Despite not having played last season (or much at all in the past few seasons), Tim Tebow, in a poll released by Public Policy Polling earlier this month, was rated as the fifth most popular NFL quarterback, trailing, in order, only Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers and Cam Newton, all of whom played in the most recent post-season. Indeed, because the poll was conducted a few days before Cam Newton's unsportsmanlike press conference at the Super Bowl, Tebow might easily finish fourth today. In my opinion, the reason for such popularity is best expressed in the famous Simon and Garfunkel lyrics: "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you." At a time of domestic violence, criminal convictions, and trash-talking by some well-known athletes, we are suffering from a hero deficit.
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