There’s a resurgence of great white athletes
There was no time to say this Thursday night when Tim Tebow and the Florida Gators were winning another national championship, but a significant thought ran through my mind:
We’re witnessing a resurgence of great white athletes in football and basketball.
OK, this is an underdeveloped thought. It danced across my mind watching Tebow run and throw the Gators past the Oklahoma Sooners. As I contemplated Tebow’s collegiate legacy Thursday night and then listened Friday morning as talk-show hosts wondered aloud whether Tebow could wind up the greatest player in the history of college football, I started placing Tebow’s ascension in broader context.
Although he didn’t win the Heisman Trophy this season, it’s quite obvious Tebow is the best football player in the college game.
In today’s game, the Heisman Trophy is given to the player ESPN decides to hype the most. That player, most likely a quarterback, will preferably play for a highly-rated team that ESPN/ABC televises regularly.
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1/10/09
