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December 26, 2003
Ok, I get sending a message to Joe Horn ...: but why the hell fine Carr and McKinney? Weren't they trying to support the league? Gene Washington is the enforcer here, but one thin dime will be too much in this case.
NFL: No F*cking Lampoonery.
posted by jerseygirl at 02:07 PM on December 26, 2003
I say we start fining them if they pray afterwards. Because that's just stupid. "Dear God, I know you're busy with all those starving kids in Rwanda and all, but thanks for gracing me with the strength to make that touchdown. Hope I haven't distracted you from any sudden genocidal acts with my totally inappropriate and staged outburst of "faith". Oh, I did? Sorry about that, Croatia. But, um, God, we're still behind seven points and I was wondering...."
posted by forksclovetofu at 09:09 PM on December 26, 2003
Anyone ever see that clip of Lua-Lua after he'd scored for Newcastle United? Now *that* is a celebration. I'd like to see how the NFL would respond if one of their players tore-off seven back-flips and a backward somersault.
posted by molafson at 09:15 PM on December 26, 2003
Joe Horn can't fake a phone call, but Ray Lewis can obstruct justice as two people get murdered in front of him and garner accolade after blood-tainted accolade. But I have no opinion about him other than the whole murder thing. The NFL used to be SO FUN! Remember the fun bunch? The Washington Redskins that would all gather in the end zone and do a 7 or 8 man leaping high-5 to commemorate touchdowns? And was it Ernest Givens who did the electric slide? molafson - Ozzie Smith used to do cartwheels on his way out to his position before defensive innings for the baseball St. Louis Cardinals. I always thought that was great, great, great. At any level, there is such amazing energy that overcomes you when you score. Let the guys put on their little shows. It's fun, and it makes the guy who just hands over the ball to the ref that much cooler.
posted by vito90 at 12:42 AM on December 27, 2003
I'm thinking that celebrating like the Fun Bunch or White Shoes Johnson would be fine with TPTB but when it goes beyond that to racing out to a team's midfield logo or pulling out a foreign object they'll draw the line. Big deal. The soccer guys don't go that far, nor do the hockey players (though I'd be amused to see on of them rip off the jersey after a goal).
posted by billsaysthis at 01:05 PM on December 27, 2003
Another classic Premiership celebration was when Robbie Fowler (then Liverpool striker) mimicked snorting cocaine off the touchline. And if I recall correctly, it was a Nigeria player who celebrated by imitating a urinating dog --- crawling around on all fours, lifting a leg, and pretending to piss against the corner flag.
posted by molafson at 05:23 PM on December 27, 2003
Still, those celebrations featured no props. But urinating???
posted by billsaysthis at 05:33 PM on December 27, 2003
Still, those celebrations featured no props. One notorious goal celebration that I never saw occurred when an Argentinean striker (playing for Fulham) pulled a Zorro mask from out of his sock and wore it in celebration... Also, I seem to recall that Paul Gascoigne once concealed a red card in his uniform, which he brought out and showed to the referee in protest. But I could be wrong about that one.
posted by molafson at 05:51 PM on December 27, 2003
I don't think fine parity has hit the Houston Astr ... er ... Texans yet. So Taggy needed to make up for it somehow.
posted by shigpit at 06:12 AM on December 28, 2003
Wasn't it John Randle who used to crawl around on all fours and pretend he was urinating on the offensive line after a sack? As for the Ozzie backflips, those were the official start of the season for Cardinal fans every year. You can't imagine the height he got ... amazing.
posted by wfrazerjr at 04:19 PM on December 28, 2003
This just in. The NFL has fined wfrazerjr an undisclosed amount for a critical comment posted on the popular website SportsFilter.com...