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NFL player celebrations - a POLL (1 Viewer)

Are you offended/upset/bothered by NFL player celebrations?

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    145
I would think players to a man would say penalizing celebrations is stupid.  The only thing that shouldn't be allowed is taunting.

 
Celebrate big plays all you want just don't celebrate every freaking play. It's the only sport where players feel the need to do something after every mundane occurrence.

 
taunting is great. people celebrate Jordan and many others for being great trash talkers.

really worried about the feelings of professional athletes?

just stop celebrating a downed punt like you won the Super Bowl.

 
How is making the first down sign after making a first down NOT taunting? Change the rule and call that a taunt. Do we need to see guys make the first down sign EVERY time? One first down and the game is over?  Fine, make the first down sign. 2nd and 1 in a scoreless game with 10:32 left in the first quarter?  Just go back to the huddle.  Looking at you Emmanuel Sanders.

 
Nothing is worse than that awful "feed me" gesture, where they act like they're eating.

Other than that, nothing really bothers me.  Went 9.

 
you know what i hate, when athletes aren't robots. they should just perform their function. move in distinct patterns and act in predictable ways.

that's why i like sports. you always know what to expect and how players will respond. it's why i clean up gambling.

after all, there's absolutely no adrenaline or emotion involved in competition. there's really no reason to get excited about anything. 

even when the cameras don't make a point of focusing on the one player out of 22 that's making some ridiculous gesture, i know that someone is going it and i just  get enraged. sure the media could stop zeroing in on Cam Newton's first down celebration, like they do when a wild streaker appears, but then i suppose what would the radio and tv honks have to talk about if fans at home didn't see the "disgusting act" of spinning a ball after a catch?

instead of letting these guys be humans we should replace them with either robots, or really stiff awkward white guys that just high five and go back to the huddle.

MAKE THE NFL GREAT AGAIN!

 
the NFL should just let each team have a couple designated goons to square off at the 50 if someone does something their team doesn't like. let the players police themselves. it's far better for my kids to watch two grown oafs pound each others faces bloody than it is to let them continue to see a guy point his fingers in the direction that his team is advancing the ball.

if not that, then QB's should be able to fire a spiral at an opposing players head from 20 yards out if a player on the other team gets too uppity.

make those sissies think twice about prancing around like the babies that they actually are if there will be consequences.

 
They should treat celebrations like streakers. Cut away and don't show them on TV. Fines will continue until they just hand the ball to the ref. 

 
pandora said:
Just hand the ball to the ref.  This is a team game and the team helped you score that touchdown, get one yard for the first down, get that sack, etc.  Quit trying to make it all about yourself.
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Dirty Bird, Bob-and-Weave. I enjoyed watching players do team celebrations for accomplishing that thing they did together, as a team. Until Gramps told to them to get off his lawn.

 
Nugget said:
They should treat celebrations like streakers. Cut away and don't show them on TV. Fines will continue until they just hand the ball to the ref. 
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How robotic must they be in handing the ball to ref? What if they hand it over and bow. I've seen some guys politely flip it to the ref vs. handing. Definitely should count toward ejection.

 
Aaron Rudnicki said:
taunting is great. people celebrate Jordan and many others for being great trash talkers.

really worried about the feelings of professional athletes?

just stop celebrating a downed punt like you won the Super Bowl.
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What if the downed punt won the Super Bowl?

 
Aaron Rudnicki said:
I hate seeing them penalize players for it, but it did get annoying when players used to celebrate after plays that didn't really warrant it.
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so about 95% of the time

 
Hey I did something good at work today, I sure as hell didn't celebrate like these childish babies do.

You are getting paid millions to play a game and have many people looking up to you as "heroes".  Be humble and act like an adult.

Thank God for Barry Sanders.

 
pandora said:
Hey I did something good at work today, I sure as hell didn't celebrate like these childish babies do.

You are getting paid millions to play a game and have many people looking up to you as "heroes".  Be humble and act like an adult.

