The so-called "Tebow Bill," allowing home-schooled athletes in Virginia to compete in public high school sports, has been defeated in Congress.
The DailyProgress.com reports the measure was easily defeated in the Senate on Thursday. The bill was received its name because Tebow, a three-year NFL veteran quarterback, received all of his high school education through home schooling.
By a 9-to-6 vote, House Bill 63 failed to pass in the Committee on Education and Health. The voting followed heated debate, which drew some three dozen homeschooled athletes and their parents to Richmond from across the commonwealth.
During the proceedings, several children, not yet of high school age, told the committee that being able to participate in public school sports would allow them to maintain friendships and afford them the opportunity to earn college scholarships options.
"They just want a chance to try out," said Del. Robert B. Bell, R-Albemarle, the bill sponsor. "They're good kids."
It worked for Tebow, who went on the University of Florida, where he won a national championship and earned a Heisman Trophy, before embarking on an NFL career.
Tebow's best NFL season came with Denver in 2011, when he passed for 1,729 yards and 12 touchdowns in leading the Broncos to a 7-4 mark in games he started.
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