FOOTBALL FINALLY GETTING GOOD ROLE MODELS
By mark rogers
March 28, 2009
After what seems like a recent downward spiral in the morality and character of many college and professional football players, it's nice to finally have a couple of marquee players that are truly great role models: Colt McCoy and Tim Tebow.
The key here is that they're household names.
Because it takes household names to offset the multitude of bad press received by many athletes...positive drug tests, weapons charges, assault, domestic violence, and on and on and on.
Colt McCoy and Tim Tebow are a breath of fresh air. Two men that all expectant fathers or fathers with young sons hope their children grow up to be like.
Two men who spend time in the offseason in third world countries, helping the poor, humbling themselves and talking about their Christianity.
Colt just spent his spring break in Peru (for the second straight year) and Tebow goes to the Philippines regularly. Both go as missionaries.
Now, I'm not saying that if you don't go to another country to do good things, you're not a good role model. There are plenty of reasons to stay home and do good things.
All I'm saying is that it's nice to have arguably the two most recognizable figures in college football today be as good of guys as they are.
Something we can all be proud of. Two guys we can easily root for. Two men who we can all learn something from...
I'd love to see McCoy and Tebow square off in New York at the Heisman Trophy awards show and in the national championship game. THAT would be sweet...
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