Let the similarities to Danny Wuerfuel begin. They'll both have the same NFL carrer and then they can go save the world.

The Playboy guy is full of it. So what if the weekend and photo shoot "wholesome" and a great time. It still has the Playboy label on it and everyone knows what that means. Tebow is standing up for his convictions and should be commended.

Gary Cole as in Bill Lumbergh and Harvey Birdman? Is there anything that man CANT do?

Here, here, Drew. So I guess when an athlete gets himself in trouble he's vilified, and now if he chooses to adhere to his convictions and morality he's vilified.

Sometimes Buzz Bissinger has a point.

Touching little boy's penises = OK
Acknowledging Playboy = Satanic

I swear you people read what you want to read. Who is vilifying him?

Same old, same old with athletes' religion and the media. They wrap themselves around God and everyone thinks that that makes them "good" and "moral"...just like those good, moral people who led our country for the last 7+ years. I'm not saying Tebow or anyone else is NOT good or moral (very subjective anyway) because of their religion, but to imply the positive is simply naive. There actually was a good "Outside the Lines" with one of the guests, a former player (can't remember who), who said that his teammates brought up Christianity and faith because it enhanced their public reputation. They gave themselves more leeway to be jerks in negotiations or a longer rope in case they ran afoul of the law. A lot of times, this is just the media running a warm and fuzzy story to Middle America who equates "Christian" with "moral." Players and their reps are onto it. I hope Tebow is sincere and not just crafting his image.

Wasn't it Dwight Howard who wanted the NBA to add a cross to it's logo? Then we found out that he knocked up a cheerleader and all that "good Christian" talk went away?

Anyway, it happens.

Tebow isn't the first to refuse Playboy, he's just the first to do since ESPN became a gossip channel and totally sold out to the cult of personality and celebrity.

Way back in the late 70's when Lou Holtz was at Arkansas a couple of his players turned down Playboy All-America honors. Most people blamed it on Holtz, saying he wouldn't let them, but that isn't true. They didn't want it and he took the hit (or publicity depending on your opinion of Holtz) for them.

Tim Tebow only likes clothed boobies..the bare ones scare him....

Anon:

Way to use your political bias to trivialize a college football players religious beliefs.

If Tebow doesn't want to be named in Playboy, that's his right and choice. His rationale is none of our business.

OU's Tommie Harris did the same thing back in 2003.

monty:

Way to not read.

Minnesota's Ben Hamilton did the same in 2000.

And then left three schools in trouble with the NCAA. Holtz is a saint.

This site should be renamed "Awful Announcing and Religion in Sports". How does this apply to announcing? I could be mistaken but this isn't the first time I've seen an article like this on the site.

Chase Daniel needs to send Tebow a thank you note for securing him a spot at the Playboy party...

AA talks about sports magazines, playboy's all american team certainly qualifies as falling under that. hell he ran a piece on espn the magazine last week. i think awful announcing covers awful sports media in general

Well played, Anonymous. Well played.

But are you really suggesting that you didn't invoke politics in comparison to Tim Tebow?

Tebow= NFL bust

Geez, people, get off your soapboxes.

I can't believe it's taken 20 comments for someone to take a Tebow + Playboy post and mention how nice it would be to see the massive juggs of Tebow's arm candy.

David Pollack did the same thing when he was at Georgia a few years ago. Some guys just want to keep their image as clean as possible.

AMEN!,AMEN!,finally a young person who has morals and convictions in this day and age.I thought we had no decent young people left,I have been proven wrong.