The No-Fun League strikes again (1 Viewer)

[Luke Skywalker]

http://www.uni-watch.com/2011/12/27/new-orleans-saints-celebrate-xmas-by-wearing-red-and-green-spatting-tape/



Someone at the NFL must have blown a gasket over this (or else just pointed out that yesterday was the 26th, not the 25th), because the Christmas-themed tape had disappeared when the players came out for the second half. That supposition was confirmed by Andrew Lopez, who was covering the game for the New Orleans Times-Picayune and sent me the following note at about 2am:

Talked to Henderson after the game and he told me that someone called down and told the players that if they didn’t remove the tape at halftime, none of them would be allowed to retake the field. Thus, none of the players had any red or green on to start the second half.

 

[cr8f]

That and the penalty for the ribbon on the football was really dumb. Not as dumb as threatening Peyton Manning over wearing black hi-tops to honor Unitas but dumb nonetheless.

 

[FavreCo]

I would bet that if you asked the NFL why, the real answer would be 'if we allow that, we have to allow everything or we are being selective'. It's just easier to say no to everything rather than police every game and say 'Player A, that is allowed but Player B, that is not'. If they didn't implement this policy, Chad Johnson would have come out as dressed like bozo the clown a few years back with some sort of stupid exhaust pipes in back of his shoes.

 

[Two Deep]

Put a ribbon on a ball and give it to a fan after a TD......15 yards. Jump into the stands

(The "Lambeau Leap") no problem. Pure "Bull ####e"

 

[Sea Duck]

And yet they allowed the game to be stopped for 5 minutes while Brees celebrated his record.

 

[Shane Falco]

Guess if it had been pink it would have been OK

 

[mightyeskimo]

And yet it was ok to stop the game, do a bunch of pictures and some interviews after Brees sets the record. Yeah that makes sense.......NOT! It's time the nfl stops being so politically correct.

 

[AmosMoses]

The players could start their own league.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Put a ribbon on a ball and give it to a fan after a TD......15 yards. Jump into the stands (The "Lambeau Leap") no problem. Pure "Bull ####e"

The Lambeau Leap is basically "grandfathered" because it existed before the NFL powers-that-be decided to crack down on all forms of individual expression. If it were invented today, it would would be outlawed. Heck, so would spiking the ball after a TD.

 

[mightyeskimo]

The players could start their own league.

Please excuse me but that's just about the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. So the PU is just gonna sever ties with the NFL, finance a new league, go through the political process to approve and build new venues, make new broadcast deals, continue to take care of ex players, etc....While your idea may be possible in theory (and I mean that in the loosest possible context) it is so remote to be all but unthinkable.

 

[AmosMoses]

The players could start their own league.

Please excuse me but that's just about the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. So the PU is just gonna sever ties with the NFL, finance a new league, go through the political process to approve and build new venues, make new broadcast deals, continue to take care of ex players, etc....While your idea may be possible in theory (and I mean that in the loosest possible context) it is so remote to be all but unthinkable.

Then don't think it.

 

[Luke Skywalker]

So wearing pink for breast cancer is great, but wearing red and green for freakin' Christmas is not? Guess the people in charge of Christmas aren't giving the NFL enough of a kickback.

The thing that I find funny about it is that supposedly the players were told that "they would not be allowed to retake the field."

I can understand the fine or whatever, there's plenty of precedent for it. But not allowing them to take the field? What is Goodell going to do if they refuse, send goons out there to break their legs?

 

[Hipple Long Ware & Peete]

That and the penalty for the ribbon on the football was really dumb. Not as dumb as threatening Peyton Manning over wearing black hi-tops to honor Unitas but dumb nonetheless.

nothing dumb about the christmas bow penalty. It's a prop and props are illegal. Telling people what color their ankle tape can be is pretty dumb..

 

[Hipple Long Ware & Peete]

Put a ribbon on a ball and give it to a fan after a TD......15 yards. Jump into the stands (The "Lambeau Leap") no problem. Pure "Bull ####e"

TO killed the 'prop' celebrations for everyone.

 

[Hipple Long Ware & Peete]

So wearing pink for breast cancer is great, but wearing red and green for freakin' Christmas is not? Guess the people in charge of Christmas aren't giving the NFL enough of a kickback.The thing that I find funny about it is that supposedly the players were told that "they would not be allowed to retake the field."I can understand the fine or whatever, there's plenty of precedent for it. But not allowing them to take the field? What is Goodell going to do if they refuse, send goons out there to break their legs?

yeah that's ####### stupid. shoulda just fined them,like Earl Bennett.

