The History of Football

               

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Over the years, football has become a favorite sport of many Americans whether it's watching or playing the game. In today's organized football games there are different levels. The high school level prepares potential players for the college level. College level football is broadcasted through tv and radio. This level lets scouts look for potentials for the NFL. The NFL, National Football League, is the highest level of football. It is also broadcasted through tv, radio, and even the Internet. These players get paid for their NFL career.
Legends say that football descended from harpston, an ancient Greek game. Harpston was usually a "very rough and brutal game." The harpston rules were simple: points awarded to a team when a player crossed the goal line with the ball or threw the ball to a teammate who was across the goal line as well as opposing teams stopping each other from crossing the goal line. This game had a tremendous lack of rules as well such as having no certain field length, no certain number of players on a team, and no side line boundaries. Modern day football is said to be originated from England during the twelfth century. Kings of that time period banned football because it became more popular than other England sports such as archery and fencing. (http://www.hornetfootball.org/documents/football-history.htm)
The rules of football have increased in number since being created. Rules such as the length of the field, one hundred yards between each goal line, the number of players on the field, eleven at a time from each team, the length of the game, sixty minutes, many rules about safety plus many more rules about scoring and other details.
Football has also become a game that many families and friends like to play with each other. When Tim Tebow and his brothers get together, they like to play football. They are just like many other American families, they enjoy each other and football.
Thanks to the Greeks or English, or whoever invented football, America now has a favorite past time as well as role models. My favorite NFL players are Kirk Cousins on the Washington Redskins, Tom Brady on the New England Patriots, and of course Tim Tebow on the New York Jets.  

Tebow Ice Cream Pie

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Imagine having a mother who would let you eat all the ice cream you wanted. Most people would think that nobody's mother would let this happen. Well, Tim Tebow must have a lucky mom. In an interview with ABC, Pam Tebow mentioned that every Sunday it was a rule in their house that the Tebow family could eat all the ice cream they wanted. Tim Tebow's favorite ice cream dessert made by his mom is easy to make.

Here are the steps for Tebow Ice Cream Pie:
Ingredients:
1/4 cup corn syrup
2 tablespoons brown sugar
3 tablespoons butter
2 and 1/2 cups Rice Krispie cereal
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/4 cup hot fudge topping
3 tablespoons corn syrup
1 quart (4 cups) vanilla ice cream; softened

Preparation steps:
Mix together brown sugar, butter, and the 1/4 cup corn syrup in a medium size saucepan.
Cook the mixture over low heat until it boils, stir occasionally.
Pull the mixture away from the heat. Add rice Krispies to mixture and stir.
Press batter into a 9 inch pie pan to create the crust.
In a separate bowl mix together the 3 tablespoons corn syrup, fudge topping, and peanut butter. Pour half of this mixture over rice krispie crust in pie pan, then freeze until firm.
Let ice cream soften a little. Then spoon and spread ice cream evenly onto frozen pie crust. Freeze until firm again. Before cutting the pie, let it sit at room temperature for about 10 minutes. Warm the remaining peanut butter-fudge mixture and then drizzle over the pie.
Enjoy!!!

The Jets quarterback still enjoys his mom making this ice cream dessert for him and the memories that come with it. In the same interview with ABC he remembered Sundays growing up where his mom would let the family eat all the ice cream they wanted. "I don't know how many undershirts got stained. When we got home from church, you know, we would take off our shirt and we would have our undershirt and we'd be watching football and I mean you'd have like chocolate sauce all down it. Me and my brothers and my dad." (http://abcnews.go.com/US/tim-tebow-mom-share-mothers-day-memories-favorite/t/story?id=16316000)

Trouble with the Jets?

                


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While many people think that football players appreciate everybody on their team, it is not always true, especially with the New York Jets. It seems that the team has turned against Tim Tebow, according to most articles posted this past week, by saying negative things about their teammate.

"He's terrible." A defensive starter team member said this about Tim. Other teammates said that Tebow has not shown significant growth in his skills since arriving in Mew York in March. When interviewed by the Daily News many comments came out, and none of them were good. The comments were all centered around the same idea that Tebow is a gimmick, a specialized-use quarterback, and a Wildcatter who wouldn't be able to handle the game-long grind do the quarterback position. It seems to me that Tim Tebow is not appreciated by the Jets at all.

Yahoo Sports wrote:
Guard Matt Slauson, who actually had the stones to put his name to his comments, was unequivocal in his support of incumbent quarterback Mark Sanchez, saying the distance between him and backups Tebow and Greg McElroy is "not even close... We don't really have a choice." Oh, and about those backups? "We have Greg... And we have an athlete," Slauson told the Daily News.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/tim-tebow-terrible-unnamed-jets-teammate-tells-york-130832876--nfl.html

The players on the Jets all say negative things about Tim Tebow. He hasn't got much playing time this season. I don't see how his teammates, who in my opinion aren't worthy of that name, can say that Tim Tebow is a terrible player when he isnt allowed to play. On the contrary, Mark Sanchez, who Tebow is a backup quarterback for, has played all season and is doing terrible. Why he isn't criticized is a mystery to many Tebow fans. If Tim was allowed playing time this season, the Jets probably wouldn't have lost six of their nine games in this season so far. The big question all Tebow fans are wondering is "When will Tebow be allowed to play?"

