Unplug the NFL

Unplug the NFL is a campaign initiated by Conservapedia in response to how the NFL has excluded Tim Tebow, for no plausible reason other than his being outspokenly Christian. The NFL has done this to appease the liberal media, which is increasingly hostile to people who quote the Bible. The NFL also advances the homosexual agenda with its halftime shows at the Super Bowl.

If the NFL does not want Christians who quote the Bible, then Christians should not want the NFL. There many alternatives for sports fans, including college football, professional baseball, rugby league, NASCAR and cricket. There is also the option of spending less time watching televised sports, and using that time more productively instead.

Much of the appeal of the NFL is the illusion that it is merit-based, like the Olympics, and has the best players. But the exclusion of Tim Tebow proves that the NFL is not really based on merit, but on political correctness.

There is also a growing concern that watching or supporting the NFL may be immoral, in light of a study revealing that 96% of deceased NFL players test positive for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. Other studies suggest that the "average life expectancy of a retired NFL player is 55 years," and that "retired NFL players suffer from Alzheimer's at a 37 per cent higher rate than average."

Exclusion of Tim Tebow

Numerous experts have proven that Tim Tebow is fully qualified to play in the NFL. The widely followed Bleacher Report declared, after reviewing Tebow's record and strong preseason in 2015, that he "belongs in the NFL." CBS in Philadelphia reported on September 4, 2015, that there was an open spot on the roster for Tebow, after a weaker player was traded to another team. Bleacher Report wrote that "it seemed as though Tebow would make the team. He certainly made a strong case for himself in the Eagles' preseason finale ...." Yet Tebow was inexplicably cut by the Eagles, despite how the Eagles left themselves with only two quarterbacks on the roster, one who is injury-prone.

The Eagles then replaced the more-qualified Tebow on the roster with an undrafted QB named Stephen Morris, who had never played a single regular season NFL game, and who threw 30 interceptions in college. One sports analyst wrote about the Eagles' coach in making this decision: "what he sees in Morris -- that nobody else does -- is perplexing. An executive in personnel for another NFC team was texted, 'Tell me what you know about Stephen Morris.' His response was two words: 'He's bad.'"

Further proof of how Tebow should be in the NFL is the fact that the Eagles traded a quarterback who did not play as well as Tebow in exchange for a seventh-round draft pick. Thus Tebow is more valuable than that. But the Eagles cut Tebow outright without receiving anything. Apparently no other team in the NFL will play Tebow, and the only plausible explanation is that the NFL is appeasing the pro-homosexual media by refusing to allow the Bible-quoting Tebow to play.

Tebow was immensely popular with fans, who chanted "Tebow! Tebow!" when he entered the first pre-season game in 2015 in the 3rd quarter. He proceeded to score a touchdown as the Eagles beat the Colts 36-10, and played well in his other games.

Keeping Commissioner Roger Goodell

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has repeatedly abused his authority, and invented unjust punishments by making up his own rules after the facts. He has been publicly reversed in several high-profile cases, including Tom Brady, Adrian Peterson, Ray Rice and the New Orleans Saints’ bounty scandal. He has earned over $100M in five years, including $44M in 2012. His salary was disclosed because the NFL was claiming non-profit status on its tax return.

Exclusion of Herschel Walker

The NFL has excluded another outspoken Christian, Herschel Walker, who said, "We have the DNA of our Lord Jesus Christ." The NFL keeps him out of its Hall of Fame to this day, and also refused to allow him to play in the NFL when he had one year of eligibility left in college, despite how he was obviously the finest running back anywhere. Then there was a rival league, the USFL, and Walker became its leading star.

Pro-homosexual Super Bowl shows

In 2015, the Super Bowl halftime show featured in nearly every performance the pro-homosexual activist Katy Perry. She became popular among liberals for her pro-lesbian song in 2008, and is an outspoken supporter of gay rights.

Occult and gambling

The Super Bowl halftime show also features bizarre symbolism that has been associated with the occult and/or gambling.

The NFL allows ESPN to publicize point-spreads that encourage gambling, while the NFL publicly pretends to oppose betting on its games. The Super Bowl is the basis of more gambling than any other event, and the NFL profits from that through increased viewership.

The gambling drives television viewership up, while actual attendance by fans at football stadiums has generally not grown. With the NFL's exclusion of Tebow -- who is very popular with fans at stadiums -- the NFL may be saying that genuine fans (as opposed to gamblers and television viewers) don't really matter to the NFL's business model.

Delay in Inducting Tim Brown into Hall of Fame

Tim Brown was one of the greatest NFL players ever, ranking number five all-time in yardage gained by any NFL player, despite playing for weak teams. But he also preached the Gospel, and even played played Gospel music in the Raider weight room. He was kept out of the NFL Hall of Fame for his first five years of eligibility, and was not inducted until 2015.

Cover-up

ESPN reported that the "Spygate" scandal was bigger than the NFL admitted, and that "tapes and notes were found, and then destroyed on commissioner Roger Goodell's orders: league executives 'stomped the tapes into pieces and shredded the papers inside a Gillette Stadium conference room.'"

See Also

• Tabulating Tim Tebow