In the past the NFL has tried their continued efforts to turn the touchdowns into more respectful and appropriate celebrations. The head officials of the NFL Dean Blandino released the news to the popular sports radio host Dan Patrick about the ban of dunking the football after scoring a touchdown. Fans across the country will not be very fond of this ban, even some of the NFL players who like to taunt after scoring a touchdown will be upset about this new rule. The New Orleans Saints tight-end is known for the celebration of dunking the football as shown in the short clip below:
The rule changes in the NFL are mainly designed to increase the players safety during the game such as the head to head contact, or how you can tackle a players. This change is hard for fans and the media to understand. The NFL is supposed to be a fun, and enjoyable time to watch your favorite teams and athletes. A silly rule such as this has impacted the social media society greatly. As soon as the rule was carried out through the media, Twitter began to boom with negative feedback about the new league rule. On Twitter a world-wide popular trend that was trending was the "#NoFunLeague". One of the most popular players of the NFL who was known for touchdowns and dunking for celebrations; Tony Gonzalez was befuddled about this decision. Tony Gonzalez tweeted this about the new rule:
Fans and players around the league are not in agreement with the new rule. Neither am I. The NFL should be fun, it should allow players to dunk the football because its such a popular taunt around the NFL. The NFL does seem to becoming stricter year in and year out but this issue will soon be forgotten, and players will continue to push the NFL's limits and boundaries on taunting after scoring a touchdown.
Fans and players around the league are not in agreement with the new rule. Neither am I. The NFL should be fun, it should allow players to dunk the football because its such a popular taunt around the NFL. The NFL does seem to becoming stricter year in and year out but this issue will soon be forgotten, and players will continue to push the NFL's limits and boundaries on taunting after scoring a touchdown.
When the news broke, ESPN showed a tweet from Jimmy Graham saying he would continue to celebrate by dunking the football. I doubt his coach, Sean Payton would agree with that tweet. Apparently, the league is trying to speed up the game and don't want celebrations to delay the game. Although the only time a player has ever broke the goal post by dunking, was in your clip shown above. I agree with the majority on this ruling. Ultimately, TD celebrations are part of the entertainment of the game and fans enjoy it. I like the hash tag I saw on Twitter: #funpolice.
ReplyDeleteGood post Jake. I think it's stupid for the NFL to go forward with this new rule. Why take entertainment out of the NFL? To me, this just seems like a pointless rule and one that doesn't seem necessary. I'd have to agree with Tony Gonzolaz on this one.
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