Shouldn't the "Lambeau Leap" be flagged for Excessive Celebration?

[BigP50]

I never said doing that is Okay, I just love Clay Matthews.

 

[X]

I never said doing that is Okay, I just love Clay Matthews.

I know...but reading the thread, understanding your feelings towards it, and seeing that picture after every post made me giggle.

 

[BigP50]

Its just the best pic of Clay I could find.

 

[X]

personally, I have no problem w/ the Lambeau Leap...I don't think it breaks any rules as long as only one player jumps in...and I could really care less about what the packers do when they score a td. If you don't wanna see it, don't allow them to score.

 

[ClydeLee]

Spiking the ball is allowed. Running to the back of the endzone, and jumping into the stands is a little different.....and should be viewed as such by NFL rule.

If Jared Allen cannot continue his sack dance where he goes to one knee and ties an imaginary steer, the rule is where a player may not be allowed to celebrate a play by "going to the ground" then why should a player be allowed to leap into the stands?

Logically makes no fucking sense to ban one thing and not the other.

I'm curious and pissed all the time when I don't see the normal play spiking the ball rule called.. Unless they got rid of it but I remember going into 2006 they made it a rule if you spike the ball on the field after a play it's a flag and they called it on Thomas Jones twice int he year.. It's either them being dumb and only paying attention to new rules which Refs so frequently do or they got rid of it but I see spiked balls all the time after just first down runs.

The JA fine is because it is a sack play, obviously they don't go around fining players scoring TDs who go to the ground on a knee and pray.

 

[Steveo16220]

NFL doesn't care what the fans think. Millions and tens of millions if not hundreds of millions is made in profit every year. why care what the fans think when they still go to the games, buy the merchandise, watch the NFL network, the cable programs which allows for all the games on game day, and lastly filling the stands? Worthless to argue when the NFL itself doesn't care.

 

[Baines3]

The league has already turned the NFL into the No Fun League, so it would surprise if me they banned the Lambeau leap. I hope they don't but I wouldn't put it past the NFL.

 

[ClydeLee]

NFL doesn't care what the fans think. Millions and tens of millions if not hundreds of millions is made in profit every year. why care what the fans think when they still go to the games, buy the merchandise, watch the NFL network, the cable programs which allows for all the games on game day, and lastly filling the stands? Worthless to argue when the NFL itself doesn't care.

The fans are the people who have created and catered to the culture where image and media coverage has a huge imprint in the way things are controlled. That's a big part of what has caused the NFL to respond. Besides if it was such a giant issue these fans would actually not purchase and watch games due to it. That would be more foolish than the excessive or premature celebrations players continue to do.

Besides, your allowed to celebrate a whole lot without any penalties ON THE SIDELINE, just hold yourself to that if you don't want a flag, great players like Jerry Rice did it for the majority of those touchdowns.

 

[TopekaRoy]

Interesting article from a Packers journalist in Milwaukee.

Act Like You've Been There Before
By Bill Michaels

What ever happened to the Paul Brown adage, “Act like you’ve been there before”?

There’s nothing more pathetic than watching an athlete celebrate an individual accomplishment like a ranting jackass while your team founders badly. You do not impress anyone, as a matter of fact; you transform yourself, before our very eyes, as a selfish, rather pathetic figure.

Oddly enough, there is no mention of the Packers or the Lambeau leap!

 

[ClydeLee]

Interesting article from a Packers journalist in Milwaukee.


Oddly enough, there is no mention of the Packers or the Lambeau leap!

Do Packers frequently do it if they are behind in a game though? If they do I'd blame the FANS for even letting them jump up there, they should push them off and tell them to get back and do it again.

 

[Capt. Serious]

How is it that dumba$$ Ochocinco can't do a lame dance, but the boneheads to the North can do the "Lambeau Leap" and are not flagged for Excessive Celebration?

PFL baby

 

[Steveo16220]

The fans are the people who have created and catered to the culture where image and media coverage has a huge imprint in the way things are controlled. That's a big part of what has caused the NFL to respond. Besides if it was such a giant issue these fans would actually not purchase and watch games due to it. That would be more foolish than the excessive or premature celebrations players continue to do.

Besides, your allowed to celebrate a whole lot without any penalties ON THE SIDELINE, just hold yourself to that if you don't want a flag, great players like Jerry Rice did it for the majority of those touchdowns.

Ummm...what?!?! NFL didn't make the excessive TD ruling b/c fans did not approve of certain WR having fun celebrating TD's. NFL competition committee and owners did. There was no uproar to TD celebrations being excessive.

The media doesn't control anything the NFL does and the fans have NO CONTROL. If this was the case, the NFL network wouldn't exist. Fans don't want it, media doesn't need it.

Games being played overseas would stop. FANS think this is a horrible idea. Not to mention season ticket holders of teams playing overseas are shafted a game.

Sideline celebration was already addressed during the clamp down of initial TD celebrations. Competition committee already said they would address it, if players started getting out of hand.

NFL votes to rein in TD celebrations - NFL - ESPN

In short, fans like the game so much, that they will accept what the NFL does with it. You may have the casual believer not watch games anymore b/c of this, but overall there hasn't been a drop in viewership in.....how long?

NFL does what it wants for it's own interest, not the fans. They are a business and it puts money first. simple as that.

 

[Capt. Serious]

Jared Allen should be nominated too.

 

[nickofypres]

The leap is incredibly Special person, but it shouldn't be flagged.

 

[Capt. Serious]

I love Allen's celebration.

Yeah, I sure do love flexing my muscles like a douche up 4 TD's.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

I'll never watch the NFL again.

 

[Dr. KickurButkus]

Do Packers frequently do it if they are behind in a game though? If they do I'd blame the FANS for even letting them jump up there, they should push them off and tell them to get back and do it again.

Yes, they leap with every touchdown (Except Rodgers)! And the only other time I can remember is when Khun scored yesterday and the only reason he didn't was that he knew he was down on the 1 yard line and didn't want a review!

 

[thedude33]

They wrote the rules so that the leap would be allowed. One player can celebrate as long as he doesn't use the ball (or other equipment) as a prop, go to the ground or participate in an organized celebration with teammates or cheerleaders.

 

[ZAN]

Should they start throwing out Cub fans for throwing balls back onto the field, when that's the punishment for the offense anywhere else?!

No. It's tradition.

 

[Saluki]

Nah it shouldn't but neither should alot of shit they DO throw a flag for. Like two dudes throwin up the hook em horns. That makes no sense for that to be a flag