TD celebration with or Against

[DallasDomination]

Personally I think stoping TD celebrations is a COMPLETE JOKE!. If you dont like opposing teams celebrating then STOP them, it's called DEFENSE!.

I'm all for letting players celebrate, if you dont like it close your eyes and continue being a wuss.

 

[littlewebs]

No one I've talked to is against it. There's only like 7 people in the world that don't like it, but all of them make the decisions for the NFL. Sucks...

 

[Juke99]

No one I've talked to is against it. There's only like 7 people in the world that don't like it, but all of them make the decisions for the NFL. Sucks...

8.

I don't mind a celebration...in fact, an impromptu one is great.

This garbage of preplanned crap that Owens, Chad Johnson, Steve Smith is not only not funny...but in two words, it's bush league.

 

[DallasDomination]

8.

I don't mind a celebration...in fact, an impromptu one is great.

This garbage of preplanned crap that Owens, Chad Johnson, Steve Smith is not only not funny...but in two words, it's bush league.

Are you telling me you wouldnt love to see OWens run to The star extend his arms and look to the sky?


Lier

 

[MSalz87]

8.

I don't mind a celebration...in fact, an impromptu one is great.

This garbage of preplanned crap that Owens, Chad Johnson, Steve Smith is not only not funny...but in two words, it's bush league.

Definatly. Celebrations like a spike, maybe a little dance or something simple is alright. A player running to the pylon to pretend he is golfing is somewhat degrading to the league. And yes, by that I mean I think it makes the NFL look bad compared to other sports that keep their players professional, not bush league like you said.

 

[tyke1doe]

As with many things in life, there has to be a balance.

Joe Horn's cell phone celebration was out of bounds, IMO.

I did like TO's pom-pon celebration.

I think what concerns the NFL is the pre-planned celebrations. And being proactive, the league wants to cut that out before something more egregious occurs.

I can understand the thinking behind the policy.

 

[littlewebs]

I think most of them are entertaining. Maybe they could just put a time limit on it.

 

[bbgun]

For. Good sportsmanship doesn't just apply to Little League.

 

[Jay]

I think what Deion Sanders did back in the day is far worse than what's going on today. He use to hold the ball backwards and run for 20+ yards, almost playing with the opponent.

With that said, I am in favor of keeping it the way it is. What're you gonna do? Start penalizing people? Big f'in deal, they do a little irish jig, they drop the football and pretend to pump it back to life--how is this any different than the Lambeau leap, or throwing it through the uprights? It's not as if these guys rehearsed it for hours upon hours.

I think people are really taking this to an absolute extreme. People say "act like you've been there"--If I were in the NFL, and someone said that to me, I'd tell them to go **** themselves. After all the hard work these athletes put into getting into the condition that they're in, and the hours upon hours of work they've put into their bodies and their teams, let the freakin' guy celebrate if he wants to.

 

[Bledsoe4MVP]

Quite frankly I think it's a big conspiracy and the league is using preventive measures to stop the inevitable amount of TO endzone celebrations in 2006.

 

[cleverusername]

8.

I don't mind a celebration...in fact, an impromptu one is great.

This garbage of preplanned crap that Owens, Chad Johnson, Steve Smith is not only not funny...but in two words, it's bush league.

9

 

[justbob]

For. Good sportsmanship doesn't just apply to Little League.

Unfortunatley it has reach a point where it doesn't even apply to little league.
Much of it because of the 1. parents and 2 the behavior of the pro player.
What started as a spike in the endzone has become a full fledged production
if someone makes a first down or a tackle. What happen to a professional
additude. Act like you been there or done that before. I still applaud the
player who goes out and does his job without thinking he has to showboat and draw attention to himself

 

[Jay]

What the hell is the difference between it being planned or it being random? I'm so confused..

 

[bbgun]

If Steve Smith can pretend to diaper a baby, then Ware should be able to do a little dance over a sacked QB. Fair is fair.

