Refs will penalize players who dunk over the goal post

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Refs will penalize players who dunk over the goal post
Posted by Michael David Smith on March 25, 2014

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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 theDan Patrick Show that starting this season, dunks will be a penalty. Dan Patrick Showproducer 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.
 
Seems pretty lame. Who cares if they take 5 extra seconds. Some rules are needed but these ticky tack ones are getting silly.
 
Thanks a lot Jimmy Graham!!! Way to ruin it for everybody!!!!!! This is stupid.
 
Goodell wants more scoring and less celebration. Whatever...pretty soon the NFL will place a small box behind the goalpost, where the player will be required to politely place the football after scoring a TD.
 
Excessive celebrations that take a certain amount of time up should be penalized...targeting a certain one is too much, imo.
 
Anyone want to kidnap Goddell with me??? Brain wash him and bring him back where he isn't such a stooge
 
I think you guys are missing the point here. It isn't about getting rid of celebrations or even about selective celebrations. It's about stopping potential long stoppages of play. According to the article "knocked the goal post askew while dunking in Atlanta" has already happened and if you've ever been to a basketball game when the idiot hangs on to the rim and breaks the glass you would understand.

I don't like Goodell either but I've read most of the responses here and I wonder if anybody actually read the whole article.

Just saying.
 
Alan said:
I think you guys are missing the point here. It isn't about getting rid of celebrations or even about selective celebrations. It's about stopping potential long stoppages of play. According to the article "knocked the goal post askew while dunking in Atlanta" has already happened and if you've ever been to a basketball game when the idiot hangs on to the rim and breaks the glass you would understand.

I don't like Goodell either but I've read most of the responses here and I wonder if anybody actually read the whole article.

Just saying.
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I don't think YOU understand what we are saying! lol Any excuse to give ol Goodell a nice little elbow to the rib is always something to be proud about!
 
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