Tebow ad

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

What if, as has been alleged, the story is made up? Does that change anything?

If that is true then it makes Tebow a scum sucking liar.  I don't agree with alot of his politics, but I respect him for sticking to his principles.   If the story is made up then I lose all respect for him.  As of right now I am going on the assumption he is telling the truth and the allegations are just baseless mud.  But if evidence comes out he is BS than I will regard him no different than I do Tiger -- good athlete, lousy person.   

[Gabriel]

There's no evidence Tebow's story is anything but true. I give him credit for attempting to live his beliefs, even if I don't always agree with them.

Personal beliefs aside, is this a good business decision for CBS and, by extension, the NFL? The league generally does its best to stay out of politics. The last thing they want to do is upset any potential customers, whether they be pro-life or pro-fetal termination. $2.3 million or not, I was very surprised to see this ad would be broadcast during the SB.

[fyo]

There's no evidence Tebow's story is anything but true.

There are certainly key elements to it that make it... extremely unlikely to have occurred as told. But evidence, no, the whole thing is "hearsay". Personally, I don't care one way or another and have neither reason to believe nor to disbelieve the story. If someone did care, they might make the argument, that there's not really any evidence that the story is anything but FALSE, either

(There is no evidence, at least presented, one way or another)

And I really couldn't give a crap, so I'll stop now.

[bsmooth]

There's no evidence Tebow's story is anything but true. I give him credit for attempting to live his beliefs, even if I don't always agree with them.

Personal beliefs aside, is this a good business decision for CBS and, by extension, the NFL? The league generally does its best to stay out of politics. The last thing they want to do is upset any potential customers, whether they be pro-life or pro-fetal termination. $2.3 million or not, I was very surprised to see this ad would be broadcast during the SB.

I think it is a horrible decision. Now more groups will try and get their ads on and CBS has put itself into a corner as they will look like hypocrits for showing certain political ads and not others.
It is a can of worms they should not have opened just to fill a spot.

[dolfan13]

tebow should lay low a little bit and focus on trying to become an nfl qb.

anybody watch the practices leading up to the senior bowl or the actual game. to say that he was terrible would actually be a compliment. i mean he is just atrocious from behind the center. he reminds you of the worst of the worst auditions on american idol, you just are really left speechless with the god awful performance you just witnessed.

[Dave Gray]

What if, as has been alleged, the story is made up? Does that change anything?

What do you mean?  What "story" might be made up?

[Phishfan]

What do you mean?  What "story" might be made up?

The Tebow add is a story about his mother being told she should have an abortion for health reasons. She obviously declined to do so and the child grew up to be Tim Tebow.

[Guru-In-Vegas]

^ So then they're advocating for abortion.... 

Juuuuuust being a dick.  Sorry.

[StL FinFan]

Let's see... a child who is not aborted and wanted and loved and cared for grows up to be a decent person.  Alert the media!

[Phishfan]

Let's see... a child who is not aborted and wanted and loved and cared for grows up to be a decent person.  Alert the media!

Tim Tebow is so awesome it only takes him a half hour to watch Sixty Minutes.

[Dave Gray]

The Tebow add is a story about his mother being told she should have an abortion for health reasons. She obviously declined to do so and the child grew up to be Tim Tebow.

Thanks for clarifying.  I read this thread a few times and didn't know what you guys were talking about.

[bsmooth]

The Tebow add is a story about his mother being told she should have an abortion for health reasons. She obviously declined to do so and the child grew up to be Tim Tebow.

The weird twist is that at the time she was in the Phillipines and told she needed to have an abortion, it was illegal. I cannot imagine a doctor telling someone to undertake an illegal procedure.

[Phishfan]

^^^ There has never been any decisions in the Phillipines by their highest court on whether endangerment to the mother's life would still be considered an illiegal reason for abortion. I could definitely see a doctor giving the advice to have one.

Pure speculation ahead: Since the family was doing missionary work I find it completely feasible that they were surrounded by missionaries which likely included doctors. I don't think it would be odd for an American doctor to suggest an abortion.

[bsmooth]

^^^ There has never been any decisions in the Phillipines by their highest court on whether endangerment to the mother's life would still be considered an illiegal reason for abortion. I could definitely see a doctor giving the advice to have one.

Pure speculation ahead: Since the family was doing missionary work I find it completely feasible that they were surrounded by missionaries which likely included doctors. I don't think it would be odd for an American doctor to suggest an abortion.

If we accept that it may have been a missionary doctor from the US, then I dount he would have understood the nuances of the Phillipine legal system and how it is intertwined into medical treatments.

[fyo]

^^^ There has never been any decisions in the Phillipines by their highest court on whether endangerment to the mother's life would still be considered an illiegal reason for abortion. I could definitely see a doctor giving the advice to have one.

I thought the one at risk was Tebow... something about the medicine the mother had received almost certainly having caused damage to the fetus.