OT Derek Carr Fined for doing MJ Dance

[4XPIPS]

https://www.espn.com.au/nfl/story/_/id/ ... n-td-dance

So the NFL has fined Derek Carr for the iconic MJ dance he did for his endzone celebration. The irony is he was fined $14,069 for it. I just don't get the NFL, because the ruling was for "an act that is sexually suggestive or offensive." Really NFL? The MJ dance is iconic, and even on AGT which is a family show for all ages, has had numerous MJ impersonators come on stage and reenact moves on a family program.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsNNkAObbgI

Here is a link above the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders doing their routine in their two piece outfits, and this is just a sample. Would anyone consider their routine "sexually suggestive?" I just don't get this league when they want laydown their moral compass and determine what is suitable for the paying audience.

[c_hawkbob]

Never heard of the MJ dance.

[River Dog]

https://www.espn.com.au/nfl/story/_/id/41331518/source-saints-carr-fined-nfl-michael-jackson-td-dance

So the NFL has fined Derek Carr for the iconic MJ dance he did for his endzone celebration. The irony is he was fined $14,069 for it. I just don't get the NFL, because the ruling was for "an act that is sexually suggestive or offensive." Really NFL? The MJ dance is iconic, and even on AGT which is a family show for all ages, has had numerous MJ impersonators come on stage and reenact moves on a family program.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsNNkAObbgI

Here is a link above the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders doing their routine in their two piece outfits, and this is just a sample. Would anyone consider their routine "sexually suggestive?" I just don't get this league when they want laydown their moral compass and determine what is suitable for the paying audience.

Yeah, and I remember the controversy surrounding the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders when Jerry Jones first bought the team and wanted to do all sorts of things with them that were previously forbidden, including them wearing more revealing outfits (as if they weren't revealing enough) requiring them to fraternize with the players, film beer commercials. I guess we know where Dan Snyder took his queue.

However, I can't drum up too much sympathy for Derek Carr. $14K is a drop in the bucket to a guy making $37M/season. Besides, all player fines go to the player assistance program/charity. He can probably write it off on his taxes.

[Aseahawkfan]

That's why one of the NFL's nicknames is the No Fun League.