NFL Player Celebrations: Where Do You Stand?

Bob Costas used his Sunday Night Football halftime pulpit to decry the end of humanity

hahahaha

I say the rules now might be a bit too strict, but it seems we’re stuck with it unless they decide to give refs some interpretative capacity in determining what constitutes “over-celebrating” (which will probably lead to more problems, anyways).

Personally, I’m more a fan of European style soccer celebrations. Score and then run around like a crazy man and slide on the grass like its one of those water slide things we all used as kids. Then all your teammates jump on top of you and kiss you – but its not gay ‘cuz they’re European.

but a lot of it goes too far. all the coordinated/orchestrated/props stuff is dumb. Also, if it isn’t a touchdown, there’s no need for much celebration, i.e., no sack dances. However, the penalties against it are just dumb, too, unless it is excessive to the point that it delays the game or is too “in your face” to the defense.

Stomping, excessive taunting, and fighting = bad.

There should be a mandatory celebration clause. 15 yard penalty for failing to display the appropriate exhuberation.

Occasionally it’s funny, but a lot of it is either designed to show up the other team (Stevie Johnson) or just incredibly self-centered. When I become football czar, anybody celebrating a play when their team is losing has to run the stadium steps.

I do like a good touchdown spike, or a big high five among teammates. It’s not a funeral. But a huge part of this is trying to get attention, build a brand, get hits on Youtube, etc. It’s transparent.

Love it!

but that Carlos & Larry joined and we doing a “choreographed” celebration

Players should enforce themselves. Plant the ball on the Dallas star? You’re gonna get hit and cheap shots are coming your way. If your own teammate is making a spectacle of himself the team should lecture you and embarrass you some way (tied to goal post, get shoes wet, burn their car, whatever) If the players are cool with being shown up or having a me player then I’m not going to get my feathers ruffled

I would love to see the whole defense sprint to the sidelines and sit down

If someone intercepts in front of you, scores on you, sacks your quarterback, dunks over you, and no one gets injured or picks a fight, it’s all for fun. There isn’t any reason to take any of it personally, you get to score, sack, dunk, or whatever next time.

If a guy wants to do a little dance…who cares? It doesn’t mean anything. Even if he’s trying to make fun of your last dance, it’s all in fun. Keyword: Fun.

When some guy is stomping or trying to injure someone, that’s on him – it wrong and he should be kicked out of the game. Fighting needs to be stopped, it doesn’t belong in the sport. But the dances are harmless.

JUST BE HAPPY THE 49ERS ARE THE ONES CELEBRATING THIS SEASON.

It’s been a long hard road for most of these guys and they never gave up, they never stopped working their butts off. They should be celebrating…

I think penalizing celebrations is a weenie thing to do.

I like the touchdown or other big play celebrations, especially the funny, original stuff coming from Ocho and TO.

I dislike that after every play, someone has to dance, run upfield 10 yards or other such ridiculousness.

blasphemy

is horsepuckey. Let the players do whatever they want, as long as it doesn’t delay the game. Football is filled with downtime, what do I care if some dude wants to prance around for a few seconds.

I keep seeing that douche bag Holly at the end of the Cowboys game, not only did he fall to his knees and raise his arms wanting people to praise him….he did it for about 30 seconds and then like a true ass, he ran to the side line and did it again….he did it so long the FG had been kicked and the post game was finished before he got up.

Aldon has a TRUE celebration…not the one where he ran to the bench, but his regular one. He runs to the camera and stands tall with his arms by his side but out a bit and has a look at me stance.

15 seconds to celebrate!

Games are meant to be fun. Dancing with friends (or teammates) is meant to be fun.

Do I think there’s a place for taunting? No. But celebrating with a dance should be fine. If you direct anything at the opponent, you should be penalized. Doing a little dance with teammates isn’t taunting or “unsportsmanlike.” There’s a fine distinct line between celebrating and rubbing it in the opponents face. Dancing with teammates is not rubbing it in their face. It is not a taunt, and it should not be penalized as one. But if you dance AT an opponent or get in their face after a play, you’re being a punk and should be punished.

Also, the idea that synchronized dancing is always planned is ludicrous. For example: If a player forces a turnover and starts a dance and two teammates come and copy it, how is that NOT spontaneous? The NFL makes this “spontaneous” argument that holds absolutely no water. They take themselves too seriously.

are when a team is down 2 TD’s and a guy makes a tackle on 2nd and 10 or something then jumps up celebrating like he just won the game. If your team is losing, even by as little as a FG, you have no business celebrating anything other then a TD or a turnover.

Theoretically you should be giving it your all on every down. Are you going to celebrate after every play? To me it’s self-aggrandizing. You did your job. Now you pat yourself on the back for the world to see? I can see an immediate, spontaneous physical reaction like jumping in the air, or a fist pump. Maybe a hard handshake and a slap on the back… But if you’re fighting someone and you knock them down, do you do a little dance? That’s it. The whole country is turning into the WWE. Just my opinion. I couldn’t care less what people do or why. I don’t think arrogance should be penalized if it doesn’t affect the outcome of the game.