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Are Athletes Ideal Role Models?
On March - 3 - 2010
The crowd's deafening roar drowns out the excitement resonating from the stadium announcer at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Camera lights flashing, shimmering, making “The Swamp” glisten like a full moon over the ocean. Tim Tebow lines up at the 15 yard line and takes the shotgun snap, keeps the option fake, and runs it in for the touchdown.
The crowd erupts as if the whole state of Florida is screaming “Tebow, Tebow, Tebow!”. He ends a magnificent career at the University of Florida with a perfect play and win over rival Florida State. It seems Hollywood-like, the way Tebow's final play ...