 

[sho nuff]

Put a ribbon on a ball and give it to a fan after a TD......15 yards. Jump into the stands (The "Lambeau Leap") no problem. Pure "Bull ####e"

How is that bull?How long did it take him to pull that ribbon out and get it going?Should have been double flagged just for being incompetent. Rules are simple...no props.

 

[Sea Duck]

Put a ribbon on a ball and give it to a fan after a TD......15 yards. Jump into the stands

(The "Lambeau Leap") no problem. Pure "Bull ####e"

How is that bull?How long did it take him to pull that ribbon out and get it going?

Should have been double flagged just for being incompetent.

Rules are simple...no props.

The bleachers are props too.

 

[sho nuff]

Put a ribbon on a ball and give it to a fan after a TD......15 yards. Jump into the stands

(The "Lambeau Leap") no problem. Pure "Bull ####e"

How is that bull?How long did it take him to pull that ribbon out and get it going?

Should have been double flagged just for being incompetent.

Rules are simple...no props.

The bleachers are props too.

Umm...nice try, but no.

 

[delusional]

And yet it was ok to stop the game, do a bunch of pictures and some interviews after Brees sets the record. Yeah that makes sense.......NOT! It's time the nfl the majority of america stops being so politically correct.

 

[Kree]

Yeah, I don't think the ribbon would have drawn much ire from the refs if he pulled it out as soon as scoring and handing it off, doubt they would have noticed, be he seemed to struggle with getting the damn bit of tape off .

Took too long in the end.

 

[Two Deep]

Put a ribbon on a ball and give it to a fan after a TD......15 yards. Jump into the stands

(The "Lambeau Leap") no problem. Pure "Bull ####e"

How is that bull?How long did it take him to pull that ribbon out and get it going?

Should have been double flagged just for being incompetent.

Rules are simple...no props.

Yet they can jump into the stands with the possibility of injuring someone......old man, young kid, uncoordinated woman etc. In fact isn't it a penalty if they throw or kick a football into the stands?

 

[SWC]

Put a ribbon on a ball and give it to a fan after a TD......15 yards. Jump into the stands

(The "Lambeau Leap") no problem. Pure "Bull ####e"

How is that bull?How long did it take him to pull that ribbon out and get it going?

Should have been double flagged just for being incompetent.

Rules are simple...no props.

The bleachers are props too.

let me know when some dude hides bleeachers down his pants and then i will agree with you super all star tough guy take that to the bank

 

[sho nuff]

Put a ribbon on a ball and give it to a fan after a TD......15 yards. Jump into the stands

(The "Lambeau Leap") no problem. Pure "Bull ####e"

How is that bull?How long did it take him to pull that ribbon out and get it going?

Should have been double flagged just for being incompetent.

Rules are simple...no props.

Yet they can jump into the stands with the possibility of injuring someone......old man, young kid, uncoordinated woman etc. In fact isn't it a penalty if they throw or kick a football into the stands?

No penalty for throwing it into the stands.And please stop with the new injury line.

That would be up to the Packers to put an end to it if they felt the increased liability.

But yeah, looks like all of those fans are afraid of being hurt as they all waive the player over.

 

[Two Deep]

Put a ribbon on a ball and give it to a fan after a TD......15 yards. Jump into the stands

(The "Lambeau Leap") no problem. Pure "Bull ####e"

How is that bull?How long did it take him to pull that ribbon out and get it going?

Should have been double flagged just for being incompetent.

Rules are simple...no props.

Yet they can jump into the stands with the possibility of injuring someone......old man, young kid, uncoordinated woman etc. In fact isn't it a penalty if they throw or kick a football into the stands?

No penalty for throwing it into the stands.And please stop with the new injury line.

That would be up to the Packers to put an end to it if they felt the increased liability.

But yeah, looks like all of those fans are afraid of being hurt as they all waive the player over.

I'm pretty sure it is a penalty if a player rifles a football into the upper deck. Correction: it looks like a fine is levied not a penalty

 

[sho nuff]

I'm pretty sure it is a penalty if a player rifles a football into the upper deck. Correction: it looks like a fine is levied not a penalty

I remember Nelson (I think it was him...maybe Jones) whipping up one in Atlanta with no flag.Only remember it as Rodgers later talked that he was pissed because it was his 100th TD pass and he wanted that ball back.