Thank God for Barry Sanders.
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:shrug:  when I deliver an awesome legal opine, it's twerking time :pickle:

 
 It's beyond childish. It's selfish, stupid and unsportsmanlike. I voted 2 because it could always be worse.

I am most peeved that Brown celebrated (actually somersaulted) a few years back, earned a penalty and the coach sternly declared that AB would not be getting those penalties again in the future. Period. Well, several years and at least five 15-yard penalties later, he still gets them. The jagoff.

 
Totally cool with celebrations after a TD.   Those seem to be warranted.    Its all in good fun.   Its like one minute of celebrations throughout a 3 hour game.   Good god.  The horror.

 
I didn't vote in the poll because it doesn't have the right range of answers for me. I love celebrations and always have. And I'm in that demographic of "not a young guy" anymore. I wish they could do more of it and I'd mic them up to tell a "yo momma" joke if I could.  I subscribe to the old school philosophy of "If you don't want me to do it, keep me from scoring."

I see nothing wrong with it because if the NFL wants to try to legislate behavior, they do an injustice of allowing people to feed off emotion to play a very emotional game. Its up to the players and coaches, not the NFL, to show maturity and keep it in check and use it in a beneficial way. If they do, they will be better players. If they don't ,then it causes penalties and dumb mistakes. But that is what the NFL is, a game of inches which also means subtle mental "movement" being the difference between success and failure.  

Some of my greatest memories of the NFL are the ones dripping in emotion, whether that is good or bad.  Favre after his father passed, teams playing after 9/11, Montana as a Chief against some of his old rivals and former peers, Meltdowns by coaches and players. It's all fantastic. It exemplifies the raw emotion of the game and reminds us it is a fine line. 

I think it's hypocritical to try to pretend this is a perfect world, civilized, ultra composed game because it is not.  But that's just one guy's opinion who's saw a coach punch another coach and that same coach happened to be so loved by his players that he was carried off the field in celebration when he wasn't a head coach.  It's an emotional game. we should see it sometimes and leave the robots on the Fox highlight show. 

If i ask you how many post-game conferences you clearly remember, the 3 you probably remember most are "They are who we thought they were!", "Playoffs!", and "You play to win the game."  Isn't that better than today's canned "we didn't do what we are capable of, we beat ourselves, next week is a new game" type of comments that nobody every remembers?

 
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By and large, I don't mind celebrations after touchdowns, but ones of the sexual nature, like A Brown's last week, or violent ones, like the throat slash, should be flagged every time. 

I have no problem with the flags for morons who feel the need to taunt someone after a 1st down.  Carlos Hyde got a 1st down last night and felt the need to flex his muscles right in a defender's face.  A move like that is so stupid that the flag didn't bother me.  

Also, I italicized after touchdowns above because I am fine with guys getting flagged for celebrating before they score, like a guy who starts dancing or taunting like an idiot before he reaches the end zone like on a long pass play.  

 
I think we've hit on something.  There should only be celebrations after touchdowns. Any other time and it's an ejection.

 
Franknbeans said:
I think we've hit on something.  There should only be celebrations after touchdowns. Any other time and it's an ejection.
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if a guy walks into the end zone untouched from a couple yards out, I'd argue that's less worthy of celebration than an interception or 3rd down sack or blocked punt that don't result directly in a TD.

 
Shutout said:
I didn't vote in the poll because it doesn't have the right range of answers for me. I love celebrations and always have. And I'm in that demographic of "not a young guy" anymore. I wish they could do more of it and I'd mic them up to tell a "yo momma" joke if I could.  I subscribe to the old school philosophy of "If you don't want me to do it, keep me from scoring."

I see nothing wrong with it because if the NFL wants to try to legislate behavior, they do an injustice of allowing people to feed off emotion to play a very emotional game. Its up to the players and coaches, not the NFL, to show maturity and keep it in check and use it in a beneficial way. If they do, they will be better players. If they don't ,then it causes penalties and dumb mistakes. But that is what the NFL is, a game of inches which also means subtle mental "movement" being the difference between success and failure.  

