His quarterbacking skills or lack of quarterbacking skills (as some pundits believe) aside, the main reason why NFL teams are hesitant in taking Tim Tebow is the news he makes off the field and If the latest reports are true, he really isn't helping himself.
"Tebow is slated to speak on April 28, at 9:15 a.m. during a Sunday worship service of the First Baptist Dallas, according to the church's website," reported the huffingtonpost.
In March 2012, The New York Times described Tebow as "a preacher in a football player's body" who wears his religion on his sleeve, but rarely discusses controversial issues."
The church where he is schedule to speak is the complete opposite--it thrive under controversy.
First Baptist Dallas is an approximately 11,000-member church led by senior pastor Robert Jeffress, an evangelical Christian who has built up quite a reputation for himself in circles among the religious right, reported Huffingtonpost.
On the eve of the presidential election in November 2012, Jeffress warned his Dallas congregation that President Barack Obama's re-election would "lead to the rise of the Antichrist, according to The Christian Post.
He has also made headlines, due to his statements about gays and the gay community in general.
According to ThinkProgress, following the speech where he endorsed Rick Perry in 2011, Jeffress told a media members that gays should not be allowed in the military because "70 percent of the gay population" has AIDS.
That is not all he believes.
He has also claimed that gay activists are trying to hide "the link between homosexuality and pedophilia," according to Right Wing Watch.
"There are a disproportionate amount of assaults against children by homosexuals than by heterosexuals, you can't deny that, and the reason is very clear: homosexuality is perverse, it represents a degradation of a person's mind and if a person will sink that low and there are no restraints from God's law, then there is no telling to whatever sins he will commit as well," Jeffress said, reported Right Wing Watch.
Going through with this gig, Tebow would open himself up to much criticism and with his current dilemma of needing to leave the New York Jets, this would be a good excuse for other teams to use to not trade for him, or, upon his release from the Jets, sign him as a free agent.
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