Patriots sign Tebow

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When I received a SportsCenter alert on my iPhone Monday saying that the New England Patriots had signed human brillo pad Tim Tebow, I sat around and thought for a second: About all of the time over the next two months prior to the NFL pre-season beginning that will now be be wasted and of all the articles I’ll have to write about that time -- I’ve even pre-written a “SportsCenter leads with Tebow over Game 7 of Stanley Cup Final” article. Stop laughing, that is not a joke.

I took a breath, then, and I decided to be an adult about it and just that this is happening. These are the facts: whether you like it or not, because of his college success and the controversy created by any number of non-football based factors, more people know the name Tim Tebow than those that can name their state’s senators. Tebow moves the needle for sports networks, because they fueled the fire for this. It’s become cyclical.

The question of whether or not Tim Tebow would get another shot in the NFL has been answered, but it now remains to be seen if that opportunity will come as a quarterback.

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