DoctorChicken
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I don't know if this should go here or the NFL zone.
Nobody was asking for the NFL to start penalizing taunting even heavier than they already do. These are grown men out there, playing a violent sport, breaking legs and liquifying each others brains, giving each other early onset alzheimers, but taunting is now a big no-no?
I understand if a guy is in another guy's face and a fight is potentially at risk, but a Houston was penalized for taunting yesterday for spinning a ball after a TD. Seriously? That's been an NFL TD celebration for decades.
Rodger Sherman from The Ringer had this to say -
"Who asked for this? The answer is Giants owner John Mara, a member of the NFL’s competition committee who said in August that he’s “sick and tired” of taunting and that “nobody wants to see a player taunting another player.” I can confirm this is not true. I want to see players taunt other players. I want to watch a channel called NFL TauntZone with no football—just defensive backs letting receivers know they’re trash and defensive linemen doing provocative sack dances."
Nobody was asking for the NFL to start penalizing taunting even heavier than they already do. These are grown men out there, playing a violent sport, breaking legs and liquifying each others brains, giving each other early onset alzheimers, but taunting is now a big no-no?
I understand if a guy is in another guy's face and a fight is potentially at risk, but a Houston was penalized for taunting yesterday for spinning a ball after a TD. Seriously? That's been an NFL TD celebration for decades.
Rodger Sherman from The Ringer had this to say -
"Who asked for this? The answer is Giants owner John Mara, a member of the NFL’s competition committee who said in August that he’s “sick and tired” of taunting and that “nobody wants to see a player taunting another player.” I can confirm this is not true. I want to see players taunt other players. I want to watch a channel called NFL TauntZone with no football—just defensive backs letting receivers know they’re trash and defensive linemen doing provocative sack dances."