IS FOOTBALL TAKING ITSELF TOO SERIOUSLY?
IS FOOTBALL TAKING ITSELF TOO SERIOUSLY?
This blogger votes yes. Not only, is the endzone a gloat-free zone now, but they are causing a ref to forfeit *half* his salary for one bad call? Dude, I’ve never played football, but it seems to me if you are able to catch an oddly shaped ball, while running backwards and then outmanuever a dozen really, really beefy guys to score — you should be able to do a little dance, make a little love, and get down all you want.
And if a ref makes one bad call, maybe his penalty should be equal to the representative percentage of all the calls he made through the whole game — or something like that, I ain’t no mathematician.
Do players have to forfeit half their game salary when they play like crap? (Yeah, I mean you Kerry Collins… Curtis Conway… entire 2002-2003 Knicks) Nope — we just fire the coaches.
Bah humbug.
December 4th, 2003 at 3:00 am
Hell yes they should fine him..it cost the Bengals sole possession of first place in the albeit weak AFC North.
As for the gloating go ahead and do it….then again as a former Bengals coach….can’t remember who…said to a receiver after celebrating a touchdown…”act like you’ve been there before”.
December 4th, 2003 at 3:00 am
Hell yes they should fine him..it cost the Bengals sole possession of first place in the albeit weak AFC North.
As for the gloating go ahead and do it….then again as a former Bengals coach….can’t remember who…said to a receiver after celebrating a touchdown…”act like you’ve been there before”.
December 4th, 2003 at 3:00 am
Hell yes they should fine him..it cost the Bengals sole possession of first place in the albeit weak AFC North.
As for the gloating go ahead and do it….then again as a former Bengals coach….can’t remember who…said to a receiver after celebrating a touchdown…”act like you’ve been there before”.
December 4th, 2003 at 5:03 pm
Unfortunately,
It is a business and not a game. So the ref getting fined is appropriate.
The celebration thing is a little ridiculous, we would never have had the “icky shuffle” or the “dirty bird”, but unfortunately I think they are saying that it’s bad for kids or something…teaching poor sportsmanship or some nonesense like that….
December 4th, 2003 at 5:03 pm
Unfortunately,
It is a business and not a game. So the ref getting fined is appropriate.
The celebration thing is a little ridiculous, we would never have had the “icky shuffle” or the “dirty bird”, but unfortunately I think they are saying that it’s bad for kids or something…teaching poor sportsmanship or some nonesense like that….
December 4th, 2003 at 5:03 pm
Unfortunately,
It is a business and not a game. So the ref getting fined is appropriate.
The celebration thing is a little ridiculous, we would never have had the “icky shuffle” or the “dirty bird”, but unfortunately I think they are saying that it’s bad for kids or something…teaching poor sportsmanship or some nonesense like that….
December 4th, 2003 at 10:40 pm
Half his salary for the game, not for the year.
And this wasn’t a little boo-boo. This was el fuckup grande. He didn’t know an important rule and it literally changed the outcome of the game and potentially the playoff race.
He should consider himself lucky that it cost him so little. I make plenty of mistakes at my job, but if I ever get anything THAT wrong, I will consider myself lucky to be employed the next week.
December 4th, 2003 at 10:40 pm
Half his salary for the game, not for the year.
And this wasn’t a little boo-boo. This was el fuckup grande. He didn’t know an important rule and it literally changed the outcome of the game and potentially the playoff race.
He should consider himself lucky that it cost him so little. I make plenty of mistakes at my job, but if I ever get anything THAT wrong, I will consider myself lucky to be employed the next week.
December 4th, 2003 at 10:40 pm
Half his salary for the game, not for the year.
And this wasn’t a little boo-boo. This was el fuckup grande. He didn’t know an important rule and it literally changed the outcome of the game and potentially the playoff race.
He should consider himself lucky that it cost him so little. I make plenty of mistakes at my job, but if I ever get anything THAT wrong, I will consider myself lucky to be employed the next week.
December 5th, 2003 at 5:18 pm
What do you know about football, Clare? My friend in the Bay Area tells me you can’t even lick a manila envelope.
December 5th, 2003 at 5:18 pm
What do you know about football, Clare? My friend in the Bay Area tells me you can’t even lick a manila envelope.
December 5th, 2003 at 5:18 pm
What do you know about football, Clare? My friend in the Bay Area tells me you can’t even lick a manila envelope.
December 5th, 2003 at 5:41 pm
Shut up, you and your Bay Area friend! SD_28 will rise again.
December 5th, 2003 at 5:41 pm
Shut up, you and your Bay Area friend! SD_28 will rise again.
December 5th, 2003 at 5:41 pm
Shut up, you and your Bay Area friend! SD_28 will rise again.