Posted: 02/13/2010 at 2:53pm | IP Logged

The NCAA Is Trying to Prevent Another Tim Tebow

by Ben Volin, The Palm Beach Post

GAINESVILLE, FL - The NCAA's Football Rules Committee is proposing a ban on Tim Tebow's most identifiable feature — the Bible verses on his eye black. The new proposal, introduced Thursday, would ban all words, logos, numbers or other symbols on the players' eye black, beginning in the 2010 season. The rule will not become official until it is approved by the NCAA's Playing Rules Oversight Panel.

Hundreds of college football players use their eye black to boast of their hometown, home area code or love of a mother or girlfriend. But Tebow, a devout Christian, is the most prominent example of a player using his eye black as a personal billboard, having used it the past two seasons to print a Bible verse and promote his faith.

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