In this day and age, the NFL is cracking down on celebrations like never before. Whether you love them or hate them, players celebrating is just a part of the game and has always been that way. Sure, we all love the classy Barry-Sanders-toss-the-ball-to-the-ref sort of thing, but sometimes watching a good ol' Terrell Owens or Chad Johnson doing their crazy antics is great entertainment and can make football enjoyable to watch.
With the NFL's greedy tentacles stretching every crevice of American society to suck in more and more casual fans, you'd think the NFL would want to enhance entertainment value, rather than reduce it. But alas, refs are now inclined to throw flags for virtually any celebration, especially one done with teammates. Just the other day T.O. was flagged for doing a celebration where he pretended to start a race in the Olympics, no doubt imitating popular track star Usain Bolt. He was subsequently fined 15 yards for "unsportsmanlike conduct". I ask you, what is so "unsportsmanlike" about that? It's not like he's taunting the other team, which he did (ironically against Dallas when he was with San Francisco) by standing on the Dallas star at midfield and spreading his arms wide.
In my opinion, that is the stuff that needs to get flagged, not the celebrations that are made for humor and to get people excited. I tell you this, back when Chad Johnson was pulling all sorts of things out of his bag of tricks, people honestly looked forward to watching Bengals games just to see what he would do next. It's things like that which make the game fun for everyone, including those who aren't as die hard of fans as the rest of us.
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