reasons why celebrating is bad

On the opposite side of the spectrum, there are people that believe that the game should be played according to the rules with no embellishment or extra-curricular activity. The celebrations distract from the actual game of football and in a way can be disrespectful to the integrity to the game. The celebrations focus on a single player's accomplishments and not what the game is supposed to be about, the team. The big egos of the league, the players that have the biggest problem with getting along with their teammates and creating good chemistry, also happen to be the repeat celebrators. Not only do they draw away attention from the respect of playing the game and the team spirit and coordination , they also set a bad example for the younger fans that are watching them. The kids that want to be professional football players when they grow up are seeing the big players dance around, and putting themselves ahead of the welfare of the team by drawing 15 yard personal foul penalties. By teaching the future professionals this, in time the whole league could be filled with self-centered egomaniacs. If the league focuses too much on celebrations it could not only decrease the value of the NFL now, but affect it for years to come.

reasons why celebrating is legit

It is true that football is a game, but it is also true that the NFL is an entertainment based league. In order for people to watch it, the games have to be fun to watch and one of the main contributing factors of the entertainment is seeing outlandish celebrations. On top of that we can all agree that football is an emotional sport. With all the high stakes, hard hitting and humongous intensity it is filled with anger, excitement and joy. When a player achieves his goal then there has to be away to express it, heir-go celebrating. Besides the fun and expressing aspect of it, there has also been studies done that can be linked to celebrating benefiting the team and the player's performance. There was a Harvard study done, where they looked at the happiness of 5,000 people and they found that when one person is happy it can trigger a chain reaction among their friends and family, causing them to be happy. Now, if you apply this same idea to the excitement and adrenaline of scoring a touchdown or making a big play, you see how it would have a positive effect on a team. If a player trots into the end zone and does a celebration then it is possible that this could enhance the emotion of their team mates and help them perform better.

What's up, Holmes?

Super Bowl XLIII. Less than one minute remaining in the game. Ben Roethlisberger throws a 6 yard touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes to seal their 27-23 victory. Now, I don't know about you but if I just caught a super bowl winning touchdown I might be just a little bit excited.  After the play had ended he threw the ball up in the air, LeBron James style....and was then fined 10,000 dollars.  To my understanding the point of the celebration rule, and rules in general, are to keep the players safe. The league says that the rule is there because they don't want to cause a disagreement between players or get the other team riled up, which might cause a fight  or get players injured, but what's the point of penalizing someone when they do it after the play is over. On top of that, they need to bring it outside the confines of the game and penalize the players wallet? That doesn't make a lick o' sense. The rule isn't consistent and has too many flaws for it to be beneficial to the game. If they're going to continue with it, the league needs to take a good look at the pros and cons and finer details of the rule.

We don't need no penalization...

HEY. refs, leave them players alone.
I just really want to emphasize that there's no need for this flippin' rule. Let me ask you a question, what is the point of rules? to keep people safe and keep everything fair, right? well what does this rule keep from happening? fun.....excitement....spirit....it just doesn't contribute to making the game better so what's the point. It's not hurting anyone, and it's just in good fun. So I think the league needs to stop trippin' and sucking the fun out of everything. That's right commissioner....fun sucker.

Fairness of severness of celebration penalization

Yes, the title does rhyme. And I just wanted to bring this to attention, if a safety goes helmet to helmet on a defenseless wide receiver, knocking him out and sidelining him with a concussion, how many yards is his team penalized? 15 yards. If a player slam dunks a football on the uprights how many yards is he penalized? 15 yards. Notice a problem? With all penalization, the punishment should match the crime. If bruising a players brain results in 15 yards, should a break dance after a TD result in the same thing? If they are going to have such a rule in the game then they need to get rid of the flaws that are present. It needs to have a more clear cut definition and a much more just punishment.

No Fun League (NFL) going too far with celebration restrictions

Now I know this is a bit of a stretch but according to the rule it is legit, the rule says that if a player goes to the ground while celebrating it is a penalty. The problem with this is that it is not consistently enforced and honestly don't make much sense. When a players makes a play and goes down on one knee to thank God is that a penalty? Technically yes, but it's not called. But if a team organizes a high five in the endzone? bang, 15 yards. What's the matter with a player dropping to the ground, when it's perfectly fine for them to jump into the stands or dougie in the endzone. I'm not a fan of restricting celebrations in the first place, but if it is going to be done at least make it reasonable.

Facts about the 'social network' effect of emotion

  So I did some more research on the chain reaction of happiness. I found that when an individual becomes happy it increases a friend’s chances of happiness, a friend of that friend experiences a nearly 10 percent chance of increased happiness, and a friend of that friend has a 5.6 percent increased chance. Apparently the effect can last up to a year, so it would definitely last through a football game. I'm just saying that maybe by penalizing celebrations, you are penalizing happiness and that could have a negative effect on their performance.