were a GM. Tebow is very devout in anything that he does. He is not the normal guy that plays for the money or whatever. He is a “true believer” in his message.

by LETJASONPASS on Mar 20, 2010 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

Bull

Why turn down the invite,
Who set Tebow up to fall you and the Media? Why does he have to fall?
Tiger Woods, why bring him up he’s the greatest golfer, are you saying like Woods, Tebow will be great or are you like the other million people that somehow Tiger failed because he cheated on his wife.
I don’t give a damn about his personal life, he’s a golfer
I don’t care if Tebow uses football as a platfom for anything else as long as he plays football.

To me this would worry me if I were a GM. Tebow is very devout in anything that he does. He is not the normal guy that plays for the money or whatever. He is a "true believer" in his message./blockquote>
This would have been a great post, explaining and expanding on this thought, very accurate and what every coach, GM and owner should think about other than his Football skills.

by dr WNC on Mar 21, 2010 6:52 AM EDT up reply actions  

So the f*** what?!?!?!?!?!

How long is a RC contract? Usually 3-5 years? So what if they book after that…..considering 70% of pro football players careers are over in that time…..who cares if Rolle decides to go save people’s lives and so what if Tebow decides to “save” them in a different way! Now we all know where the world is heading when now we jump on athletes for having a plan after football! Would it be better if they were aspiring to be the outcast of the best football blog on the net? ass-clown

by shvd98z24 on Mar 21, 2010 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

Exactly

So if I agree with what you said this time will you change your position again…?

by dr WNC on Mar 21, 2010 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

actually, his 968 rushing yards stood as a record until 2006
and is still a record for a 14 game season
not insignificant at all
the comparisons are there too…erratic lefty’s who like to run first

by Crazy Canton Cuts on Mar 20, 2010 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

You said that he's still a collegiate football player

If that’s the case, then the University of Florida can hire whomever they choose to come in and work with their players. If he’s not a collegiate football player any more, then he probably has payments worked out with these people — payments that will come to them once he has an NFL contract.
And no, Florida does not get some kind of special treatment in terms of the NCAA looking the other way. The NCAA is investigating USC right now, and over the past decade, that has been probably the leading money-maker in college football. Not only that, but they’re investigating Reggie Bush, a guy who got the Heisman and whose highlight reels still get played by both USC and the NCAA.

by kseandoyle on Mar 18, 2010 11:17 AM EDT reply actions  

If anything the University of Florida owed it to Tebow to get him help to transition him into the pro's

For everything he did for that team they owe it to him to get him prepped for the pro’s now since they didn’t do it for him while he was running their collegiate offense.

by skinsfan28 on Mar 18, 2010 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think it's ignorant to say that there's some sort of criteria

by which certain schools get privileges and others are held accountable. If you don’t like Tebow and you’re hating on the fact that he got Gruden to help him out, that’s fine. I don’t care for Tebow either. But I don’ t think it’s necessary to try and give him or his school a bad name based PURELY on YOUR own conjecture that he’s allowed to break the rules because he goes to Florida? That’s silly.

by DoWork on Mar 18, 2010 11:32 AM EDT reply actions  

Aren't these guys technically professionals now anyway?

Once they declare for the draft they forfeit their eligibility, hire agents and are always referred to as “former University of Florida” whatever anyway. After some of Canton’s recent posts- the one about Goodell trying to eliminate the 3-point stance sticks out in my mind- I think he really is “crazy” as his name suggests. He’s just a conspiracy theorist trying to stir shit up.

by CarverM on Mar 18, 2010 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions  

I'm not a Tebow fan

But I got a haircut yesterday that coincidentally looks like a Tebow haircut and I felt strangely compelled to back ole’ Timmy up here. Weird.

by DoWork on Mar 18, 2010 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions  

Canton

Did you come off your meds? Seriously, you’ve done some great work on this site up until the 3-pt stance rant and this. I especially like your use of extra white space. Nevertheless, get your script refilled and join us back here in the real world. We miss you.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

by Scott E on Mar 18, 2010 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

Goodell went onn Face the Nation..or was it Meet The Press?, right b4 the SB and said the NFL was looking into banning the 3-point stance re: head injuries

can’t be a “conspiracy” if he is on TV saying it, can it?

by Crazy Canton Cuts on Mar 18, 2010 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

There's no way the 3-point stance gets banned.

