Oh my God. Also, boobies.

Proof that mods and subby don't watch football.

Damn, I'm strongly opposed to those kinds of celebration (you know, before you've actually scored), but that's a dumb rule.

Elian Mindprobe: Oh my God. Also, boobies.

Fail

I can't summon the outrage over this. It's not hard to hold off your celebration until after you've reached the end zone.

15 yard penalty to subby for adding to the overuse of the word epic in adult conversations.

Happy Hours: This type of penalty is one of the reasons I don't watch football. What bullshiat.

I have no problem with penalties for taunting. The shiat is classless and has no place in the game. Wait until you get into the end zone and celebrate with your teammates. Good rule and a good application of it by the ref.

Larry Mahnken: Damn, I'm strongly opposed to those kinds of celebration (you know, before you've actually scored), but that's a dumb rule.

"strongly opposed" Really??

Wow, after all the whining I heard from people about the 'pussification' of the NFL and NHL, I'm surprised there wasn't a boycott over this.

I could see a flag if he'd done a cartwheel/flip or that thing where you hold the ball out in front of you and slow-step into the end zone. But this was a sub-one-second instance of throwing your arms out in excitement over scoring the only TD you'll ever (ever!) score.

I don't even want to think of the clusterfark that would result from the "The band is on the field!" play....

ThisNameSux: Proof that mods and subby don't watch football.

Also proof that some people don't RTFA. Or, in this case, watch the video.

As they pointed out in the video, it's a rule the coaches wanted.

Barry Sanders did it best, acting like you've been in the end zone before. Then again, it's one thing to congratulate or be congratulated once the job is done, but when you're doing shiat like that, it should be called.

Hope they bring it to the pros too.

ThisNameSux: Proof that mods and subby don't watch football.

Me either. Glad it was green lit.

Another thought:

We all remember Leon Lett*, and how he was chased down at the ~5-yard line, which turned a sure TD into a TB, because he was showboating. This rule prevents NCAA crowds from enjoying that kind of schadenfreude**, which is unfair to those who spent their hard earned dollars on tickets, facepaint, and tailgate booze.

/Think of the fans!
//* Still amazes me that he was the butt of two (2!) of the most famous blunders in NFL history...
///** Sure, having the TD called back is nice, but it's not the same

kronicfeld: LessO2: Barry Sanders did it best, acting like you've been in the end zone before.

Marvin Harrison and Art Monk, too.

He's a punter from Australia. I'm guessing he hasn't been in the endzone before.

First off: At first, I didn't even see him do it. It was THAT brief.

Secondly: This doesn't even hurt anyone's feelings. If anyone really felt bad from that "taunting", I question how they'll handle just about every other thing on the field. Do they really think no really bad exchanges of words go on on the line, during recoveries in the pile and so on? It's not even "Players of old wouldn't care about this" it's "Players from two years ago wouldn't give a shiat". And it's not even in a way that affects injuries or anything. If anything, it just opens him up to possibly get knocked up.

And finally...it is the PUNTER. The PUNTER. This guy, if he is LUCKY(And goes to the NFL), will score...what, one more TD in his career? Two? Let him have his five seconds of celebration for probably the biggest play of his collegiate career.

I don't see the excessive part. I'm surprised they even keep score any more. Someone might get their feelings hurt.

I'm not one for taunting but taking points off the board for it is beyond stupid. Flag 'em for 15 at the kickoff and/or even toss the player from the game but don't take points off the board that the team rightly earned.

Thankfully most of the NFL officials dont need to be part of the game like small dick wannabe's like this moran.

Happy Hours: I don't even have a dog in this fight.

What does Michael Vick have to do with this?

Happy Hours: I didn't even see taunting in that video



Come at me bro

Taunting slows you down. Let them taunt all they want, it's pretty funny if they make it in, and it pretty funny if a defender happens to catch up and smash the guy's skull into the turf.

It's a farking game played for fun. Let the players celebrate however they want.

Wait, there are people in this thread that actually like this rule?

I thought I had seen it all on Fark, but then this thread happens.

Brubold: I'm not one for taunting but taking points off the board for it is beyond stupid. Flag 'em for 15 at the kickoff and/or even toss the player from the game but don't take points off the board that the team rightly earned.

Tossing the player is still more excessive then I would like, but I do agree that taking points off the board is completely asinine.

This rule would've ruined Deion Sanders' entire career.

The camera angle was nice.

Good. I hate showboats.

Obscure Login: Wait, there are people in this thread that actually like this rule?

I thought I had seen it all on Fark, but then this thread happens.

