Hour 4: Carton and Big Mac Defend Tim Tebow Amid LifeSurge Investigation

Craig Carton (0:00)

Yeah, yeah, 523, guys got their picks coming up at 6 o'clock, right?

Chris McMonigle (0:04)

Yes.

Craig Carton (0:05)

Or are we going right to Yankee Baseball at 6 o'clock?

Chris McMonigle (0:07)

No, Rutgers football at 6.30. We got Yankee Baseball on right now on the AM.

Craig Carton (0:12)

Yes, if you want to listen to the... Yankees are down 7-1 right now in the first game. They gave them a grand slam last inning, but it's a blowout. No one's really watching it, but... If you want to watch or listen to the Yankee game, we have it on the AM as they go to the bottom of the fifth down, 7-1.

Chris McMonigle (0:27)

So you can listen to it there, and then you can listen to the second game on AM as well. FM will have Rutgers football.

Craig Carton (0:32)

Did you think it was interesting that when Pablo Churi put his report out there about that Christian-based investment advisory group, LifeSurge...

Chris McMonigle (0:43)

Who I saw he's stepping away from for the time being.

Craig Carton (0:45)

Tim Tebow was going to do his own investigation because he had no idea what they were potentially involved with. But did you find it interesting that they decided to use Tim Tebow as the gotcha name to get attention for the investigation, that Tim Tebow is fronting a fraudulent group that's praying on a God-fearing Christian who is looking to invest their money in real estate and other things, and it's a scam. They attached, oh, Tim Tebow is the front man for fraud, right?

Did you have any idea that Magic Johnson did appearances for LifeSurge?

Chris McMonigle (1:22)

Not until right now, no.

Craig Carton (1:23)

Did you have any idea that Russell Wilson did appearances for LifeSurge?

Chris McMonigle (1:27)

No.

Craig Carton (1:28)

It wasn't mentioned in the report yesterday when they isolated just one guy, Tim Tebow, as the face of it? Did you know that Russell Wilson did appearances for them?

Chris McMonigle (1:38)

No.

Craig Carton (1:38)

Did you know that Calvin Johnson did appearances for them? No. Did you know that Chris Carter did appearances for them?

Chris McMonigle (1:43)

No.

Craig Carton (1:44)

Did you know that Antonio Gates did appearances for them?

Chris McMonigle (1:47)

Yes, I knew about Antonio Gates.

Craig Carton (1:48)

Okay. Did you know that Kirk Herbstreet did?

Chris McMonigle (1:50)

No.

Craig Carton (1:51)

Interesting. Did you know that Urban Meyer did?

Chris McMonigle (1:53)

No.

Craig Carton (1:54)

Did you know that Bob Stoops did?

Chris McMonigle (1:56)

No.

Craig Carton (1:57)

Did you know that Joe Montana did?

Chris McMonigle (1:59)

Joe Montana did?

Craig Carton (2:00)

Yeah. Joe Montana did.

Chris McMonigle (2:02)

No.

Craig Carton (2:03)

So again, why are we using Tim Tebow as the guy that we're going to sell your reputation on and a guy that we're going to, in my opinion, potentially defame, but we don't use any of the other guy's names? Is there a reason for that?

Chris McMonigle (2:19)

I would hope.

Craig Carton (2:19)

Is there an agenda maybe to embarrass or defame Tim Tebow, or use Tim Tebow's name and popularity? To further your report, but you make it seem like he's the only guy in the sports world that's connected to this LifeSurge group, and by default, he must know about their illegal activities.

But you didn't talk about the fact that Magic Johnson, Joe Montana, Russell Wilson, Chris Carter, Calvin Johnson, Antonio Gates, Bob Stoops, Urban Meyer and Kirk Herbstreet have. Why not?

Chris McMonigle (2:55)

My hope would be, if it's an investigation with Integrity, it's because the amount of times that he has done events for them dwarfs everyone else. That would be my hope. Otherwise, it makes no sense. But that shouldn't matter, right?

Craig Carton (3:07)

They all got paid. Every one of them got paid to appear.

Chris McMonigle (3:10)

Granted.

Craig Carton (3:11)

Right? Now, Tim Tebow has announced that he's gonna, for the moment, Step away. Pause his relationship with the group until he finds out what's going on.

Chris McMonigle (3:19)

Good.

Craig Carton (3:20)

Because he's probably done nothing wrong. Good.

Chris McMonigle (3:22)

Right?

Craig Carton (3:23)

But I'm trying to figure out, why did you pick Tim Tebow? Magic Johnson's a big star.

Magic Johnson don't need the money. Right?

Chris McMonigle (3:33)

I don't think he's associated with being as religious.

Craig Carton (3:37)

Fair enough.

Chris McMonigle (3:37)

That's probably why.

Craig Carton (3:38)

But either you're committing fraud, or you're not. Or you're involved in the fraud, or you're not. Or you're aware of the fraud, or you're not. Why only Tim Tebow? Because he's the most religious? Are we attacking Christianity? No. Are we going after men that aren't afraid to wear their religious beliefs on their sleeves, whether you like it or not?