 

[Two Deep]

NFL footballTaunting and celebration are both offenses in the NFL; as a result, gaudy displays are often frowned upon. If the league views the act as highly offensive, large fines and even suspensions can be issued. In 2006 the NFL, in an effort to cut down on celebrations, amended its rules to include an automatic 15 yard penalty against any player who leaves his feet or uses a prop, like a towel, or more specifically the football.[2] The penalty is called as "excessive celebration", and the yardage is charged against the offending player's team when that team kicks off to the opposing team.

Simply spiking the ball is not considered "excessive celebration", but deliberately spiking it in front of a defender is. Jumping onto the outer wall to accept contact from fans, such as the Lambeau Leap, is also not considered such, as it is off the field of play.

This is from wikipedia so I don't know how reliable it is. If true, seems like this opens up new opprotunities to the players for celebration

 

[Sea Duck]

Put a ribbon on a ball and give it to a fan after a TD......15 yards. Jump into the stands

(The "Lambeau Leap") no problem. Pure "Bull ####e"

How is that bull?How long did it take him to pull that ribbon out and get it going?

Should have been double flagged just for being incompetent.

Rules are simple...no props.

The bleachers are props too.

let me know when some dude hides bleeachers down his pants and then i will agree with you super all star tough guy take that to the bank

Props are illegal whether they are hidden or not, so your analogy has no merit.

 

[belljr]

Put a ribbon on a ball and give it to a fan after a TD......15 yards. Jump into the stands

(The "Lambeau Leap") no problem. Pure "Bull ####e"

How is that bull?How long did it take him to pull that ribbon out and get it going?

Should have been double flagged just for being incompetent.

Rules are simple...no props.

Yet they can jump into the stands with the possibility of injuring someone......old man, young kid, uncoordinated woman etc. In fact isn't it a penalty if they throw or kick a football into the stands?

No penalty for throwing it into the stands.And please stop with the new injury line.

That would be up to the Packers to put an end to it if they felt the increased liability.

But yeah, looks like all of those fans are afraid of being hurt as they all waive the player over.

I'm pretty sure it is a penalty if a player rifles a football into the upper deck. Correction: it looks like a fine is levied not a penalty

Always has been, that's not a new no celebration fine.

 

[SWC]

NFL footballTaunting and celebration are both offenses in the NFL; as a result, gaudy displays are often frowned upon. If the league views the act as highly offensive, large fines and even suspensions can be issued. In 2006 the NFL, in an effort to cut down on celebrations, amended its rules to include an automatic 15 yard penalty against any player who leaves his feet or uses a prop, like a towel, or more specifically the football.[2] The penalty is called as "excessive celebration", and the yardage is charged against the offending player's team when that team kicks off to the opposing team.

Simply spiking the ball is not considered "excessive celebration", but deliberately spiking it in front of a defender is. Jumping onto the outer wall to accept contact from fans, such as the Lambeau Leap, is also not considered such, as it is off the field of play.

This is from wikipedia so I don't know how reliable it is. If true, seems like this opens up new opprotunities to the players for celebration

it would be awesome if there was a teeter-totter right on the wall with a small dude on the stands side dressed up in something silly like possibly as a little burrito or something with the teams logo on it and then when a lineman like bj raji scored a td he could jump on the field side of the teeter totter and launch the burrito guy into the air and they call it the lambeau burrito launch leap

 

[SWC]

Put a ribbon on a ball and give it to a fan after a TD......15 yards. Jump into the stands

(The "Lambeau Leap") no problem. Pure "Bull ####e"

How is that bull?How long did it take him to pull that ribbon out and get it going?

Should have been double flagged just for being incompetent.

Rules are simple...no props.

The bleachers are props too.

let me know when some dude hides bleeachers down his pants and then i will agree with you super all star tough guy take that to the bank

Props are illegal whether they are hidden or not, so your analogy has no merit.

a prop is2.A portable object other than furniture or costumes used on the set of a play or movie.

so let me know when the seats at lambeau are portable or a chair is somehow not considered a furniture so just stop because im pretty dumb by most accounts and if i think you are obviously wrong then its probably pretty bad but dont worry at the end of day you are probably living it right to have a good holiday season and i hope that you got a nice bonus and can take it to the bank both literally and figuratively

 

[GregR]

NFL footballTaunting and celebration are both offenses in the NFL; as a result, gaudy displays are often frowned upon. If the league views the act as highly offensive, large fines and even suspensions can be issued. In 2006 the NFL, in an effort to cut down on celebrations, amended its rules to include an automatic 15 yard penalty against any player who leaves his feet or uses a prop, like a towel, or more specifically the football.[2] The penalty is called as "excessive celebration", and the yardage is charged against the offending player's team when that team kicks off to the opposing team.

