Tim Tebow News Update 2013: Former NFL Quarterback’s Fame On The Rise, Reportedly Offered $ 1 Million To Play For Russian Football Team

Tim Tebow’s popularity, despite a non-existent NFL career, is on the rise. According to BusinesWeek.com, Tim Tebow’s name recognition has increased about 85% in September 2013, an increased compared to the 76% when the same survey was made last January 2012.

Thanks to his continuously flamed celebrity a Russian team called the Moscow Black Storm offered to pay the former NFL quarterback $1 million to play two games. This just proves that Tebow is still considered famous as per Repucom’s survey shows. There actually was a noted figure of 85% respondents who knew him, which brings him to the elite level of awareness shared with LeBron James (78.23) and Peyton Manning (79.56) –his is at 78.32 DBI score.

It was during the first month of the year 2012 when Tebow was deemed as the king of the world following his fall being a second-year quarterback. This was noted on the 8th of January 2012 when he was able to complete the 80-yard touchdown pass in overtime that upsets the Pittsburg Steelers; which in return made him considered as the American hero imbued with athletic skills, poster-boy looks and devotion of a Christian.

He drew the same popularity with that of David Beckham and Michael Jordan being a celebrity endorser on the same month and was even placed along with the name of Joe Namath as he gained publicity to more than three-quarters of the American public. That being said, at 24 years old, he was able to make a reputation among the Americans as he was included in the measure of how much people yearend to be like him as the top 20 for aspiration, trust and trend-setting.

There however was a drastic change in the teaming of Tebow in March 2012 when he was traded over to the New York Jets as Mark Sanchez’ backup. He was then however released by the team a year later thus made him to get signed with the New England Patriot’s contract without guaranteeing him any money at all in June of this year. Tebow however became a free agent after they cut him after two months and is now looking for an NFL team that will welcome him.

Despite the fact that Tebow’s fame is increasingly rising with his left and right endorsement and offers, whoever he decides to get employed with in the future he for sure will keep the quality that he has been demonstrating and that is reliability. According to Paul Smith, the chief executive of Repucom “Despite all the taunting, particularly by the New York media, and all the opportunities to spit the dummy, he’s held it really tightly together” as described Tim Tebow as a person who “hasn’t had a misstep”.