Last night, a chiefs running back was penalized for dropping to his knees after scoring. I thought that was stupid. Now today I see the NFL say penalty is wrong, it is ok to drop to your knees if you are praying.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/01/sp...a-mistake.html
This takes the cake. Let the lads celebrate any way they want. I'm OK with sharpie pens too, that was damn funny.
Nick Collins got flagged in the SB for the same thing. Nothing new here.
I know this issue is stale. But I remain pissed off every time a flag is thrown.Originally Posted by hoosier
If a player wants to whip his dick out and ejaculate to fertility goddess, I say pray away.
Honestly, both the college and pro game have gone overboard trying to define good and bad happiness. I am OK with the taunting rule, but other than that, just move on.
The NFL profits from the endzone dances, it increases appeal of game. They even have greeatest hits video at their web site. So why get all weird with the rules?
They got beyond ridiculous. Annoying enough that the NFL was not profiting from them. If players want to do choreographed moves, they should go on Dancing with the Stars.
Fire Murphy, Gute, MLF, Barry, Senavich, etc!
Really? The choreography was too much? I don't ever remember being annoyed by any celebration. I loved Randy Walker's moon over Lambeau. I guess it's just a matter of personal taste.
Why not add more choreography? The cheerleaders should be added to show. Fuck the extra points, now there's some boring choreography. Go take a piss or get a beer after the touchdown. Football on TV is entertainment, why not add something.
Here's some dated song that some NFL teams should be able to work with. They should play different songs after touchdowns that the players have worked out routine for.
It was actually ex-Vikings great, Husian Abdullah - a saftey.
Upon seeing the celebration, Texaspackerbacker immediately called Homeland Security.
ps. why is jumping in the stands an ok celebration?
It was grand fathered in when they created the new rule. It's OK for Packers in Lambeau only.
No, you see it copied by other players in other stadiums.
This may not be popular here but there are rules for 31 teams to follow. It seems some don't apply to Green Bay.
If Jennings scores a TD Thursday, we'll let him try a Lambeau Leap.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen
Personally, I'm all for the celebrations. Screw it, what harm is there?
So what rules specifically would those be?
All hail the Ruler of the Meadow!
The disgusting, lowdown, std riddled puke who started this thread is right. Let them do shit, crazy shit even. If the other teams doesn't like, well don't let the opponent score. It's just like Harlan, you don't want to feel like shit then don't have anything to do with him.
Maybe two hugs.
Well I can come up with three off the bat since you asked....
1) There are strict ownership rules in the NFL which every team has to follow. They bent them for the Steelers so really it's 30 teams that are FORCED to follow those rules,,,,the Steelers get to bend them Green Bay gets to shatter them.
2) I read a couple years back a few teams asked if they could print out certificates and sell them to raise money. They were told "no". It's a Packer thing. Now GB doesn't get to do it whenever they want, they have to ask the league who seems to promptly say "sure!". They may have been denied in the past as I didn't check.
3) Now the subject of this thread. They passed a rule and the first thing they did was grandfather in GB because as I originally stated rules are for others....
1 - GB Ownership structure was in place in 1921, before the NFL was in existance. In 1983 the NFL made things official as to how ownership of teams was to be. So that was 60 years of an ownership model that was perfectly acceptable. Then the NFL decided that they didn't like it. If more cities were allowed to own teams, the investments made by owners of existing franchises would be devalued. Eventually, owners came to realize that the Packers model threatened the league structure - they did not want to have the value of their franchise tied to city-run teams. That's not so much good for money making for the NFL. Besides, what good would it be for the NFL if they couldn't blackmail cities to build them shiny new stadiums if the teams couldn't threaten to move with a ownership model that was beneficial only to the league? So no rule breaking here.Well I can come up with three off the bat since you asked....
1) There are strict ownership rules in the NFL which every team has to follow. They bent them for the Steelers so really it's 30 teams that are FORCED to follow those rules,,,,the Steelers get to bend them Green Bay gets to shatter them.
2) I read a couple years back a few teams asked if they could print out certificates and sell them to raise money. They were told "no". It's a Packer thing. Now GB doesn't get to do it whenever they want, they have to ask the league who seems to promptly say "sure!". They may have been denied in the past as I didn't check.
3) Now the subject of this thread. They passed a rule and the first thing they did was grandfather in GB because as I originally stated rules are for others....
2 - It's part of the ownership structure of the Packers. Goes back to point #1. So again no rule breaking here.
3 - Everybody can celebrate how the Packers do. The rule states that only one player can jump into the stands. There's no specific "Only the Green Bay Packers can do this" in the rule book. So yet again, no rule breaking.
Feel free to keep up the conspiracy theory that the NFL prizes the Packers over the rest of the NFL and that the Vikings are intentionally punished and victimized by the league. It's a common and endearing quality of Viking fans.
All hail the Ruler of the Meadow!
Shut your trap with that injustice bullshit. In this world some get different treatment than others. I have gotten use to it. So should you silly cracka.
Someone needs a fucking hug, or something.
Because the stands are not part of the playing field, and the rule is only applicable to the playing field. If the player wants to jump into the stands and shake hands with the bishop amidst the crowd, that would be ok with Roger.
Was Tebow ever flagged for dropping to his knee and "Tebowing"?
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