I watched the first part of the Bears/Giants game last night and was amused to learn of a new rule instituted into the league when a Giants halfback squirted across the endzone for a touchdown and promptly stuffed the ball up his shirt, allegedly as a tribute to his pregnant wife. The Giants were immediately slammed with a 15 yard "Unsportsmanlike Conduct - using the ball as a prop" penalty. Using the ball as a prop? wtf?!
Among the 15 new rule proposals passed yesterday by the league's 32 clubs was the banishment of ''prolonged or excessive celebrations" as well as celebrating while a player is on the ground. This is an attempt to forestall the antics of Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson, Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens, and Carolina Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith, all of whom have used what were called ''props" by Competition Committee co-chairman Jeff Fisher. Props, among other things, are now banned and will result in a 15-yard penalty. In addition, any dance deemed too long by game officials will result in an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty after a warning.
I'm sorry but this is just silly. I'm going to suggest to the NFL commissioner that before any player does a celebration, they must complete 30 hours of dance lessons and acting lessons. Upon completion, the player may trademark their celebration. Extra points may be awarded by a panel of style judges.
No thanks, i'm going to stick to baseball.
1 comment:
this is the problem you run into when you make silly rules like "no using the ball as a prop". Now you have to enforce it. I don't care for all the showboating but coming up with stupid rules like this will not help the game any.
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