Simply spiking the ball is not considered "excessive celebration", but deliberately spiking it in front of a defender is. Jumping onto the outer wall to accept contact from fans, such as the Lambeau Leap, is also not considered such, as it is off the field of play.

This is from wikipedia so I don't know how reliable it is. If true, seems like this opens up new opprotunities to the players for celebration

Here is the rule on it:

TAUNTING

© The use of baiting or taunting acts or words that engender ill will between teams.

(d) Individual players involved in prolonged or excessive celebrations. Players are prohibited from engaging in any celebrations while on the ground. A celebration shall be deemed excessive or prolonged if a player continues to celebrate after a warning from an official.

(e) Two-or-more players engage in prolonged, excessive, premeditated, or choreographed celebrations.

(f) Possession or use of foreign or extraneous object(s) that are not part of the uniform during the game on the field or the sideline, or using the ball as a prop.

Note 5: Violations of (d) will be penalized if they occur anywhere on the field other than the bench area.

Note 6: If any foreign object(s) are deemed a safety hazard by the game officials, in addition to a yardage penalty, the player will be subject to ejection from the game, whether he uses the object or not.

 

[Two Deep]

NFL footballTaunting and celebration are both offenses in the NFL; as a result, gaudy displays are often frowned upon. If the league views the act as highly offensive, large fines and even suspensions can be issued. In 2006 the NFL, in an effort to cut down on celebrations, amended its rules to include an automatic 15 yard penalty against any player who leaves his feet or uses a prop, like a towel, or more specifically the football.[2] The penalty is called as "excessive celebration", and the yardage is charged against the offending player's team when that team kicks off to the opposing team.

Simply spiking the ball is not considered "excessive celebration", but deliberately spiking it in front of a defender is. Jumping onto the outer wall to accept contact from fans, such as the Lambeau Leap, is also not considered such, as it is off the field of play.

This is from wikipedia so I don't know how reliable it is. If true, seems like this opens up new opprotunities to the players for celebration

it would be awesome if there was a teeter-totter right on the wall with a small dude on the stands side dressed up in something silly like possibly as a little burrito or something with the teams logo on it and then when a lineman like bj raji scored a td he could jump on the field side of the teeter totter and launch the burrito guy into the air and they call it the lambeau burrito launch leap

I was thinking more along the lines of climbing into the stands finding an empty seat; sitting down and ordering a hotdog and a beer to celebrate a TD.

 

[by_the_sea_wannabe]

damn i wish the players would have refused to retake the field.

 

[SWC]

damn i wish the players would have refused to retake the field.

and then the marching band could have refused to yield

 

[SWC]

NFL footballTaunting and celebration are both offenses in the NFL; as a result, gaudy displays are often frowned upon. If the league views the act as highly offensive, large fines and even suspensions can be issued. In 2006 the NFL, in an effort to cut down on celebrations, amended its rules to include an automatic 15 yard penalty against any player who leaves his feet or uses a prop, like a towel, or more specifically the football.[2] The penalty is called as "excessive celebration", and the yardage is charged against the offending player's team when that team kicks off to the opposing team.

Simply spiking the ball is not considered "excessive celebration", but deliberately spiking it in front of a defender is. Jumping onto the outer wall to accept contact from fans, such as the Lambeau Leap, is also not considered such, as it is off the field of play.

This is from wikipedia so I don't know how reliable it is. If true, seems like this opens up new opprotunities to the players for celebration

it would be awesome if there was a teeter-totter right on the wall with a small dude on the stands side dressed up in something silly like possibly as a little burrito or something with the teams logo on it and then when a lineman like bj raji scored a td he could jump on the field side of the teeter totter and launch the burrito guy into the air and they call it the lambeau burrito launch leap

I was thinking more along the lines of climbing into the stands finding an empty seat; sitting down and ordering a hotdog and a beer to celebrate a TD.

no one is even dressed like food in your example so i would not support it take it to the bank brohan

 

[DoubleG]

damn i wish the players would have refused to retake the field.

and then the marching band could have refused to yield

the day that Christmas died.

 

[belljr]

damn i wish the players would have refused to retake the field.

Or came out with red a green tape up to their knees and elbows...