"New NFL Rules (swipe): Goal Post Dunk now 15 yard penalty"
So tell me why the Lambeau Leap is still legal?
Refs will penalize players who dunk over the goal post Posted by Michael David Smith on March 25, 2014, 12:46 PM EDT
The goal post dunk, a favored post-touchdown celebration of many NFL players, is going the way of the Ickey Shuffle, the cell phone call, the Sharpie in the sock and all of the other celebrations banned by the No Fun League.
NFL head of officiating Dean Blandino told the Dan Patrick Show that starting this season, dunks will be a penalty. Dan Patrick Show producer Paul Pabst tweets that the NFL has a rule against using the ball as a prop, and apparently that’s the rule that will be used to ban dunks. So it’s not a new rule, it’s a new interpretation of an existing rule.
As we noted a few days ago, the goal post dunk became a concern when Saints tight end (or wide receiver) Jimmy Graham knocked the goal post askew while dunking in Atlanta. The NFL is also considering making the uprights longer, which would make them more top-heavy and therefore potentially more likely to fall over entirely. That would be the NFL equivalent of a dunk that shatters the glass.
It seems unlikely that such a thing would happen, but then again we never thought a dunk would delay the game until Graham’s dunk did it. The NFL apparently doesn’t want to take any chances, and so we have the Jimmy Graham Rule.
1. "Also you cannot use the ball as a "prop" " In response to Reply # 0
"While there’s no official reasoning as to why the ‘celebration’ has been banned, it’s believed that delays from altering the goal post are behind the decision.
In addition, simply using the ball as a prop in any ‘celebration’ will now be grounds for a fifteen-yard penalty."
2. "so can you dunk something other than the ball..like your gloves?" In response to Reply # 0
-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.
18. "The No Fun League is at it again." In response to Reply # 0
HOW DARE PLAYERS HAVE FUN PLAYING A KID'S GAME.
You can't say nigga and now you can barely celebrate. For the record, players can say nigga but the mere suggestion that it demands a penalty is laughable.
No empathy for white misery (c) BDot
"root for everybody black haters say that's crazy, wow..."
20. "Torn on my thoughts for this one" In response to Reply # 0
I hate the NFL banning stupid shit after stupid shit with no real continuity to it.
You can get up and do a dance after a 4 yard gain, or pretend to climb a tree and read Mad magazine after a sack, but do not use the ball as a prop in a celebration.
At the same time the goalpost dunk specifically was banned due to it delaying several games when they misaligned the posts. That would be like if a player scored and then dug potholes into the mid field marker. Obviously that would never happen, but it would delay the game to be fixed.
Easiest fix to not ban fun would be to say if you mess up the goal posts its a penalty. That would put all the pressure on the player as well to not do something that he has a chance of totally fucking over his team for doing.
21. "I think the point in this instance is to avoid possible delay" In response to Reply # 20
not to penalize delay.
>Easiest fix to not ban fun would be to say if you mess up the goal posts its a penalty. That would put all the pressure on the player as well to not do something that he has a chance of totally fucking over his team for doing.
makit it okay provided it doesn't f up the goalposts is kinda silly imo.
-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.
I didn't think that would be an actual answer, just a way to please fans by not actually banning it and get what they want across. Making that rule would probably stop anyone from doing it anyway
-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.
30. "such a terrible idea...and i don't get the point of testing it in presea..." In response to Reply # 26
like what could happen that would make them say that's a good/bad idea?
-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.
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