Some of my greatest memories of the NFL are the ones dripping in emotion, whether that is good or bad.  Favre after his father passed, teams playing after 9/11, Montana as a Chief against some of his old rivals and former peers, Meltdowns by coaches and players. It's all fantastic. It exemplifies the raw emotion of the game and reminds us it is a fine line. 

I think it's hypocritical to try to pretend this is a perfect world, civilized, ultra composed game because it is not.  But that's just one guy's opinion who's saw a coach punch another coach and that same coach happened to be so loved by his players that he was carried off the field in celebration when he wasn't a head coach.  It's an emotional game. we should see it sometimes and leave the robots on the Fox highlight show. 

If i ask you how many post-game conferences you clearly remember, the 3 you probably remember most are "They are who we thought they were!", "Playoffs!", and "You play to win the game."  Isn't that better than today's canned "we didn't do what we are capable of, we beat ourselves, next week is a new game" type of comments that nobody every remembers?
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The thing that stands out to me about your post is that all the things you mention were legitimate spontaneous displays of great emotion. And I agree with you are great memories. If that's what we had going on today I don't think people would get annoyed.

But so many of the celebrations we're talking about today are the opposite of that. They are scripted, planned in advance, and 99% motivated to get the player into the SportsCenter highlight reel. The emotion they embody is the same as a 5 year old shouting "Look at me!  Look at me!" because he wants the attention.

The early celebrations were very cool. They were novel and interesting, and they were often a legitimate celebration with teammates. Now many players are more likely to run away from their teammates to be alone on the camera than they are to celebrate with a teammate first. So different than the past. If we could go back to the old days I think that would be great, and celebrations like the Lambeau Leap or players saluting each other, I thought were great and tapped into what the old ones had.

But so many of the current crop just look so very bad in comparison to the ones you highlighted.

 
GregR said:
The thing that stands out to me about your post is that all the things you mention were legitimate spontaneous displays of great emotion. And I agree with you are great memories. If that's what we had going on today I don't think people would get annoyed.

But so many of the celebrations we're talking about today are the opposite of that. They are scripted, planned in advance, and 99% motivated to get the player into the SportsCenter highlight reel. The emotion they embody is the same as a 5 year old shouting "Look at me!  Look at me!" because he wants the attention.

The early celebrations were very cool. They were novel and interesting, and they were often a legitimate celebration with teammates. Now many players are more likely to run away from their teammates to be alone on the camera than they are to celebrate with a teammate first. So different than the past. If we could go back to the old days I think that would be great, and celebrations like the Lambeau Leap or players saluting each other, I thought were great and tapped into what the old ones had.

But so many of the current crop just look so very bad in comparison to the ones you highlighted.
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Maybe it's time we put Grampa in a home.

 
Aaron Rudnicki said:
if a guy walks into the end zone untouched from a couple yards out, I'd argue that's less worthy of celebration than an interception or 3rd down sack or blocked punt that don't result directly in a TD.
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Maybe they should make every player wear one of those giant wristbands with a matrix of plays in which celebrating is allowed. 

 
GregR said:
The thing that stands out to me about your post is that all the things you mention were legitimate spontaneous displays of great emotion. And I agree with you are great memories. If that's what we had going on today I don't think people would get annoyed.

But so many of the celebrations we're talking about today are the opposite of that. They are scripted, planned in advance, and 99% motivated to get the player into the SportsCenter highlight reel. The emotion they embody is the same as a 5 year old shouting "Look at me!  Look at me!" because he wants the attention.

The early celebrations were very cool. They were novel and interesting, and they were often a legitimate celebration with teammates. Now many players are more likely to run away from their teammates to be alone on the camera than they are to celebrate with a teammate first. So different than the past. If we could go back to the old days I think that would be great, and celebrations like the Lambeau Leap or players saluting each other, I thought were great and tapped into what the old ones had.

