No Emotion Football Penalties

[Phoenix-Talon]

Still looking for a link about a ruling for penalties if a player spikes the ball or shows any outbreak of emotions upon scoring a touchdown or any other big play.

I personally heard Joe Gibbs, Commanders Coach speak on TV about about how he felt about penalties resulting from emotions and how he felt that this would remove all true emotion away from the game.

Anyone else heard about this initiative?

 

[WoodysGirl]

Per John Claytong

1. In a 26-5-1 vote, owners adopted a rule change to penalize a player if he spikes the ball after a non-scoring play has ended. "You have a player celebrating a 3-yard slant play and spiking the ball on this great achievement," McKay said sarcastically. The league felt it took too much time for the officials to chase down the ball. Plus there was the question of bad sportsmanship. In case you are wondering, the Raiders were the team that didn't vote.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=clayton_john&id=2816090

 

[5Stars]

Per John Claytong

1. In a 26-5-1 vote, owners adopted a rule change to penalize a player if he spikes the ball after a non-scoring play has ended. "You have a player celebrating a 3-yard slant play and spiking the ball on this great achievement," McKay said sarcastically. The league felt it took too much time for the officials to chase down the ball. Plus there was the question of bad sportsmanship. In case you are wondering, the Raiders were the team that didn't vote.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=clayton_john&id=2816090

This is actually an alright rule...however, I also thought it included spiking the ball in the end zone after a score...

Apparently not....

 

[THUMPER]

Per John Claytong

1. In a 26-5-1 vote, owners adopted a rule change to penalize a player if he spikes the ball after a non-scoring play has ended. "You have a player celebrating a 3-yard slant play and spiking the ball on this great achievement," McKay said sarcastically. The league felt it took too much time for the officials to chase down the ball. Plus there was the question of bad sportsmanship. In case you are wondering, the Raiders were the team that didn't vote.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=clayton_john&id=2816090

It mainly has to do with the play this season where the guy spiked the ball when he wasn't actually down by contact. The opposing players thought they had recovered a fumble but the ruling on the field was that since he spiked it forward, it was an illegal forward pass resulting in a 5-yard penalty.

It has nothing to do with emotion and everything to do with not being stupid. If stupid players stop doing stupid things then it won't be an issue.

 

[Big Dakota]

Oh i think it has a LOT to do with the "in your face" attitude most of these guys have. They can't seem to do anything without taunting and trash talking.

 

[5Stars]

It mainly has to do with the play this season where the guy spiked the ball when he wasn't actually down by contact. The opposing players thought they had recovered a fumble but the ruling on the field was that since he spiked it forward, it was an illegal forward pass resulting in a 5-yard penalty.

It has nothing to do with emotion and everything to do with not being stupid. If stupid players stop doing stupid things then it won't be an issue.

Good post...


:starspin

 

[Phoenix-Talon]

Per John Claytong

1. In a 26-5-1 vote, owners adopted a rule change to penalize a player if he spikes the ball after a non-scoring play has ended. "You have a player celebrating a 3-yard slant play and spiking the ball on this great achievement," McKay said sarcastically. The league felt it took too much time for the officials to chase down the ball. Plus there was the question of bad sportsmanship. In case you are wondering, the Raiders were the team that didn't vote.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=clayton_john&id=2816090

Thanks WG!

 

[Phoenix-Talon]

Per John Claytong

1. In a 26-5-1 vote, owners adopted a rule change to penalize a player if he spikes the ball after a non-scoring play has ended. "You have a player celebrating a 3-yard slant play and spiking the ball on this great achievement," McKay said sarcastically. The league felt it took too much time for the officials to chase down the ball. Plus there was the question of bad sportsmanship. In case you are wondering, the Raiders were the team that didn't vote.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=clayton_john&id=2816090

Appreciate the link WG!

 

[silverbear]

Oh i think it has a LOT to do with the "in your face" attitude most of these guys have. They can't seem to do anything without taunting and trash talking.

It's been that way for a long, long time now, and I never have understood it... when I was playing basketball, I went up against the trash talkers right often... my response was always to shut up, and play twice as hard, just abuse the motormouth...

I always figured if you're REALLY good, you won't HAVE to blow your own horn... to me, the sweetest moment in competition was when I was running back down the court after having scored, and I heard somebody on the other team holler "who's GUARDING that little (expletive deleted)??"

Those were the moments I lived for...

Yes sir, if you're baaaaad, if you're really, really baaaaad, then the other guys will let you know about it... doesn't take any skill to tell the world how great you are, but it surely does take game to get them to tell you how great you are...

And as far as I'm concerned, the ultimate in "cool" is acting like it's no big deal after you score a TD... just toss the ball to the ref, and run off the field, as if to say "ho hum, another TD"... naturally, that means no celebrating after catching a 3 yard slant, LOL...

Tony Dorsett was pretty cool that way... Darrell Royal had it right when he grabbed one of his hotdogging players after a score, and told him "son, the next time you score, I want you to act like you EXPECTED to"...