Luminesa wrote:The Emerald Dawn wrote:This means the question becomes who is more important?
The fans who demand "pure football", free of those dangerous twerks and disgusting bow and arrow motions?
Or the fans who want to watch men play with actual emotion.
I'm not a big fan of the twerking myself...not after watching Miley Cyrus do it on Robin Thicke...erm...but I mean, I also don't think it should amount to a fine. And the bow and arrow is not offensive either (unless, of course, it's aimed at the other team's flag, then it might be a bit much)...so I'm in the middle. I'm just a fan, I want my football, and I'm tired of seeing penalties for things that don't need to be penalized while NFL players who have been accused of domestic violence are ignored and allowed to play and do whatever. >.<
And that's where the majority probably lies.
Fans who don't mind someone playing with joy, instead of someone like Cam Newton who does it just to get under people's skin. The celebrations shouldn't be taunting, and taunting should be pretty clear when it happens.
Shoving, throwing a ball at someone, getting in their face, these are all taunting acts. Dance in the end zone? Jump like the Fun Bunch? Drop to your knee and pray with the ball in your hand? These are all momentary celebrations of an achievement in your chosen vocation.
When I got my first paper published, I damn near fell out of my chair from celebrating and I was in a class full of kids. Humans should be allowed to feel and demonstrate joy, as long as it doesn't involve your crotch and a dude's face.