Brubold: I'm not one for taunting but taking points off the board for it is beyond stupid. Flag 'em for 15 at the kickoff and/or even toss the player from the game but don't take points off the board that the team rightly earned.

Tossing the player is still more excessive then I would like, but I do agree that taking points off the board is completely asinine.

This rule has been on the books for a couple years now, with this season as the designated start for enforcement.

Players have known about it. Coaches have known about it.

Time for the me-first players to start realizing that their team is bigger than their stat sheets.

/amidoinitrite?

qsblues: This rule would've ruined Deion Sanders' entire career.

Which one?

In "the 1992 season, he hit .304 for the team (Atlanta Braves), stole 26 bases, and led the NL with 14 triples in 97 games. During the 1989 season, he hit a major league home run and scored a touchdown in the NFL in the same week, the only player to ever do so. Sanders is also the only man to play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series."

Then there is the TV money...

Anybody that approves of this is an ASSHOLE

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Get over yourselves. It's a game. Men are going to talk shiat to the losers.

Brubold: I'm not one for taunting but taking points off the board for it is beyond stupid. Flag 'em for 15 at the kickoff and/or even toss the player from the game but don't take points off the board that the team rightly earned.

This. Penalize the crap out of them if you want, but it's not something that they should lose their points for. It's not like taunting them somehow gave him an unfair advantage on the play, which is why points are taken back for holding, illegal blocks, etc. He broke a rule, but he still rightly earned his points and they should let him have them.

Not that it ended up mattering in that game.

Pockafrusta: qsblues: This rule would've ruined Deion Sanders' entire career.

Which one?

In "the 1992 season, he hit .304 for the team (Atlanta Braves), stole 26 bases, and led the NL with 14 triples in 97 games. During the 1989 season, he hit a major league home run and scored a touchdown in the NFL in the same week, the only player to ever do so. Sanders is also the only man to play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series."

Then there is the TV money...

Are you saying that Deion never celebrated a home run before he finished running the bases? Or that he didn't hype up a new segment of NFL Bobble Heads that hasn't even aired yet? Or that he didn't precede Ochocinco's "Hall of Fame" gag by 10 years?

Yeah, this rule would've ruined his entire career.

nunoyo: Brubold: I'm not one for taunting but taking points off the board for it is beyond stupid. Flag 'em for 15 at the kickoff and/or even toss the player from the game but don't take points off the board that the team rightly earned.

This. Penalize the crap out of them if you want, but it's not something that they should lose their points for. It's not like taunting them somehow gave him an unfair advantage on the play, which is why points are taken back for holding, illegal blocks, etc. He broke a rule, but he still rightly earned his points and they should let him have them.

Not that it ended up mattering in that game.

I agree with this too. The infraction occurred after the play and had no affect on it unlike a hold or a tripping would. Its an overtly punitive measure that cuts into the emotion of a game played by highly amped young men. Throw the flag, penalty enforced on the next play, team kicks off from their one yard line. I think that's a pretty strong deferent.

Larry Mahnken: Damn, I'm strongly opposed to those kinds of celebration (you know, before you've actually scored), but that's a dumb rule.

Yeah, I think the rule is aimed more towards WRs and RBs who have an arsenal of celebrations that they are just waiting to bust out for the next TD, not punters who's sole thought is 'look ma, I'm scoring a touchdown!'

Hell, if you really want to make the 15 yard matter, tack it to the end of the return.

Pratty: Hell, if you really want to make the 15 yard matter, tack it to the end of the return.

What if they run it for a td?

I can't possibly imagine how a guy breaking stride, turning toward opposing players and gesturing would possibly be considered taunting. If you wanna hate on the rule, fine, but if you don't think this qualifies as "taunting" you're being obtuse.

Obscure Login: but I do agree that taking points off the board is completely asinine.

They aren't. The score is the same as when the infraction occurs. Now if he actually scores then taunts it would be the 15 yards on kickoff that is requested above. I have no problem with a penalty for directing your celebration directly at members of the opposition. If he doesn't do that, or if he just waits 10 more yards, he still has a TD in his stat line. Selfish play does get penalized in football (well, usually).

He didn't get flagged for taunting, he got flagged for taunting the Gators.

Smeggy Smurf: Get over yourselves. It's a game. Men are going to talk shiat to the losers.

And then the real men are going to realize they have a teammate that cares more about self-aggrandizing than he does the team and have a blanket party waiting for him on the bench

You can't expect a kid who has never been there before to act like he's been there before.

/football and hockey- sports that used to be played by tough men.