Largent80 wrote:It was stupid for them to call a penalty. End zone celebrations are supposed to be allowed. How is that unsportsmanlike conduct?
Ridiculous.
idhawkman wrote:Regarding moving the object, that won't happen unless the salvation army stops paying the league for having it there.
RiverDog wrote:
Then if that's the case, they need to put a lit on it so players won't jump in it. You know, just like they used to advise us about leaving old refrigerators outside, to make them safe so little kids wouldn't jump in them playing hide-and-seek.
idhawkman wrote:LOL, so you are saying that Coleman is a kid who doesn't know better. Let's take a picture of him now and another one after he reaches puberty....
idhawkman wrote:LOL, so you are saying that Coleman is a kid who doesn't know better. Let's take a picture of him now and another one after he reaches puberty....
RiverDog wrote:Yea, pretty much.
But it is a joke if they have to have a special set of rules that regulate celebrations. I mean, just think of coaches trying to keep all their players abreast of all the minute details of the rule book. Can you blame them for overlooking the part on celebrations?
idhawkman wrote:Why on earth would that be the coaches responsibility? I'd rather the coaches hone the skills of the player. Remember, these are professionals. Who tells the doctor of new procedures? Who tells the attorney of new laws? They take it upon themselves to read books, go to conferences, consult with other professionals or whatever it takes to be "informed" on their profession. Pro athletes need to pick up the small rule book every year and read it sufficiently enough to understand the rules of their profession. If they can not read and comprehend what they are reading, then they need to hire someone to explain it to them and that is not the coaches responsibility. Coaches need to coach skills not conduct - especially for supposed professionals.
Sox-n-hawks wrote:How is it any more of a penalty than the Lambeau leap?
Largent80 wrote:Am I the only person that thinks the NFL has become a joke within itself?
Penalizing players for wearing the wrong socks etc?
Really????....why?... What is the purpose of this ridiculous stand?
What a friggin joke. Hey NFL, say goodbye because people are tuning out.
Sox-n-hawks wrote:So a mounted goalpost is a prop but a wall isn't? Bullsh*t.
Sox-n-hawks wrote:How is it any more of a penalty than the Lambeau leap?
RiverDog wrote:
Yes, the players ought to read the rule book, especially considering that unlike pro football players in the 60's and 70's, the don't have to take 2nd jobs to make ends meet. If I were the HC, the day the new revised rule book came out I'd mail a copy out to every player and tell them that they can be expected to have to take a test.
But like everything else, the ultimate responsibility of the players knowing the rules lays on the coaching staff, and I doubt that anyone thought to quiz their players as to the in's and out's of end zone celebrations. They're probably more concerned about pass interference/holding, going out of bounds and being the first to touch a ball, reporting substitutions to the ref, things like that.
Yea, I don't understand why dunking the ball over the cross bar is illegal. They say that it's taunting, but I guess I don't understand what makes that more intimidating a Gronk spike.
The rules are insane. They reacted to the criiticism of them being the "No Fun League" and they ended up creating a real cluster phuck.
Largent80 wrote:It was stupid for them to call a penalty. End zone celebrations are supposed to be allowed. How is that unsportsmanlike conduct?
Ridiculous.
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