New Rule for Celebrating

[Doomsday101]

Before the Philly game there was a long thread about saying what celebration they wanted TO to do. The first game in Jax people came on here wanting him to celebrate when we were down. He tossed th eball to the ref. Now that he does celebrate on a play that puts us up by a TD,people want to criticize him. I can see if you get on him for a dropped pass. Get on the others as well. My point is be consistent and criticize the others as well. Just my point.

I have unlike a lot of folks I don't watch football to see the lastest dance. I also think anything that hurts the team needs to stop. Dallas has enough problems they don't need to create more by doing stupid things, matter of fact this team needs to learn how to stop shooting themselfs in the foot not excuses for stupid actions.

 

[Stautner]

Why not? You're assuming the "Lambeau Leap" was some spontaneous reaction. Who's to say that one day a GB Packer was in the locker room, came up with the idea, and said "Hey, if we score a touchdown, let's all jump in the stands to celebrate with the fans?"

Can you read TO's mind?

And my point had to do with actually proving that something is pre-mediated or not, which refs can't do. It's impossible.

By your standard we can never convict someone of premeditated murder because despite all the evidence that the act was premeditated we still don't know "what's in the man's mind".

Baloney - common sense and lessons of history have to mean something and I suspect (at least hope) in your personal life you realize that.

Heck, even TO, Chad Johnson, Steve Smith and others have publically said the acts were pre-planned - how much more evidence do you need? Your argument isn't even supported by those who commit the acts.

Somewhere logic and common sense have to take place. It may be "possible" for a single incident like TO's to be spontaneous, but it IS NOT possible for multiple incidents like that to be spontaneous.

Besides, you are completely locked onto one issue. You are ignoring the "display of emotion" aspect. As I said before, and you chose to ignore, the NFL isn't trying to curb emotional responses, just the deliberate little one man plays. The Lambeau Leap is within the bounds of how men have always responded in emotional situations (high fives, back slapping, leaping in each others arms, acknowledging the crowd), but 100 years of football history tells us that pantomiming a putt on a golf course or pretending to row a boat or feigning sleep on the field are not emotional responses.

Only an idiot would suggest these are all acts born out of an emotional response and conceived on the spur of the moment.

 

[THUMPER]

Next year they should make the rule that touchdowns are taken away for excessive celebrating. See if coaches can control their players then.

Between that and the theatre productions that are put on for reviews, it's clear the NFL just plays the game but isnt serious about fixing the issue.

I'm so sick of seeing morons like TO making of themselves. Totally childish.

For reviews, they should just review and fix in the first 15 seconds, without all the theatrics. Fans in the stands hate the delay but it does create additional commercial time outs

I'd like to see a rule that whenever any player does some celebration that draws attention to themselves that the other players from both are REQUIRED to run over and pummel him mercilessly. If any player refrains from joining in he will be fined. The use of helmets as weapons will be encouraged.

In the case of the "Lambeau Leap" the security guards will be required to shoot the player anywhere below the waist.

That would eliminate in one season any and all self-agrandizing celebrations and we could get back to playing football as a TEAM sport.

It would also help to reduce ESPN to a primetime newscast instead of 24 continuous hours of dances, celebrations, and controversies.