Tim Tebow Foundation

What most people don't know about Tim Tebow is that after college he established his own organization known as the Tim Tebow Foundation. He envisioned this organization while an undergraduate at the University of Florida. He wanted to launch it while he was a college student but the NCAA regulations for athletes prohibited him from doing so. With other University of Florida students and NCAA approval Tim launched First and 15. This program raised funds for Uncle Dick's Orphanage in the Philippines, for Shands Hospital pediatric center in Gainesville, Florida and supported a special Disney trip for disadvantaged children. "Tim Tebow made volunteering time and raising money for worthwhile causes fashionable on our campus." (UF Coach Urban Meyer) Immediately after graduating from the University of Florida in January of 2010, Tim launched the Tim Tebow Foundation.

The mission of the foundation is to inspire and make a difference in people's lives throughout the world. Their outreach strategy is to bring faith, hope, and love to those needing a brighter day in their darkest hour of need. Their outreach destinations are Gainesville and Jacksonville, FL, Atlanta, GA, Washington D.C., New York, New Jersey, Haiti, Bangladesh, and the Philippines. The priorities of the organization are the W15H program, partnership with CURE International, Timmy's Playrooms, and financially supporting Uncle Dick's Orphanage in the Philippines.

The W15h program was created to fulfill the dreams of children with life-threatening illnesses who wish to meet Tim Tebow. They get to hang out with Tim on game days. Before a game these children get an opportunity to stand side by side with Tim Tebow during the pre-game warmup of a Jets game whether its home or away. During the game the children get a game ball and great seats for them and their family. After the game the children hav a meet and greet, a one-on-one talk, and picture opportunities with Tim. He also gives them his autograph, and prays with the children and sends them away with hope in their heart.

The Tim Tebow Foundation is a partner with CURE International, whose mission is to provide physical and spiritual healing those with disabilities. Both organizations are partnering together to construct a children's hospital. Timmy's Playrooms are another priority of the Tim Tebow Foundation. These rooms are in children's hospitals throughout world. They serve as places of faith, hope, and love to children in those hospitals.

Uncle Dick's Orphanage was founded by Bob Tebow Evangelistic Association to provide a Christian home for orphaned Filipino children. It was later named Uncle Dick's Home after Richard Fowler, a neighbor of the Tebows. They led him to Christ and he supported the ministry in many ways through the years. Upon his death he left BTEA (Bob Tebow Evangelistic Association) a sum of money to establish the organization. The orphanage is located in Lamsugod, Surallah, South Cotabato, Mindanao, Philippines. It is home to forty nine orphans and thirteen staff members.

The Tim Tebow Foundation is a major inspiration and help to people and children worldwide. Tim created a wonderful organization out of consideration for those who are less fortunate. It is amazing how Tim was only a college student when this successful organization came to him as an idea.

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Intro to Tim Tebow

                                                                           

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If Bob and Pam Tebow weren't Christians, their role model son wouldn't be playing in the NFL or sharing the love of God. While living in the Philippines on a mission, Pam was diagnosed with amoebic dysentery which occurs from drinking contaminated water. When she went to the hospital, the doctors found a tumor and also learned that she was pregnant with her fifth child. The doctors urged Pam to have an abortion because the tumor would kill the baby. Throughout the pregnancy Pam almost lost the baby four times, but because of their strong Christian faith, the Tebows kept refusing to have the procedure even though the doctors kept insisting.

On August 14, 1987 Pam received two miracles.The tumor left her body and her new son, Timothy Richard Tebow, was born immediately following the exit of the tumor. Twenty-five years later, Tim Tebow is now a popular quarterback in the NFL playing for the New York Jets. He is also an evangelist sharing the Christian belief in public with no shame. The widely known and admired quarterback/evangelist wouldn't be where he is today if his parents chose the abortion procedure.

This blog is about Tim Tebow, a football player admired by many yet mocked by many others. After college he established his own organization, Tim Tebow Foundation, to inspire and make a difference in people's lives across the world. I chose to blog about Tim Tebow because he is one of my favorite football players, a great inspiration, and a wonderful role model. I am inspired by him because of the way he lives out his faith. I also admire that continues to stay strong despite his haters saying negative things about him. Tim is a good example to many showing that haters are a part of life but an individual should learn to accept and live them. He also shows Christians that their belief should not be a burden but shared wherever they go. He thinks and cares for others before himself hence the Tim Tebow Foundation.

In this blog I hope to teach readers about the Tebow family, their mission trips to the Philippines, the Tim Tebow Foundation, and of course Tim's football career. I hope you enjoy learning about Tim Tebow as much as I do.