Celebration penalty costs title

[enzo1]

Celebration penalty on TD costs Cathedral High School team title - ESPN Boston

[stomachmonkey]

That was bullshyte

[tevake]

Excessive celebration is really a distraction and a problem, especially in pro football and even more so in basketball. But a penalty for this was way too much reaction on the part of the Ref. This was not the in your face type of taunting that has become an issue.

Cheers Richard

[wdfifteen]

Right idea, there should be more sanctioning of these "athletes" who do an end zone celebration if they manage to get their jockstraps on correctly. But in this case it was poor judgement on the official's part.

[mattdavis11]

I'd go so far as to sanction and penalize those debating the issue. What a bunch of douche bags. They cause far more harm.

[Joe Bob]

While the arm raising was in violation of the rule, it was marginal at best....the ref should have gone over and kicked him in the ass afterwards......

[Shaun @ Tru6]

just the negative version of everyone gets a trophy. Sure, the whole team made the TD possible, but for anyone who has ever hit that end zone knows, you are pumped. Is there an address of the ref? I want to go kick him in the balls, though I'm guessing he's a wuss that just doesn't have any.

We need to be celebrating achievement and triumphant, not making sure the loser doesn't feel bad. They should feel bad, they lost. This country blows.

[Tervuren]

What if the race winning driver came in on the white flag and sped on pit road? Then came out and still had enough lead to win the race? You'd think he'd not get a penalty?

The players know the rules. This was celebration before he even completed the touchdown. Save it for after you've won the game, until then, it doesn't count...

[kach22i]

The commentator is correct; utterly disgraceful of the officials.

[timchar]

Certainly didn't deserve to lose championship over the arm raise. I must say, I am sick and tired of pro athletes who celebrate catching a football thrown right into their arms. The get paid millions to do just that, don't act like you just did something extraordinary. In Fed up with egos, ghetto attitude in sports.only sport I watch now is tennis and on occasion golf. Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer could teach these basketball and football players a lesson in humility. Two of the greatest players ever and if you have ever seen them interviewed, you would know how humble they are. Tim

[dennis in se pa]

My complaint would be.......
Why the F*** must we always watch a commercial before we get the video!!!!!!!
I refuse to do so.

[Roosterrusek]

Here is my take on why this ****** stupid...penalties are assessed to make sure that one side did not do something that is taking advantage....like holding in football.

If you hold the defensive lineman, you are unfairly giving your team an advantage, thus you get penalized.

By taking away a 100% properly EARNED touchdown, you GIVE the other team something they did not earn. What, celebrating accomplishing a goal is bad? If it's excessive then penalize them on the kickoff, or add 10 yards to whatever return is made on the ensuing kickoff.

There is NO M****** good reason to take away the points for something done after the play that had ZERO GD bearing on said play!

What, should we now add seconds on to a skiier's time because they celebrated after making the fastest time down the mountain?

I hate pathetic whiny *****y turds that think like that...they belong anywhere that's not taking away oxygen from useful people.

[Rot 911]

Damn I watched the video and unless I was told, I would have never known that raising one arm for two seconds WHILE RUNNING TO THE GOAL LINE was forbidden in high school football. Penalty certainly didn't fit the crime.

[lonewolf]

just saw it on CNN.
Not fair in my opinion. I mean c,mon. They are kids afterall.
Final play of the long season. QB scores winning touchdown but HEY don't be happy about it or let anyone know ,
Talk about crushing a spirit.

[lonewolf]

Are they going to take Lindsey Vonns last victory away because she T=bowed after her last race win?

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Originally Posted by Tervuren

The players know the rules.

Apparently the refs don't. In any fair reading of the rule, what the player did, did not break it.

[timchar]

As for professionals, they are "professionals", act like you've been there! Overpaid, unintelligent nimrods! Tim

[bkreigsr]

The only time the official would be justified is if the offending team had a history of the celebration violations and were explicitly warned prior to the game.
If that's the case, then it's a case of the QB 'one uping' the ref and the official would be justified.
Also, maybe it's not the first time that QB did it to that official.
But circumstances being what they were, I'm a former zebra, and I would have looked the other way. I feel sorry for the rest of the team. Bill K

[nota]

catlicker schools all CHEAT by recruiting [free scholarships]

no penalizes for normal celebration are just or needed

[Tervuren]

Originally Posted by Roosterrusek

There is good reason to take away the points for something done after the play that had ZERO GD bearing on said play!

What, should we now add seconds on to a skiier's time because they celebrated after making the fastest time down the mountain?

It was done before the play was over if I read correctly...

Also, if a Skier started celebrating while doing their run they are costing themselves time!!! No need to have such a rule as a good skier is going to maximize his run, and raising arms or throwing them out to celebrate before the goal line is gonna cause extra drag.

Premature celebration is a good way to look stupid and get pwned.