<p>I’m with the guacamole and chippers who will be annoyed. Mainly because I find the in your face stuff off putting. I don’t like putting people on a holier than thou pedestal like many have done with Tebow.</p>
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<p>Exactly. Well put.</p>
<p>Obviously, they have the right to do this. Whether they should or not is another matter.</p>
<p>Heard this story on the news last night and it was mentioned that the organization Focus on the Family laid off a significant number of employees since 2008 yet spent significant money on this ad. It’s their right to do with their money as they please but I wondered how those families laid off felt about this.</p>
<p>I just had a thought. After Tebow’s dismal performance and worse yet - his crying; his future in the NFL may be in jeopardy. With all the public outcry about this ad - if he doesn’t go in the first round, then he can blame his religion, this advertisement - anything but himself. wow.</p>
<p>Wow, I am surprised at all the mean personal comments about the Tebows that don’t have to do with the ad–which no one has seen. . . (BTW, I don’t watch football, know nothing about them. . .except what I’ve read on this thread–that he is a stupid, low-SAT, holier than thou whack job crybaby who won’t get picked in NFL draft in spite of his record, his mom is a liar, they are responsible for layoffs at Focus on the Family, etc.,etc.)</p>
<p>Maybe their hope is that someone contemplating abortion might see the ad (likely quite a few considering how many millions watch the SB), think about her child’s unique potential, and reconsider. If someone came forward 7-8 months from now and said she chose to have her baby because of that ad, would that be a bad thing? </p>
<p>Maybe women who have had abortions will wonder how their children might have turned out? Is that what people object to? </p>
<p>Don’t want to watch the ad? A click of the remote is the easy solution.</p>
<p>No joke atomom, I don’t get the hate on this thread! The Tebow family has done some amazing things in their lives, sacrificed themselves in ways that none of us would. The reason she got sick during the pregnancy was because she was working as a missionary in Manilla, for heavens sake. </p>
<p>Tim Tebow has spent every summer and break during his college career working for others, both in this country and in 3rd world countries (that CCer’s might go to to bolster their resumes to get into the school of their dreams)! To say that he’s doing it because he’s self centered and sanctimonious is just disgusting. He certainly wasn’t going to Cabo and getting drunk like many of our kids on spring break!</p>
<p>And btw, I’m totally pro choice and pretty much agnostic if not atheistic, so I’m not defending them because of their faith, I’m defending them because they are pretty amazing human beings and I respect people who give of themselves for whatever reason. They are better people than I am!</p>
<p>And, as a mom who’s watched both sons and alot of other young men cry at the end of the last playoff game of their high school football careers, I certainly don’t respect anyone less because of it. They cry because it means something to them, it’s an end of a dream and the end of a major chapter in their life. </p>
<p>I feel sorry for people who don’t know what it feels like to care so much, to hurt so badly at the end of something important to them, that they shed a tear for it.</p>
<p>And, as for the ad - I agree, If you don’t like it, or it offends you, then use the remote! That’s what I’ll be doing when the grossly oversexualized (and degrading to women) “GoDaddy.com” ads come on… where’s the outcry over that? HMMM?</p>
<p>I’m about as soft hearted as they come but know a bit more personally about Tim Tebow’s attitude off the field. That’s what I mean about placing him on a pedestal; it gives the appearance perhaps that he’s something more special than people around him and I don’t believe that’s the case. </p>
<p>I commend the Tebows for the missionary work they do but there are many other good people out there doing missionary work who don’t get or want media coverage.</p>
<p>atomom,</p>
<p>With all due respect, most people here did not comment about Tebow being stupid and or having low-SAT scores. Perhaps one or two, but the “vast” majority who posted here have posted that they don’t think the ad being aired during the game is a good idea.</p>
<p>Of course “Focus On The Family” has the “Right” to spend their money how they want. But the way they are exploiting Tebow is actually hurting him. There has already been a big backlash against him for doing this. I am sure “Focus On The Family” does not really care what this may be doing to him, rather it’s more important to them to further their agenda as that is what they are known for. </p>
<p>And, furthermore MagnoliaMom raises an excellent point. Sad they are spending this huge amount of money when they have just let go so many employees recently. Again, maybe they should focus on their own family.</p>
<p>Believe me my remote will be ready.</p>
<p>ag54,</p>
