KoachKrab127
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It's the offseason with not a lot to talk about, so I wanted some of your opinions on this. My daughter had a softball tournament today, and whenever a girl hits a home run, the entire team always meets the girl at home plate and gives her a big bear hug with team cheers. After one of these happened, my dad said jokingly, "Shouldn't that be a 15 yard penalty for excessive celebration?"
I know he was joking, but it got me to thinking. This happens in college softball as well. No one calls it excessive celebration. The losing team doesn't whine about it and call it classless, but for some reason, we do that in football.
Think about it. If a person scores a TD in football and the entire team ran out onto the field to congratulate the player by giving him a hug, the media and the opposing team would constantly whine about excessive celebration and taunting, so we feel obligated to make it a huge penalty to show any kind of excitement after a touchdown. Hell, Urban Meyer whined for an entire year about Georgia doing just that after the 2007 game UGA/UF game and held such a grudge, he took timeouts in the 4th quarter to run up the score on UGA in 2008. How ridiculous is that?
Why do we consider it excessive celebration to congratulate your teammates in one sport but not another? Why the double standard?
I know he was joking, but it got me to thinking. This happens in college softball as well. No one calls it excessive celebration. The losing team doesn't whine about it and call it classless, but for some reason, we do that in football.
Think about it. If a person scores a TD in football and the entire team ran out onto the field to congratulate the player by giving him a hug, the media and the opposing team would constantly whine about excessive celebration and taunting, so we feel obligated to make it a huge penalty to show any kind of excitement after a touchdown. Hell, Urban Meyer whined for an entire year about Georgia doing just that after the 2007 game UGA/UF game and held such a grudge, he took timeouts in the 4th quarter to run up the score on UGA in 2008. How ridiculous is that?
Why do we consider it excessive celebration to congratulate your teammates in one sport but not another? Why the double standard?