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   From: thanks.harry.edwards.you.black.racist@berkeley.edu   
      
   Quarterback Tim Tebow’s upcoming return to the NFL has caused   
   consternation for many who are questioning the decision to hire the aging   
   football star while Colin Kaepernick remains unsigned.   
      
   It is anticipated that the 33-year-old Tebow, who has not played in the   
   NFL since 2012, will sign a one-year deal to play tight end for the   
   Jacksonville Jaguars in the next week, NFL Network is reporting. However,   
   there are some questioning the judgment of this acquisition due to Tebow   
   being an “aging player at a lesser position.”   
      
   Others on social media criticized the decision on the basis that   
   Kaepernick is still not signed.   
      
   Amongst the range of opinions, one person’s take in particular touched a   
   nerve with many. Former Republican congressional candidate Lavern Spicer   
   took to Twitter with her response to all the Tebow-Kaepernick takes.   
      
   “Tim Tebow is getting signed because he knows how to throw a football,”   
   she wrote. “Colin Kaepernick isn’t getting signed because he doesn’t. It’s   
   not about race.”   
      
   The reactions to that tweet were numerous, and varied as well. Much of the   
   discussion devolved into player comparisons and football fans broaching   
   Kaepernick’s superior career quarterback stats and Tebow’s dubious   
   throwing skills. Multiple commenters also saliently pointed out that   
   playing tight end would mean Tebow typically would not be passing the   
   ball.   
      
   Several posters compared statistics such as all-time quarterback ratings   
   for Kaepernick and Tebow, which are 88.9, and 75.3 respectively, according   
   to ESPN.   
      
   One user wrote, “Tebow is getting signed so his coach can use him as a   
   locker room narc, to help hype training camp, and sell preseason tickets.   
   Kaepernick didn’t get signed because the owners were blackballing him.”   
      
      
   According to their NFL stats, Kaepernick knows how to throw a football   
   better.   
      
   Completion %: Colin 59.75, Tim 47.92   
   TD/Int Ratio: Colin 2.4, Tim 1.9   
   QB Rating: 88.9, 75.3   
      
   — Amy Sparks (@ReinventChronic) May 11, 2021   
      
      
   Another Twitter user remarked, “How many Super Bowls did Tebow play in? I   
   lost count at zero…,” to which Spicer responded, “And how many rings does   
   your boy Kaepernick have? I lost count at zero.”   
      
   The comments were swift, and cutting. Answering Spicer’s tweet, a user   
   posted, “Since you’re doing that, how many Playoff wins or SuperBowl   
   Appearances does Tebow have??? I don’t know if you’re just trolling to get   
   attention for whatever is that you do but you Candace Owens Blks are part   
   of the reason we can’t get s**t done.”   
      
   One person posted “None. Kap was too busy fighting for the right of YOUR   
   black child not to be gunned down in the street by state-sponsored   
   actors.”   
      
   A different tweet read, “FWIW: Colin’s moves to advance social justice and   
   policing responsibility is going to positively affect your life, and the   
   life of your children. Show some respect to people trying to make good   
   change in the world. It’s clear you aren’t the right candidate. No empathy   
   or vision.”   
      
   FWIW: Colin's moves to advance social justice and policing responsibility   
   is going to positively affect your life, and the life of your children.   
   Show some respect to people trying to make good change in the world. It's   
   clear you aren't the right candidate. No empathy or vision.   
      
   — ds?????? (@tehdef) May 11, 2021   
   In 2013, Kaepernick started a promising career as a San Francisco 49ers   
   quarterback with 181 rushing yards in his first postseason start and   
   leading the team to their 2013 Super Bowl appearance.   
      
   Kaepernick’s NFL career was never the same again after he began kneeling   
   for pregame performances of the national anthem to protest police   
   brutality and racial injustice during the 2016 season. He received rebukes   
   from then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, as well as many other   
   prominent right-wing politicians and media figures called for him to be   
   fired over his gesture. He opted out of his contract with the San   
   Francisco 49ers at the end of the 2016 season, and since then he has   
   remained a free agent, and has not been signed by any NFL team. Kaepernick   
   has remained an outspoken advocate for social justice since what appears   
   to be the end of his football career.   
      
   Spicer has not as yet responded to any other comments, but it is clear   
   Tebow’s presence in the preseason would drive local fan interest in   
   Jacksonville. The former University of Florida star led the Gators to   
   national championships in 2006 and 2008 while playing at nearby   
   Gainesville. The signing would reunite him with his coach at Florida,   
   Urban Meyer, who was lured out of retirement to become the Jaguars’ head   
   coach in January.   
      
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