New Rule

[hawker84]

I hope Sidney and company read this new rule..

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... a-penalty/

 

[mikeak]

Those concussion issues sure are affecting all parts of the games...

:sarcasm_off:

 

[Sac]

That's ridiculous

 

[SalishHawkFan]

This is absurd fascist, power tripping refs. Bring back the replacement refs. At least they knew a simultaneous catch when they saw one.

How can spinning a football conceivably be construed as taunting?

 

[Sac]

If this is enforced Michael Irvin's first down celebration would be a 15 yard penalty for pointing.

No more sugar bear shake.

No more "lights out".

No more mile high salute. That'll go over well.

It really is beyond unreasonable to expect elite, adrenaline pumped athletes to not do those types of things after doing something great on the field. It's like a psychological pressure release, and they're basically taking it away.

 

[Sarlacc83]

No Fun League. This is all the fault of you old people who hate the new jerseys and tell players to "Act like you've been there before", by the way.

 

[Tech Worlds]

No Fun League. This is all the fault of you old people who hate the new jerseys and tell players to "Act like you've been there before", by the way.

Yep.

And it's long overdue.

 

[hawker84]

No Fun League. This is all the fault of you old people who hate the new jerseys and tell players to "Act like you've been there before", by the way.

Yep.

And it's long overdue.

:les: whippersnappers ...

 

[DTexHawk]

How can spinning a football conceivably be construed as taunting?

If you spin it right at the feet of the player you just beat?

 

[Zebulon Dak]

New Rule

This is not a new rule

Still, I hope the players can be smart about this type of stuff. I love the celebrations but I hate when they blatantly taunt the other player. 15 yard increments are pretty valuable.

 

[KEWASTEES]

Oh come on, i fear that all this pent up celebration is going to result in more off field issues.

 

[CANHawk]

Okay, this is getting stupid. Show no emotion of any kind or Big Brother will send you off to a camp for re-education...

 

[RichNhansom]

So is making eye contact next?

Hopefully if they are going to enforce this they do it consistently and for obvious situations. Spinning the ball at a receivers feet you just picked off I could understand. Catching a TD in the endzone and letting it rip for celebration, not so much.

 

[Claden]

As a TD celebration, it should be all good. Before they said if they did this and it went a few yards, they would call delay of game. This new stuff is just silly now. But if they want to outlaw the "lights out" dance, I'm all for that.

 

[kearly]

Does any other major sport penalize (reasonable) celebration at all? I never got the NFL's obsession with it. It's a game. It's entertainment for fans. Let them have some fun. Gotta love Goodell, vigilantly protecting us from problems that don't exist.

 

[RolandDeschain]

I'd assume having something like five times the padding has something to do with the NHL being fine with fighting, Kearly. That, and NHL players are not super-strength bulky types like half the NFL players are. A guy like Red Bryant could swing a haymaker into someone's collarbone and crack it, ending their season. The average weight of the HEAVIEST team in the NHL is 210.96 pounds, the Atlanta Thrashers.

Frankly, fighting between the two sports isn't even remotely comparable, IMO. I completely agree with you that the strict anti-taunting penalties are over the top, however. Guys should be able to razz the other team decently after making a big play.

One of the guys in the NFL that can bench press 700 pounds could probably kill someone swinging their first into the temple of their head if the helmet is off as hard as they can. That's no joke.

 

[mikeak]

This has now been clarified

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/95474 ... ponent-nfl

 

[taz291819]

Yeah, it's only when it's directed at an opponent. No biggie.

 

[rideaducati]

I have never liked it when Rice has done this. I hope he stops now.

And.. Sidney, STAY ON YOUR FEET! Most of his injuries happen because he has needlessly fallen down. The touchdown to seal the win in Chicago comes to mind.

 

[DTexHawk]

This has now been clarified

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/95474 ... ponent-nfl

Which was very clear in the original post:

"Reports today from members of the media at Vikings camp and Panthers camp indicate that referees working training camps are warning players that they’ll be penalized if they taunt opponents by spinning the ball."