With Tim Tebow's acceptance of an invite to attend the draft, one has to step back and wonder: Why The Face?
Cuz, seriously, why would Tebow be invited to attend the draft? And why the hell would he accept? The answer: HYPE.
At first glance, this makes no sense whatsoever. Typically, the NFL invites the top few guys from any given draft to hang around in a suit looking uncomfortable, blackberry/text a bunch, and then walk up on-stage and accept a jersey when they're picked in the top 10 (or top 25 in Quinn's case). Then they do an interview, and get wasted and have random sex.
Fine, that's cool, whatever. It's a hype machine for the best players, those that will be the faces of the NFL going forward, because they're GOOD and NFL teams want them.
But Tebow? He's ALREADY a face. He's a super over-hyped player of mediocre talent that will be lucky to be a 2nd round guy. But, he's a face. He's a guy that people love to talk about, love to love, and love to hate. So that means ratings.
So we've gotten to a point, now, where it's actually less about how GOOD you are, and just more about how much people will point and click and twitter and tweet and all that shit. Great. I bet all 72 of the guys drafted before Tebow will just love this invite.
So, what do we do next, invite Paris Hilton? Kim Kardashian? Lane Kiffin?
Nah, cuz that'd be TACKY.
By Ska March 18, 2010 - 8:29 am
The NFL must be planning on turning the Draft into a TV evangelical service. Gag.
As a QB it hard to see Tebow get drafted. He is tough running the football. But that won’t work in the NFL, maybe in the CFL.
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By BJDomer March 18, 2010 - 4:58 pm
Remember that we, as Notre Dame fans, are the beneficiaries of hype. We see our consistently mediocre team covered more than pretty much any other program in the country. This will really just be an embarassment for Tebow, though. I am surprised he accepted. I’m not outraged that he was invited, because ratings are important. But he should not have accepted. He’s not going to be drafted in the first round. He might be the only invitee that’s still in his seat at the end of the first day (which now only includes the first round). Of course, some of my buddies back at UF said Tebow did look good at pro day. That might be enough to break into the second round.
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By The Biscuit March 19, 2010 - 4:30 pm
BJ, I know it. Our site is all about hype. F the substance, bring on the hiz-ype! But, this is just foolish. I’m American – I get it and I embrace it, to a point.
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