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Originally Posted by jdlea
I don't like the whole focus on taunting that the NFL has taken on. I think it's entertaining to see it happen. Who cares what the situation is? I could care less if a guy makes an ass of himself by dancing after scoring a TD when his team is getting destroyed, or dances after a first in that same situation. None of that matters to me. If the other team is offended by it, there's a very simple solution: Don't let it happen! I'm not a fan of all of the rules changes.
As for everyone who wants to say that this is not the way the game used to be played/older players were more classy: they didn't coddle players then either. All of this protection of the "defenseless receiver" and the quarterback also bother me to no end. Mark me down as against the majority of the recent rules changes the NFL has made.
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I understand what you are saying but I think they are doing this more to speed up play than anything else. When a guy makes a first down and spikes the ball or what ever they do it takes time for the Refs to either get that ball or get another one onto the field. Also if was a ref standing next to a guy and instead of him handing me or tossing me the ball they spike it so it goes 15 yards down filed I'd be thinking "you little @&^!%^* now I have to go chasing that ball around when you could have just handed it to me".