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Tim Tebow is still in the news after NCAA's backwards stance on amateurism today.
Tebow's argument cam during an appearance on First Take, because of course it did, and you can watch it here:
.@TimTebow passionately expresses his thoughts on the California. pic.twitter.com/W5uBW7ePNm
– First Take (@FirstTake) September 13, 2019
Tebow's argument boiled down to the fact that he was okay with being exploited as a college athlete, and therefore everyone else should be exploited as well. Also, as many points out, this entire debate is likely to have a positive impact on the position of the participants in the field of political participation. It's almost like it's dumb and impossible to try and separate sports from politics!
Tebow is now a baseball player, but he also works for the SEC Network, which means his own ESPN colleagues were quick to point out the issues with his case.
Great perspective. That Tim Tebow wishes to turn down compensation. He is free to play for free. All athletes should have the same economic rights as LITERALLY everyone else. That's real choice. https://t.co/arHsw4YRuP
– Jay Bilas (@JayBilas) September 13, 2019
Sorry, disagree with this …. loving your college and being a team player, and making money off your likeness, do not have to be mutually exclusive.
– Mike Golic (@espngolic) September 13, 2019
I appreciate Tebow drawing on his own experience here. But he's making an anti-individualist argument while using his own, the individual story to disregard the needs of others. https://t.co/JmDoDr4hrd
– Mina Kimes (@minakimes) September 13, 2019
Keith Olbermann also pointed out how
And everything I had in MY career started with an unpaid internship in the NYC TV station (which I could take because I did not need to make money).
One of the definitions of privilege, thinking "the system works" because it worked FOR YOU. https://t.co/jhySqtMKsV
– Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) September 13, 2019
Tebow's argument included mentioning how he had made the most of the top-selling jerseys in the world, and while he did not profit off that, he's okay with it. Even if you admire his stance on that issue, and even if Tebow had come to Florida with nothing, in the years since, he was clearly financially rewarded, both on the field and off. Had Tebow left, his views may be very different now.
That's the case for most college athletes who #goproinsomethingotherthansports: even if they end up using their degree and landing at a job, or even a career, they have clearly missed out .
The most side of Tebow's argument: we were granted the show of ESPN personalities debating each other over a political issue on an otherwise-boring Friday, which is surely happy.
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