 

[Jay]

A sacked QB, yes, but I think some people are just idiots. You see throughout the year, for example, a defensive team celebrating after a team gains 3 yards but it's a first down. There's no reason to celebrate..

With no celebrating, where's the cut off? no way of showing emotion, can't get up and point first down, can't jump up and down, can't congratulate your teammates? I mean.. I would HOPE that they don't get rid of ALL of celebrating--such as when Julius may break for a huge TD run and then he's greeted by his offensive lineman who hoist him up in the air.

If you take out ALL celebrating in the game, you're taking out the emotion.

 

[littlewebs]

Other than delaying the game for a few seconds, I guess I just don't see anything negative about the celebrations. It makes people laugh, and the defense never seems to get upset. If anyone is to be offended, shouldn't they?

In baseball, a celebration after a home run in the 2nd inning will result in a first pitch fastball in the ear on that players 4th inning at bat. This is just how it works in baseball. The opposing players have a problem with it, so it doesn't happen. I can see why these guys are upset that a bunch of billionaires, many of which didn't ever play football, are making up these rules. I mean, the defense they just scored on shows absolutely no signs of being offended.

 

[MSalz87]

I mean, the defense they just scored on shows absolutely no signs of being offended.

T.O. didnt offend the Cowboys defense? The Fun Bunch wasnt broken up by the Dallas Defense?

Players do get offended and for the most part stay quiet. Currently, to use the skins as an example, Santana Moss doesnt do much in terms of celebration in the end zone. Other than the occasional leap into the stands, and strange jiggle he does whenever he scores a 1st down, he tries to keep it professional on the field. Clinton Portis however annoys me sometimes with celebrations like a Cartwheel, a weird dance, or pretending to be bringing a football back to life as he did last season. I would like to see the behavior of Moss and players like him to be the league standard rather than players like Portis, T.O. Chad Johnson, Joe Horn, etc.

Look at the NBA, everyone freaked out about the dress code thing but do they look more professional? Do they look more respectable?

I think so.

 

[Concord]

Spontaneous celebrations are fine...Pre planned stuff I could do without.

But the problem I have is a Game could potentially be affected by the penalty for these celebrations and I don't think they are that bad to affect a game.

What they should do is fine these guys BIG TIME...I'm talking 100,000 maybe 200,000 for doing these celebrations and they would stop.

 

[Jay]

Hold up now.. there's a difference between TO's celebration in the middle of the star, and the other celebrations we're talking about. They aren't bashing any team..

Inform me, please--does it hurt the defense's feelings that Chad Johnson, upon scoring a TD, does a little irish jig? Or that Steve Smith pretends to have a sword fight with the ball?

If so, I thought these were men, and not little babies.





"Look at the NBA, everyone freaked out about the dress code thing but do they look more professional? Do they look more respectable?

I think so."

Apples and oranges! You're nuts, how is this even a basis for your argument? LOL

There is NO comparison between the two. If someone didn't follow the dress code, would they award the other team free throws? This has a chance to AFFECT THE GAME.

 

[Juke99]

I think what Deion Sanders did back in the day is far worse than what's going on today. He use to hold the ball backwards and run for 20+ yards, almost playing with the opponent.

With that said, I am in favor of keeping it the way it is. What're you gonna do? Start penalizing people? Big f'in deal, they do a little irish jig, they drop the football and pretend to pump it back to life--how is this any different than the Lambeau leap, or throwing it through the uprights? It's not as if these guys rehearsed it for hours upon hours.

I think people are really taking this to an absolute extreme. People say "act like you've been there"--If I were in the NFL, and someone said that to me, I'd tell them to go **** themselves. After all the hard work these athletes put into getting into the condition that they're in, and the hours upon hours of work they've put into their bodies and their teams, let the freakin' guy celebrate if he wants to.

No one wants to stop them from celebrating...in fact, maybe if one of them came up with something even remotely entertaining, I'd like that too...but let's face it, what God gaveth with one hand....

These guys don't have the creativity of a toaster oven.