But so many of the current crop just look so very bad in comparison to the ones you highlighted.
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Very good counter insight there showing a clear dividing line.  I hadn't made the distinction there but I think you are right. Good stufff. 

 
Shutout said:
I didn't vote in the poll because it doesn't have the right range of answers for me. I love celebrations and always have. And I'm in that demographic of "not a young guy" anymore. I wish they could do more of it and I'd mic them up to tell a "yo momma" joke if I could.  I subscribe to the old school philosophy of "If you don't want me to do it, keep me from scoring."

I see nothing wrong with it because if the NFL wants to try to legislate behavior, they do an injustice of allowing people to feed off emotion to play a very emotional game. Its up to the players and coaches, not the NFL, to show maturity and keep it in check and use it in a beneficial way. If they do, they will be better players. If they don't ,then it causes penalties and dumb mistakes. But that is what the NFL is, a game of inches which also means subtle mental "movement" being the difference between success and failure.  

Some of my greatest memories of the NFL are the ones dripping in emotion, whether that is good or bad.  Favre after his father passed, teams playing after 9/11, Montana as a Chief against some of his old rivals and former peers, Meltdowns by coaches and players. It's all fantastic. It exemplifies the raw emotion of the game and reminds us it is a fine line. 

I think it's hypocritical to try to pretend this is a perfect world, civilized, ultra composed game because it is not.  But that's just one guy's opinion who's saw a coach punch another coach and that same coach happened to be so loved by his players that he was carried off the field in celebration when he wasn't a head coach.  It's an emotional game. we should see it sometimes and leave the robots on the Fox highlight show. 

If i ask you how many post-game conferences you clearly remember, the 3 you probably remember most are "They are who we thought they were!", "Playoffs!", and "You play to win the game."  Isn't that better than today's canned "we didn't do what we are capable of, we beat ourselves, next week is a new game" type of comments that nobody every remembers?
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This...

I agree that most of the celebrations are lame, but I will gladly suffer through 25 "feed me/twerks/etc." to have another Sharpie Incident.

It is ridiculous to expect the player... on the field.... surrounded  by thousands of screaming fans.... with teammates jumping around and celebrating.... to just be "meh" about it.

There are people 100s (and sometimes thousands) of miles away in a living room throwing stuff around their living rooms because of that TD/first down/sack.  And you expect this "kid" to be above the moment?

 
pandora said:
I wish that these celebrations that they do were not dead ball fouls and they make it part of the play.  Oops, 15-yard penalty, no TD.

That would stop this childish ####.
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The biggest problem with this is that the enforcement is never consistent.  You swing a big play in the game over something that was allowed in a different game being played at the same time. 

 
I voted an 8 because celebrating a big play is part of the emotion involved in these games.  As many have mentioned, celebrating a routine play in the 1st quarter of game 2 of the season isn't necessary and generally makes the guy look like a buffoon.   Mimicking violent actions or overtly sexual actions go too far and shouldn't be used but being creative (especially involving the team - Washington Fun Bunch comes to mind) should be encouraged. 

 
When offensive lineman score they should be allowed to do the Ickey Shuffle.

When Melvin Gordon scores on a 1 yard run, the should line up for the extra point.

 
UPDATE?

how many of you quit football after the NFL stopped penalizing celebrations? how many of you kicked holes in your televisions after the Vikings played Duck, Duck, Grey Duck Goose after a td?

how many of you spiked your kids favorite toy in anger after Gregggggg Olso/en spiked a football in the end zone?

how many of you voted Republican after you saw Antonio Brown pop & lock against the Ravens?

 
mr. furley said:
UPDATE?

how many of you quit football after the NFL stopped penalizing celebrations? how many of you kicked holes in your televisions after the Vikings played Duck, Duck, Grey Duck Goose after a td?

how many of you spiked your kids favorite toy in anger after Gregggggg Olso/en spiked a football in the end zone?

how many of you voted Republican after you saw Antonio Brown pop & lock against the Ravens?
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I just handed my TV to the ref, like I’d been there before.

 
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