Do you favor stronger celebration penalties?

[Monkeydad]

Only for Victor Cruz.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by Monkeydad

Only for Victor Cruz.

Obsess much ?

[firstdown]

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[firstdown]

Here's how it all got started.

NFL Films Presents: The Fun Bunch - YouTube

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Here's how it all got started.

Nope , this is how it got started..........


New York Giants and the "spike"[edit source | edit]

The Giants offered Jones a bus ticket to New York and payment for knee surgery. Known as "Rhino" to his teammates, he wore uniform number 45 in New York. Having seen players such as Giant teammate Frank Gifford and Green Bay Packers star Paul Hornung celebrate touchdowns by throwing the ball to fans in the stands, Jones decided to come up with his own post-touchdown maneuver. In a 1965 game, he scored a touchdown and threw the football down hard into the end zone. He called the move a "spike," and modern post-touchdown celebrations, including "touchdown dances," are said to have evolved from Jones' invention of spiking the ball.
In 1967, Jones had his best season, catches 49 passes for 1,209 yards, an average of 24.7 yards per catch, and 13 touchdowns, leading the NFL in receiving touchdowns. He was second in the league in combined rushing and receiving yards from scrimmage behind Leroy Kelly of the Browns. He made the NFL's Pro Bowl that season and the next.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Here's how it all got started.

Double post , sorry.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by firstdown

edit edit

Now I'm curious...FD edited something out. Bet it was juicy.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Monkeydad

Now I'm curious...FD edited something out. Bet it was juicy.

No I just did the post over so the youtube clip played here and not just a link.

[FRPLG]

I favor the league worrying about crap that matters. Not this.

[KI Skins Fan]

The No Fun League takes itself way too seriously.

Fans just wanna have fun.

[CultBrennan59]

Originally Posted by KI Skins Fan

The No Fun League takes itself way too seriously.

Fans just wanna have fun.

Just remember that goodell is trying to change the game for the future of football as well. It's not necessarily that he doesn't want just adults celebrating, it's that he doesn't want young kids watching football and idolizing these guys who are celebrating (or celebrating over the top) after a big play and having young kids in little league doing these taunts or celebrations. You want to teach kids while their young and not when they're older, because they'll still be in the habit of doing it. This is all being down for the future of football more so than the present of football.

[donofriose]

The NFL is cutting down league celebrations to save the image of the game. If people get mad about football players celebrating, or if it slows down the game, people won't watch football, and then less money. I don't think the NFL cares about the young kinds growing up and if they celebrate, the NFL cares most about making money, and a big part of that is keeping a clean image and an image that you "care". Similar to "safety of the game", how the salary cap "promotes" competition, and anything else they say is so vital to the NFL. All about the money.

[firstdown]

The only sports I can think of where they celebrate a score is soccer and football. In soccer its understandable because they play the game for like 3 hours before anyone scores. When they finally score they have to wake up the fans so they celebrate. In football I'm not sure why they all have to celebrate. You don't see it in bassball, tennis, golf, basketball, etc..

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by firstdown

The only sports I can think of where they celebrate a score is soccer and football. In soccer its understandable because they play the game for like 3 hours before anyone scores. When they finally score they have to wake up the fans so they celebrate. In football I'm not sure why they all have to celebrate. You don't see it in bassball, tennis, golf, basketball, etc..

Well you must not watch much bassball firstdown cause I saw a guy knock an 8lb. Largemouth over the fence once and his teammates went nuts.

[punch it in]

Never understood the knock on celebrating. Its one thing if a guy delays the game because he does a dance after a first down when his team is losing by thirty, but touchdowns, big sack, fumble recoveries - when the game is decided or in the balance- let em effin dance! I know ill be dancing in my living room if its the skins.