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By iceman on Mar 11, 2010 | Reply

NCAA IS A JOKE with their celebration rule.

The NFL has it down ok though.
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By Robert T on Mar 11, 2010 | Reply

To strict yes i understand some people like to see class form players. The whole point of football is entertainment. They play for us to watch and enjoy. Some people like to see things like T.O. and chad ocho stinko’s antics
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By orcelina on Mar 11, 2010 | Reply

i really don’t see what the big fricking deal is. so what if a player wants to celebrate? these guys work their a$$ off all year long to play the sport. when they score for their team, they’re happy. who cares if they pull out a sharpie, or pick up a cell, or get behind a camera or dump popcorn all over themselves. who cares?! sport is supposed to entertaining, that’s entertainment. i don’t see what’s to gain by not allowing it. sportsmanlike conduct? please, get over it. it’s a GAME.
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By Packer Backer on Mar 11, 2010 | Reply

Let’s face it, the celebrations have gotten stupid so they can be on ESPN. You rarely if at all saw Barry Sanders go crazy after a TD, he just handed the ball to the official. He was nothing but class.

T.O should stand for Totally Obnoxious
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By Way Smarter Than You on Mar 11, 2010 | Reply

The rules are the rules and are mutually agreed upon by all participating teams. Therefore, by definition, they are not too strict. They might be obsolete. They might be applied incorrectly or inconsistently. They might be poorly structured or poorly written. They are not too strict.

Any time you see a player incur a penalty for excessive celebration it is the result of bad coaching. The coach has not instilled a sense of discipline in the player and the team. This lack of discipline results in the penalty. Stop trying to blame the leagues or the officials for bad coaching.

My favorite celebration is when the player drops the football in the endzone at the dead ball spot and then runs to his bench and celebrates with his team mates.

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By toddk57@sbcglobal.net on Mar 11, 2010 | Reply

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By captain morgon on Mar 11, 2010 | Reply

yes very much so after what they did to jake locker was just wrong byu should have lost that game.
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By Rob B on Mar 11, 2010 | Reply

It’s important to note who writes these rules in the first place. In the NFL, it’s coaches and owners. In the NCAA, it’s coaches, AD’s and Presdient’s of the universities. They also determine what rules will receive a particular emphasis for the season. For example, TD celebrations, targeting defenseless players, and use of the helmet as a weapon are points of emphasis in the NCAA this year. So we have the second "Golden Rule" in effect: He who has the gold makes the rules. Or, in a sports related reference: My ball, my rules.

TD celebration rules have three reasons for their existence and they involve human nature.

First, football has been, is, and always will be, a team sport. It’s not like tennis where you do it all yourself. Why should the guy who catches the ball get to do his "look at me, I’m so great" dance when the other 10 guys who were blocking, throwing, and running routes to confuse the defense get excluded. How often do you see a baseball player who makes a great catch that saves a run spike the ball and do a dance? You never see a hockey player using his stick as a limbo pole after a goal. The volleyball player who had an impressive kill doesn’t run around the court waving his arms. No, they all celebrate by high-fiving their teammates. If you notice, the only time a football player gets a penalty for celebrating with teammates is when they do a choreographed routine.

Second, everyone tries to one up the other guy. Someone does a dance. Next week, TO puss a sharpie from the sock to autograph the ball in the end zone. The next week, Joe Horn hid a cell phone under the pad. What’s next, Peter Griffin singing "Shaboopi?"

This brings me to the final reason we have TD celebration penalties: reaction of the other team. From the other team’s point of view, "Yeah you just scored, just don’t rub our faces in it." At one time, the NFL was more liberal with allowing such celebrations however opposing teams started taking exception to them. Opponents would interrupt the dance routines, fights would break out, etc. It got ugly. The NFL did the right thing by puttting a clamp down on such celebrations.

So, speaking as a guy who has to deal with the aftermath of excessive celebrations, I’m glad we have the rule. I don’t penalize a player for a burst of exhuberance after a score or for celebrating with teammates. I do penalize them if they try to draw attention to themselves or do it in front of an opponent though.

Finally, my thoughts on the UW play. The rule specifically states the player cannot throw the ball "high in the air." The replay showed the ball striking the player in the shoulder pad about 1.5 seconds after he threw it. High School physics calculates that to be about a 30-40 foot height. That’s "high in the air" in anyone’s book and this is why the NCAA and PAC-10 backed up the officials’ call.
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