Do you favor stronger celebration penalties?

[53Fan]

I have no idea wtf the league is trying to do with this. A guy like Sherman with the Seahawks can run his mouth and taunt receivers all game long but if you beat him for a TD you can't spin the ball or make a homerun swing? Some of these gestures, as in AlfMo's case, is done for the benefit of kids while Sherman's actions are taunting pure and simple. This is some dumb s*** imo. After working your ass off to score....celebrate. Just don't delay the game doing it.

[CrustyRedskin]

Riggo never celebrated. Just saying. And Godell is a dick. "So are we splitting hairs here?"-Walter Sobchek

[53Fan]

Celebrating after TD's is one of the very FEW things Riggo never did. Lol!

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by 53Fan

I have no idea wtf the league is trying to do with this. A guy like Sherman with the Seahawks can run his mouth and taunt receivers all game long but if you beat him for a TD you can't spin the ball or make a homerun swing? Some of these gestures, as in AlfMo's case, is done for the benefit of kids while Sherman's actions are taunting pure and simple. This is some dumb s*** imo. After working your ass off to score....celebrate. Just don't delay the game doing it.

Great points 53. Pretty excited about the season!

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Great points 53. Pretty excited about the season!

You and me both buddy! We might lead the league in penalties for TD celebrations this year! ;-) HTTR!!!

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

celebrations are great especially when they are including fans.

What if it's the other team, not the home team, and there is the problem. Sorry I don't want stronger penalties ....just enforce the ones you have .

[mlmdub130]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

My problem with this statement is that it opens the discretion can of worms. If alfmo swings the bat after a critical TD at MetLife will that be considered taunting? What about cruz's salsa after a score in Dallas? What if everyone thinks its taunting but the refs don't call it?

Regardless though it's an entertainment profession and the celebrations can be fun for the team's fans

Exactly, this is just another discretionary rule that could have a lot of impact on a game. I have no problems w a little celebration. Taking the props out was fine with me but this is takin it to far. Don't know if anyone remembers why Alfmo does his swing, but it's because he made friends w some kids at a baseball camp and told them he would do it for them, and it stuck. http://blog.redskins.com/2012/09/28/...alfred-morris/
Also on the season tickets they always put different players for each game. Well this year for the Monday night game against San Fran is a picture of Alfmo doin his swing.

[CrustyRedskin]

Originally Posted by 53Fan

Celebrating after TD's is one of the very FEW things Riggo never did. Lol!

Truer words have never been spoken.

[MTK]

You can still spin the ball, just not at another player. Pretty sure the same thing goes for the other celebrations. It's ok as long as it's not taunting another player.

[Monkeydad]

Only for Victor Cruz.

[firstdown]

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[firstdown]

Here's how it all got started.

NFL Films Presents: The Fun Bunch - YouTube

[FRPLG]

I favor the league worrying about crap that matters. Not this.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by firstdown

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Now I'm curious...FD edited something out. Bet it was juicy.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Here's how it all got started.

Nope , this is how it got started..........


New York Giants and the "spike"[edit source | edit]

The Giants offered Jones a bus ticket to New York and payment for knee surgery. Known as "Rhino" to his teammates, he wore uniform number 45 in New York. Having seen players such as Giant teammate Frank Gifford and Green Bay Packers star Paul Hornung celebrate touchdowns by throwing the ball to fans in the stands, Jones decided to come up with his own post-touchdown maneuver. In a 1965 game, he scored a touchdown and threw the football down hard into the end zone. He called the move a "spike," and modern post-touchdown celebrations, including "touchdown dances," are said to have evolved from Jones' invention of spiking the ball.
In 1967, Jones had his best season, catches 49 passes for 1,209 yards, an average of 24.7 yards per catch, and 13 touchdowns, leading the NFL in receiving touchdowns. He was second in the league in combined rushing and receiving yards from scrimmage behind Leroy Kelly of the Browns. He made the NFL's Pro Bowl that season and the next.