The NFL Celebration Policy vs Religious Expression
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I've never gotten that either. I'm sure god has more important things to do then worry if someone gets a TD or a base hit.
I'm sure god has more important things to do then worry if someone gets a TD or a base hit.
That's the problem with religious people, they are convinced god is always on their side working to benefit a given outcome.
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I'm sure god has more important things to do then worry if someone gets a TD or a base hit.
That's the problem with religious people, they are convinced god is always on their side working to benefit a given outcome.
That's the problem with religious people, they are convinced god is always on their side working to benefit a given outcome.
And you give a flying fuck because....?
WSS
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?? what are you talking about?
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oh ok just read about it. Don't guys get on one knee and point to god all the time? Didn't Hillis used to do it after every TD? That doesn't look right at all.
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It's pretty much an issue of poor referee training. The celebration rules allow religious expression and I think the ref did not recognize it as religious probably because he hasn't been exposed to it before.
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It's pretty much an issue of poor referee training. The celebration rules allow religious expression and I think the ref did not recognize it as religious probably because he hasn't been exposed to it before.
It's pretty much an issue of poor referee training. The celebration rules allow religious expression and I think the ref did not recognize it as religious probably because he hasn't been exposed to it before.
Yup... the rules prohibit going to the ground as part of any celebration, except...
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I believe the player himself said he thought he got it cause of the slide. I didn't see it but if the ref was pulling the flag while the dude was sliding on his knees he may not have had time to realize it was turning into a prayer. Either way the league said it shouldn't have been flagged.
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Already discussed over on the political section, btw, if anyone fancies a look.
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The whole celebration penalty rule is a pile of horseshit. Unless they are actually taunting the opponent let then celebrate any way they want. Billy Whiteshoes Johnson's Chicken Dance would probably get a flag these days.
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The whole celebration penalty rule is a pile of horseshit. Unless they are actually taunting the opponent let then celebrate any way they want. Billy Whiteshoes Johnson's Chicken Dance would probably get a flag these days.
The whole celebration penalty rule is a pile of horseshit. Unless they are actually taunting the opponent let then celebrate any way they want. Billy Whiteshoes Johnson's Chicken Dance would probably get a flag these days.
Plus 1........I'm not a fan players who do the stupid pre-planned dances and stuff......preferring those who actually act like they've been there before and "expected" to score......but I don't think it's something the league should be penalizing teams for either.....
Remember Greg Little dancing, taunting and fist pumping after 3 drops, then a 1 yard gain???....THAT should be a penalty......
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Boxers are always funny with that stuff. "I want to thank God for my success in the ring". Yes, I am sure God guided your hands as you pummeled that other guy for 12 rounds.
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The one that gets me is families of people in surgery, for example. "We're just so happy that God decided to save our Timmy" - never mind the centuries of medical research and decades of traning and experience among the doctors and nurses that actually saved him.
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Oh, yeah... but anytime Greg caught a ball it was worth celebrating...
White Shoes' dance was idiotic, but original...
Who doesn't get a little nostalgic watching Icky's Geico commercial?
Used to love WSH's "Fun bunch" and their bowling/ bomb variations...
But then celebrating became a competition, and suddenly we had Sharpies in socks and cell phones in upright padding.
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as long as he slides into the end zone and doesn't set a bomb off then......
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Major non-story
I grew up reading a fucking newspaper about football.......Browns, Bucks, Reds. Not sure the cyber ghost riders (writers) have nearly the journalistic abilities old beat writers making a daily deadline displayed
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it is a story considering the fact that a huge number of young black males are turning to islam, most while in jail.
see the americans going to join ISIS? they ain't no white boys.
have your own religion, love your god, i have no problem with that. but the nfl should work like the feds when it comes to this. separation of church and state.
the tebowing, the ring of christian fellowship after the game............
c'mon man. do your shit at home or somewhere not on national tv where you might upset someone else's apple cart.
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