<p>I agree with you in that the Tebow’s have done some great things, many people have though, and I feel he is being exploited by FOTF.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s right for people to make fun of his SAT scores, call him dumb etc…There were only a very few of those statements made here if you go back and count. Most were just commenting on how they felt about the ad(potential ad).</p>
<p>I just think it’s a very poor forum for this kind of commercial, but hey they can chose to allow whoever they want pay for ads.</p>
<p>magnoliamom, before the Tebow’s son became a two time national championship quarterback and Heisman winner, they weren’t seeking national attention either. But, now that they have it, they are using it to espouse something they believe in. </p>
<p>Gotta love the 1st Amendment! And I don’t think they are being exploited by the group funding the ad - it could be seen as they are exploiting the group in order to say something that is important to them. Since I haven’t seen the ad, I don’t know how it is framed though. The article I read said it was promoting the family, and I don’t have a problem with that, I don’t care who’s paying for the ad. </p>
<p>As for super bowl ads, I ask again to all of us feminists - why isn’t there an issue about the GoDaddy.com ads, they verge on pornography, but I guess that’s just a woman expressing her sexuality, she’s not being exploited to get horn-dog, nerdy men to use GoDaddy to get a web domain. ;)</p>
<p>And D’mom, good thing for all the people that have benefitted from their selflessness that they focused less on their own family and cared more about the suffering of others, spending their time and money helping those in need.</p>
<p>If $ was given for the specific purpose of the ad, Focus on the Family wouldn’t be able to put that $ into employee salaries instead. Just like any other company/charity. You can’t really connect the two things. Everyone has layoffs now. And there are still ads.</p>
<p>I think a lot of people–your average Joes/Josies on the couches across the US–will like the ad and find it a “positive” story.</p>
<p>I am not against the commercial but I think it indicates just how much the economy has tanked. In a normal year CBS does not allow any commercial of this type.</p>
<p>^If $ was given for the specific purpose of the ad, Focus on the Family wouldn’t be able to put that $ into employee salaries instead. Just like any other company/charity. You can’t really connect the two things. Everyone has layoffs now. And there are still ads.</p>
<p>Good point =)</p>
<p>ag54,</p>
<p>Gotta love the 1st Amendment! </p>
<p>Agreed and I also love the ability to “Chose”</p>
<p>So do I. I choose a woman’s right to an abortion, but I don’t choose to castigate a family or a person for going on tv to speak their mind if they are right-to-life.</p>
<p>That’s the beauty of the 1st amendment - I don’t have to agree, I don’t have to listen, I can change the channel, but I’m darn glad that we have to right to say what we believe in (except yelling “FIRE” in a theater, of course ;)).</p>
<p>"As for super bowl ads, I ask again to all of us feminists - why isn’t there an issue about the GoDaddy.com ads, they verge on pornography, but I guess that’s just a woman expressing her sexuality, she’s not being exploited to get horn-dog, nerdy men to use GoDaddy to get a web domain. "</p>
<p>I agree with you and actually have complained. It’s disgusting how woman are portrayed in many of these ads. But, this thread was not about that issue. This thread was about Tebow’s potential ad paid for by FOTF.</p>
<p>“That’s the beauty of the 1st amendment - I don’t have to agree, I don’t have to listen, I can change the channel, but I’m darn glad that we have to right to say what we believe in (except yelling “FIRE” in a theater, of course ).”</p>
<p>No one here said they shouldn’t have the right, they just said they did not think it was the best forum or place. Of course they have the right and I believe everyone here has stated that. I think Choice is just like the 1st amendment and that is why I feel so strongly about it.</p>
<p>The Super Bowl ad I didn’t like was the one with Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head. It suggested that by buying the manufacturer’s excellent tires, you could shut up your harpy wife permanently and drive on in blissful silence.</p>
<p>I’d love to see an ad sometime with a mother sitting next to her accomplished adult son, saying “I had a terrible headache that Wednesday night in 1986, but thank God for Bayer Aspirin. Otherwise, young Tim here would never have been born.”</p>
<p>I would much rather have my kids see the Tebow commercial than the trashy beer commercials anyday.</p>
<p>I just don’t understand why so many people, women specifically are so incredibly threatened by this ad. People who line their pockets from the abortion industry? Afraid someone will decide against an abortion after seeing it? Um, what’s so terrible about that situation? Sounds like ‘choice’ only speaks to those who choose abortion. Any company or organization can spend their money any way they choose, people don’t have to agree with it.</p>
<p>Right on lilmom! How about those womens groups getting all knotted up about the display of women in many of those ads. It’s degrading in many instances.</p>