Thousands of married women apparently would have an affair with New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow.
You know, the guy who’s saving himself for marriage yet is the object of lust, according to a poll on AshleyMadison.com, a website devoted to people cheating on their spouses.
And you thought rock stars were the only ones to whom women threw their unmentionables with phone numbers written on the lace?
The website asked 13,500 married women which athlete they would choose to bed over their husbands. Soccer star David Beckham, sporting those great six-pack abs, was first at 43.1 percent. He has to rank right up there with Elvis and Paul McCartney.
Tebow was second with 19.6 percent, and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who is married to a supermodel, was third at 17.9 percent. The New York Yankees Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez completed the top five. Denver quarterback Peyton Manning was eighth and Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers ninth.
Let’s get this right — some 2,646 married women voted to deflower Tebow. Kinda makes you pause. Then again, the website’s similar poll of the top five politicians included Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin. Seriously? They must be into bad boys and heard comic Russell Brand speak before opting for the Russian.
Athletes have long been targets. The NFL finally placed security guards by hotel elevators in the 1990s after women started randomly knocking on player doors. Lobbies were pickup bars.
At training camp, players were given Saturday evenings off, and “friends” often showed up with their suitcases. I know because I gave more than a few directions to the dorm. Before cell phone cameras and TMZ, beat writers kept certain things to themselves.
The NFL rookie symposium devotes a significant portion of its three-day event to deflecting sexual situations in which players can be accused of improper conduct. Let’s just say that for many years a police officer came to Redskins Park about child support issues each week. One player was even arrested in a Tampa, Fla., hotel lobby before a preseason game for unpaid support.
The Redskins were hardly alone in this issue.
Targeting Tebow seems wrong. Here’s a nice young man trying to remain pure for his future bride. He inspires many with his religious talks, and the cougars are after him. Susan Sarandon, of course, inspired a new generation of Annie Savoys in “Bull Durham.”
Joe Hardy resisted Senorita Lolita Banana in “Damn Yankees” because he had a wife, Meg, at home. Lola didn’t get what she wanted that time.
Hopefully, Tebow won’t be caught by these harlots doubling as gold diggers. Maybe some men are dogs, but at least they’re not wolves.
Examiner columnist Rick Snider has covered local sports since 1978. Read more on Twitter @Snide_Remarks or email [email protected].
