Lambeau leap - excessive celebration (1 Viewer)

[elcohiba]

Saw highlights of Chiefs game. Bowe jumped into stands followed by at least 2 more players. Now that's excessive. What would be great is one of those flash mobs. 5000 fans jump out of stands and then jump back.

 

[JohnnyU]

They will outlaw it when some crazy lunatic pulls a Monica Seles on one of those players.

 

[Flash]

I've thought of this also. Probably grandfathered in and it is "Lambeau Field".

It started with Favre, and no one in the NFL is going to question the King

Actually Leroy Butler started the "Lambeau Leap"

 

[scott72]

They will outlaw it when some crazy lunatic pulls a Monica Seles on one of those players.

I'm afraid of this too. It's never going to happen at Lambeau, but I can see it going down somewhere else.

 

[Anthony Borbely]

I think we should be arguing about why the NFL throws flags for celebrations instead of trying to get more flags thrown.

I think the argument is there should be consistency with the rules.

 

[Tom Servo]

It's Green Bay for cripes sake. What else do people have to celebrate their? After football season.....the town turns into the armpit of Wisconsin again. Geez...let them have fun....

Racine and Kenosha are the armpit of Wisconsin.

Crandon or Shawano down?

IT'S ROSENDALE, DAMMIT!!!!

 

[Mello]

I think we should be arguing about why the NFL throws flags for celebrations instead of trying to get more flags thrown.

I think the argument is there should be consistency with the rules.

So let's consistently not flag other teams for whatever they are getting flags for and leave the Lambeau leap alone. Consistency works both ways.

 

[Tyrion]

according to a few things I have just read it is exempt from the 'excessive celebration' rules because it occurs off the field of play.

What he said.

 

[dino259]

I've thought of this also. Probably grandfathered in and it is "Lambeau Field".

It started with Favre, and no one in the NFL is going to question the King

FAILIt started with Leroy Butler who took a lateral from Reggie White. Great Game against the Raiders. LOOK AT ME!!I was there.

 

[ldizzle]

I woke up this morning and saw this on Yahoo's front page. kinda weird her is the link

NFL Player Called for Odd Penalty

Maybe the blogger is in the sharkpool...

 

[buck naked]

I think we should be arguing about why the NFL throws flags for celebrations instead of trying to get more flags thrown.

I think the argument is there should be consistency with the rules.

This was my point, although not stated in my OP. It is inconsistent to not throw a flag on that. I don't mind the Lambeau leap at all. I would MUCH rather let the players have their celebrations. I loved Keith Byars' snow angel in the snow in Dallas on Thanksgiving years ago. I think Ochocinco's celebrations are great. Why not let the players have their fun, as long as it doesn't hurt anybody or make the other team angry?

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Did anyone mention Leroy Butler yet?

 

[Road Dogg]

Did anyone mention Leroy Butler yet?

He picked off Brett Favre and scored a TD and started this

 

[Mario Kart]

Did anyone mention Leroy Butler yet?

He picked off Brett Favre and scored a TD and started this

In a game against Atlanta in 1991 in Atlanta. HTH

 

[CletiusMaximus]

I think we should be arguing about why the NFL throws flags for celebrations instead of trying to get more flags thrown.

I think the argument is there should be consistency with the rules.

This was my point, although not stated in my OP. It is inconsistent to not throw a flag on that. I don't mind the Lambeau leap at all. I would MUCH rather let the players have their celebrations. I loved Keith Byars' snow angel in the snow in Dallas on Thanksgiving years ago. I think Ochocinco's celebrations are great. Why not let the players have their fun, as long as it doesn't hurt anybody or make the other team angry?

Ochocinco's famous Leap pissed off at least one Packer fan:

 

[Phurfur]

I think we should be arguing about why the NFL throws flags for celebrations instead of trying to get more flags thrown.

I think the argument is there should be consistency with the rules.

Maybe if you read the rules you would get it.

 

[Phurfur]

It's Green Bay for cripes sake. What else do people have to celebrate their? After football season.....the town turns into the armpit of Wisconsin again. Geez...let them have fun....

Racine and Kenosha are the armpit of Wisconsin.

Crandon or Shawano down?

IT'S ROSENDALE, DAMMIT!!!!

The Highway 26 speed trap.

 

[coyote5]

It's Green Bay for cripes sake. What else do people have to celebrate their? After football season.....the town turns into the armpit of Wisconsin again. Geez...let them have fun....

Racine and Kenosha are the armpit of Wisconsin.

Crandon or Shawano down?

IT'S ROSENDALE, DAMMIT!!!!

The Highway 26 speed trap.

Pish, once they completed 151 4 lanes all the way to 41, Rosendale is just a bad memory...

 

[Tom Servo]

It's Green Bay for cripes sake. What else do people have to celebrate their? After football season.....the town turns into the armpit of Wisconsin again. Geez...let them have fun....

Racine and Kenosha are the armpit of Wisconsin.

Crandon or Shawano down?

IT'S ROSENDALE, DAMMIT!!!!

The Highway 26 speed trap.

Exactly...and I'm getting my wife's family to get me a police car t-shirt from the gas station at the light.

 

[Flash]

Did anyone mention Leroy Butler yet?

He picked off Brett Favre and scored a TD and started this