A new professional football league scheduled to hold spring games could present an opportunity for former Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow to return to the Mile High City, according to a report published on the Denver Post.
Denver Post columnist Woody Paige wrote on Saturday that representatives of Tebow have been approached about the possibility of the ex-Bronco playing in a new spring pro football league called the A-11 Football League. This league will have its inaugural championship game scheduled on the Fourth of July weekend next year. Paige adds that the league games will be televised on ESPN where Tebow currently serves as an analyst.
Paige says that A11FL commissioner Scott McKibben has confirmed that Denver, along with Detroit, are the two leading cities to nab the remaining franchises. The league will have eight teams.
"Obviously, we know of the popularity and history of pro football in Denver," McKibben told Paige.
McKibben said that the upstart league will not compete with the NFL. "We're not making mistakes other leagues did. We always will be a spring league," he said.
He continued: "We're an aspiration league. There are hundreds of quality players who aspire to play in the NFL, and we'll provide them with a chance to prove themselves. We'll be playing in major population and media markets in NFL stadiums, and we have the No. 1 sports network partner in ESPN."
And he also discussed the possibility of Tebow joining the league, saying: "We would love to have Tim Tebow join our league. We have talked with his lawyer, and his agent, and we have made an offer." According to Paige, the offer includes a piece of team ownership.
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