Tim Tebow and the "Are you a virgin" question

Dennis Dodd of CBSsports.com lights up the media wannabes, including Clay Travis, who during Thursday's SEC media days asked Tim Tebow if he was a virgin.

 

Photo of Tebow and the girl who sleeps on her back ... in 3 ... 2 ...

 

If you're going to make a fuss over your own faith, you're going to get questions like that. Would I ask it? No. I wouldn't. But I don't think it's that horrible that somebody else did.

 

So what should Tebow's response have been? I mean he handled it well, but I wonder if answering maybe encourages that line of questioning.

Maybe he should have said "that's an inappropriate question," and send a message.

On the other hand, he may not mind answering those kind of questions at all, but the problem is when that blogger gets so much attention for asking, he might not know where (and with whom) to draw the line.

 

WFW.

 

What a whiney, shitty column that was.

 

A fuss over your faith? Is there are an acceptable level of expression regarding your religious beliefs, or should he just STFU because it makes some people uncomfortable? I know everyone wants the guy to get caught with six hookers and a donkey, and there are plenty of athletes who use "Jesus" to deflect legitimate criticism of their actions. If Tebow proves to be one of those guys, then, by all means, crucify him. Until then, though, doesn't seem to be much harm in him expressing his faith.

 

On Wednesday, Travis was prompted on a radio talk show in Birmingham by two clods that have to improve to be sophomoric -- everything wrong with talk radio, or as Dixiehack once said "Maxim Light." It was all to be a big joke and a dare, much like 13-year-olds on a camping trip. Whooo hah. What fun.

And he was goaded by Dan Wetzel of Yahoo on the same show. Callers were bitching all afternoon at Travis on the am and fm station (Finebaum was on FM) and the hosts of those shows did a good job of deflection. I wish they would have hung the two assfucks -- whose basic premise consists of beer, boobs, occasionally sports, hot chicks and free food at sponsors restaurants -- out to dry, but maybe they were under orders not to. The callers, however, blasted the hosts for pushing him over the edge. (And Dunaway, I hope your tongue was in cheek, because Travis is a "humorist" like Mariotti is a "babe magnet.".

So here's to you Ian Fitzsimmons and Lance Taylor. Hope the PD hangs your ass out to dry. You got what you wanted and the PD doesn't have the nads to do anything to you. You did mention on the air that your PD felt employees should be "protecting the brand." With the dignity you've shown with this, maybe it was an improvement to your brand, but WJOX in Birmingham's looked like shit.

F-tards. Find another free meal from a sponsor to shill for.

 

Ditto. He didn't have to answer it, and as much fuss as is made over his faith, I have no issue with it.

 

I don't think most people are criticizing him for expressing his faith. At least, I'm not. But as much as it's played up, a question like this is bound to be asked. I probably wouldn't have asked it.

 

It's played up primarily by people whining about how much it's played up.

 

Clay Travis, the poseur who asked the virginity question, is the same guy who wrote the Tennessean was sitting on a story about Steve McNair's infidelity.

Is Travis compensating for something?