I don’t care how much he talks about it. The backlash would be so great that he would endanger seriously de-valuing his product and jeopardizing the future of the NFL brand.

by CarverM on Mar 18, 2010 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

tell Goodell
I wrote an article lambasting him for even uttering the idea…thinking it alone scares me

by Crazy Canton Cuts on Mar 20, 2010 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

the 3 point stance idea was uttered by Goodell on national TV

by Crazy Canton Cuts on Mar 20, 2010 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

Hadn't he finished his degree before his senior season?

If so, he could have graduated after the fall semester, and finished out the season. After the season if he has no more seasons of eligibility, then I believe he’s probably allowed to do whatever he likes.

by rictorcreed on Mar 18, 2010 11:36 AM EDT reply actions  

I think this is

just about as NON a story as a non story can get. While I have no doubt that ESPN did it for ratings, the mentoring thing is just simply not an issue. Plenty of players, including Deion, run pre-combine workout camps. They aren’t penalized. It’s been happening for years. What’s curious to me is that there seems to be some actual hatred towards Tebow. I don’t get it. I don’t want us to waste a draft pick on him, but I don’t think he’s a bad guy. And I do think he’s worth drafting for some team willing to put the time in to develop him. I could see him going to the Patriots, spending time playing every position but quarterback while he gets used to the NFL, all the time being mentored to take over for Brady when Mr. Bundchen retires.

by CJHutch on Mar 18, 2010 2:19 PM EDT reply actions  

That would be

Thomas “The Lucky” Bundchen, if I recall correctly. :)

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

by Scott E on Mar 18, 2010 2:27 PM EDT reply actions  

Reply fail to CJ's last remark.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

by Scott E on Mar 18, 2010 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

Not politics?

LJP: you say it’s football, not politics, then (in another thread) trash Tim because he’s an outspoken Christian.

by Donnio1234 on Mar 19, 2010 7:30 PM EDT reply actions  

Donnio, Did I bring up the fact that he was a outspoken Christian first, or was Tebow wearing it on his sleeve?

As far as I know President Obama is not a NFL football player. But I get your point, after football Tebow will run for Prseident. LOL

by LETJASONPASS on Mar 19, 2010 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

It doesn't matter Crazy-AssCantonCuts.....

He is done with college athletics…..he has entered the draft…..he and the school can do whatever they want. His NCAA eligibility is not required anymore……..therefore…..money can freely exchange hands at this point…..he is merely a college student….who is free to take and make any money he desires! There is no rule against a student earning or accepting money….only athletes…..of which he no longer is for the Gators! Also…..a lot of the coaches and agents work with the premise of being paid through future money for these guys. Agents work for a percent of the contract…..they do this for months with no money. Same thing with the trainers and coaches……they will get paid….and it will be legal!

by shvd98z24 on Mar 19, 2010 8:35 PM EDT reply actions  

amateur status is still applicable, and that is his present standing until drafted

by Crazy Canton Cuts on Mar 20, 2010 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

It doesn't matter though.....

he has declared…….none of it matters now. So what…..he won’t be able to play next season when he wouldn’t be able to play anymore anyhow! His NCAA eligibility has essentially run out…..unless he decides to pick up baseball or lacrosse!

by shvd98z24 on Mar 20, 2010 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

There is no amateur status

There are at least 100 athletes who are working with trainers & coaches to improve their draft stock & prepare them for the NFL. The QB from Tennessee, Jonathan Crompton, is working with Sam Wyche who is the former coach of the Bengals. This is an extremely common practice & is in no way a violation of NCAA statutes My daughter just graduated from UF & it is one of the finest schools in the nation

by ENsDad27 on Mar 20, 2010 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

Plus.....

if you want to complain about something like this……what about the dollars these schools spend on hyping their guys for the Heisman? If this is a clear misuse…..then why aren’t you complaining about that? The fact is….Tebow made the NCAA and Florida a lot of money….while in turn….they failed to teach him how to take a snap from center or throw a pass without looking like a human windmill…..the least they could do is help him out!

by shvd98z24 on Mar 20, 2010 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

As soon as you

A) Graduate
or
B) Declare for the draft and sign and agent

You can do whatever you want and take/pay money to who ever you want.

http://cmufootball.blogspot.com/

by CapitolLions on Mar 21, 2010 10:22 AM EDT reply actions  

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