If you thought that just because he is currently unemployed that Tebowmania would go away, you could not be more wrong. While New York Jets fans are happy Tim Tebow has left their building, another team is calling on President Obama’s influence to get him to be their quarterback! Jacksonville fans have started a petition asking for President Obama to make a personal call to the Jaguars general manager, David Caldwell, to get Tebow on their team. However, since news of the petition has gone viral, the White House website has removed the petition. The petition made the following argument for Tebow in Jacksonville:
“Jacksonville Jaguars fans want the team to sign recently released QB Tim Tebow. However, rookie general manager for the Jacksonville Jaguars David Caldwell is blocking this from happening. If the Jaguars sign & START Tebow, home games will be sold out, sales will spike, the team will win and the fans will be happy.Mr. Caldwell is ignoring lots of facts about the misunderstood Tim Tebow while in Denver: Passer rating of 125.6 is highest ever in Broncos postseason history. Most yards per completion (31.6) in NFL playoff history.100.5 QB rating is best ever for a Broncos QB in his first start.Third most passing yards in a game by a Bronco rookie QB. (308, in his 2nd start), First 15+ point comeback in the final 3 minutes of an NFL game since the merger,7 game winning drives in just 16 games!”
The petition received only 144 signatures out of the 100,000 required. While their is still a Tebow presence it looks like it is rapidly diminishing. Tebow became a public figure at the University of Florida where he led his team to two BCS Championship games and won the Heisman trophy in 2007.
