Tebow turned down $1 million endorsement because Bill Belichick told him to
Tim Tebow writes in his new book, titled Shaken, that New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick once talked him out of accepting a $1 million endorsement deal.
In the book, which was published in October, Tebow recounts how he tried hard to fit in with the team when he joined the Patriots in 2013. After being selected in the first round of the 2010 NFL draft by the Broncos, Tebow had experienced varying degrees of success in the NFL. He signed on with the Patriots in 2013 after being released by the Jets after the 2012 season, and writes in the book that he and Belichick had discussed what he would have to do to succeed on the team.
Two months later, Tebow again found himself in a conference room with Belichick, only this time Belichick was explaining that he didn't fit with the team, rather than discussing how to make him blend in.
Tebow said this week in an interview with Fox & Friends that he does not regret his decision today.
"That’s not something that I look back and regret at all," Tebow said. "It was me trying to honor the team, and if I could do it again, I would’ve done the same thing.”
Tebow has not played in the NFL since he spent the preseason with the Eagles in 2015 and is now playing baseball in the New York Mets farm system.