The quarterback for the Gators, Tim Tebow, recently disclosed during SEC Media Days this past Thursday that he has taken out roughly $2,000,000 dollars worth of insurance policies, according to Florida Today.

This senior quarterback spoke to Florida Today, telling them that he had not even considered buying so much insurance until the head coach for his team, Urban Meyer decided to intervene.

Tebow asked Florida Today how many times anyone really takes advantage of the insurance. He says that he may have it, but only because Urban Meyer, his coach for the Gators told him that he needed to get it. He claimed that he did not want to get any more insurance.

The policies that Tebow has taken out on himself are designed to cover injuries, which is a practice that is allowed under the regulations for the NCAA. Typically the premiums on these policies are not actually paid until after the player signs an NFL contract.

This year, Tebow decline to actually raise the amount of his policy. According to Florida Today, however, he could have actually qualified for as much as $6,000,000 if he had purchased the insurance policy through an independent insurance agent.

He told reporters that he isn't thinking negatively, waiting for something to happen. But instead, he says that he was just acting on the advice of coach Urban Meyer and coach Dan Mullen that thought it should be purchased.

Insurance policies for this purpose are available both through the NCAA and also through independent agencies as well.

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For some reason, this admission of chastity by Tebow, which came following the SEC media day this past Thursday, has caused a great amount of debate in the world of sports after AOL's FanHouse.com's Clay Travis asked him if he was a virgin.

Questioning the virginity of Tim Tebow is being looked at as inappropriate, and yet he definitely showed fortitude when he wasn't afraid to give an honest answer. Should we really care at all that one of the most popular athletes in all of college ball hasn't yet had sex? Was this question appropriate to ask? Should Tim Tebow have answered as honestly as he did?

The answers to these questions are an enthusiastic yes, yes, yes.

Deciding to ask Tebow about whether or not he was a virgin certainly wasn't out of bounds. The answer that he gave was also quite certainly more important than what most people have realized. What Tebow has gone is used the enormous platform that he has in order to promote his own personal Christian based beliefs. He has uttered the phrase "Jesus Christ" just about as often as the term "Spread offense".

During Media Day, he spoke in great deal about taking the time to minister to prisoners, and he has also been considerably praised for having done missionary work in other countries as well. His faith preaches the act of abstinence before marriage. If Tebow is going to continue to endorse his Christian beliefs to millions of fans, then he should absolutely be prepared to respond to any questions that are posed about how he adheres to that belief system.

Rather than engaging in debate about the right to privacy of an athlete, we should be celebrating Tebow for having exhibited so much backbone while under so much scrutiny by the public. A lot of athletes have professed that they are devout Christians in front of the cameras only to end up being sighted later at a bar picking up random women.

Here we have who is arguably one of the most popular college athletes ever and he is supporting abstinence, which is something that isn't even considered to be conventional in society today. Isn't this the real definition of what true leadership is?

Promiscuity is something that is deeply embedded in our sports culture, so much so that people think that it is crazy for the 21 year old Tebow not to be taking full advantage of his popularity. Considering the breadth of the accomplishments he's made and his popularity, he probably has to spend quite a bit of time stiff-arming women as if they were linebackers for the SEC. After this announcement of his, however, the female segment of his fan base is likely to triple.

To his credit, he is taking this role model job quite seriously. He has realized that not only are fellow Christians watching him, but thousands of other young people all over the country are also watching him as well. Shouldn't we be happy, then, that Tebow is teaching these people about exercising restraint rather than making it rain? Doesn't that mean that it is a good thing for Tebow to be showing people that they can be who they want to be rather than succumbing to pressure from their peers?

Above all else, shouldn't we be really relieved that one of the most visible athletes in college ball is taking a completely different course, especially in light of the tricky circumstances associated with the tragic murder of Steve McNair?

The fact that Tebow answered this question about his virginity is a true testament to who he is as a person. All that he did was put another bull's eye right on his back. Think about the ridicule that he is going to incur all over the nation. Whether or not he stays a virgin is really not the issue. The real lesson here is that having a true belief is sometimes going to require you to separate yourself from the pack, and only a few chosen strong people are capable of handling this.

Tebow says he'll deal with the backlash, because it's not a big deal to him. The kids have been encouraged by the life that he has attempted to live.

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