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  • DrStale
    SBR Hall of Famer
    • 12-07-08
    • 9692

    #1
    Celebration penalty costs high school team a title
    A Massachusetts high school lost a state championship game because a player raised his arm in triumph as he ran for what would have been a go-ahead touchdown.


    I love this line: "We try and play by the rules, and the rule is 'no celebrating,' " he said.

    Seriously Scrooge? Somebody needs to get that guy laid, and pull the stick from his ass while they're at it.
    Originally posted by Dark Horse
    If with religion you mean belief system, your belief system is your religion. Again, it matters not what it is. You believe in it, you are loyal to it, would defend it, and yet have no proof of it, other than that, at one point or another, you chose to believe in it. Self-hypnosis. What if there were a snapping of fingers that broke the hypnosis?
  • nosniboR11
    SBR Posting Legend
    • 09-02-08
    • 10042

    #2
    what happens when liberals take over things
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    • DrStale
      SBR Hall of Famer
      • 12-07-08
      • 9692

      #3
      Yeah its clearly a political thing, despite the fact that youre well aware that im liberal and im the one blasting the guy.
      Originally posted by Dark Horse
      If with religion you mean belief system, your belief system is your religion. Again, it matters not what it is. You believe in it, you are loyal to it, would defend it, and yet have no proof of it, other than that, at one point or another, you chose to believe in it. Self-hypnosis. What if there were a snapping of fingers that broke the hypnosis?
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      • d2bets
        BARRELED IN @ SBR!
        • 08-10-05
        • 39995

        #4
        Originally posted by nosniboR11
        what happens when liberals take over things
        Really? Thought someone would say it's the other way around. Wouldn't a liberal be more loose with the rules and allow more? Wouldn't strictly enforcing punitive rules and law&order be more of a conservative thing, if anything?

        The liberal in me says the guy wasn't harming anyone and they should cut the kid a a break. The conservative in me says rules are rules and they should be literally and strictly enforced, regardless of result.
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        • Optional
          Administrator
          • 06-10-10
          • 61630

          #5
          Originally posted by DrStale
          http://espn.go.com/boston/story/_/id...ool-team-title

          I love this line: "We try and play by the rules, and the rule is 'no celebrating,' " he said.

          Seriously Scrooge? Somebody needs to get that guy laid, and pull the stick from his ass while they're at it.
          Do all the passionate athletes have to go play other sports in the US?

          Does any other sport have a ridiculous rule like this one? Not that I know of. That's what they should be discussing. Why do officials think gridiron players are so brain dead they need etiquette stuff like this included in game rules??
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          • Jericholic
            SBR MVP
            • 02-15-10
            • 3099

            #6
            The worst part about it was that the "celebration" was just pumping his fist when he was breaking away. It wasn't like he was showing anybody up, who wouldn't be excited in that situation?? Such a crap call.
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            • nosniboR11
              SBR Posting Legend
              • 09-02-08
              • 10042

              #7
              truth hurts
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              • str
                SBR Posting Legend
                • 01-12-09
                • 11781

                #8
                Never would have been considered to have been done 30 years ago by the player.

                He has watched too much NFL and it's a shame.
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                • DrStale
                  SBR Hall of Famer
                  • 12-07-08
                  • 9692

                  #9
                  Originally posted by nosniboR11
                  truth hurts
                  Haha, typical ignorant comment. Someone refutes your stupid statement and rather than attempt to prove them wrong you respond with a meaningless phrase because you don't have the intellectual capacity to explain yourself. You're an embarrassment to real conservatives.
                  Originally posted by Dark Horse
                  If with religion you mean belief system, your belief system is your religion. Again, it matters not what it is. You believe in it, you are loyal to it, would defend it, and yet have no proof of it, other than that, at one point or another, you chose to believe in it. Self-hypnosis. What if there were a snapping of fingers that broke the hypnosis?
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                  • Optional
                    Administrator
                    • 06-10-10
                    • 61630

                    #10
                    Originally posted by str
                    Never would have been considered to have been done 30 years ago by the player.

                    He has watched too much NFL and it's a shame.
                    I'm a foreigner, so excuse any ignorance, but what exactly is offensive about celebrating a score?

                    99% of the time it's nothing to do with dissing the other team. I don't get what's so unsporting about it personally.
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                    • hels
                      SBR Hall of Famer
                      • 04-12-09
                      • 8767

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Optional
                      I'm a foreigner, so excuse any ignorance, but what exactly is offensive about celebrating a score? 99% of the time it's nothing to do with dissing the other team. I don't get what's so unsporting about it personally.
                      Exactly. The kid was 2 seconds away from a touchdown.

                      However, in the high school and college football rulebooks it says that you can't do anything unnatural that may be deemed taunting or 'shoving it in your opponents faces.' By the rules the referee is justified in his decision as this simple fist pump could be considered taunting the opponent.

                      I do not agree with the rule because that sucks big time. However, he broke it.
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                      • DiggityDaggityDo
                        SBR Aristocracy
                        • 11-30-08
                        • 81450

                        #12
                        Rules are rules. I bet he learns his lesson and does not do that again.
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                        • str
                          SBR Posting Legend
                          • 01-12-09
                          • 11781

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Optional
                          I'm a foreigner, so excuse any ignorance, but what exactly is offensive about celebrating a score?

                          99% of the time it's nothing to do with dissing the other team. I don't get what's so unsporting about it personally.
                          It's not the celebrating after the score. It is showing up the opposition DURING the act or what might be perceived to be such. It would have been fine to have some team mates hug him or high five'd in the end zone and within reason , but.... not do some scripted crap where they play act out a scene of some sort.
                          It keeps growing and growing until it gets out of hand. As a result , various levels of sports are cracking down on this taunting, and what is deemed excessive celebration. This did not happen 30+ years ago and many feel the need to try and reel it back in somewhat. Thus, the penalty.
                          As I said, it's just a shame for this kid but I will bet that when his coach saw it while the player was running, he wanted to puke . It was not a surprise at all to him. It could not have been. It's the rules.
                          Hope that helps.
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                          • Bcatswin
                            SBR Posting Legend
                            • 12-21-10
                            • 13931

                            #14
                            Was not that bad, its simple the ref had the other side
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                            • Optional
                              Administrator
                              • 06-10-10
                              • 61630

                              #15
                              Originally posted by str
                              It's not the celebrating after the score. It is showing up the opposition DURING the act or what might be perceived to be such. It would have been fine to have some team mates hug him or high five'd in the end zone and within reason , but.... not do some scripted crap where they play act out a scene of some sort.
                              It keeps growing and growing until it gets out of hand. As a result , various levels of sports are cracking down on this taunting, and what is deemed excessive celebration. This did not happen 30+ years ago and many feel the need to try and reel it back in somewhat. Thus, the penalty.
                              As I said, it's just a shame for this kid but I will bet that when his coach saw it while the player was running, he wanted to puck . It was not a surprise at all to him. It could not have been. It's the rules.
                              Hope that helps.
                              Yes rules are rules. I see why the penalty.

                              And I guess I get what you're saying about the reasoning for the rule, although I'm having trouble imagining what players must have been doing on the way to a score that was so offensive this rule was ever needed.

                              I've seen Rugby League players stuff up a score by show boating a few times, and it's classic television every time.
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                              • BEANTOWNJIM
                                SBR MVP
                                • 08-12-05
                                • 4610

                                #16
                                BOYS I JUST DROVE BY THIS SCHOOL TODAY ON MY WAY TO THE CHINATOWN YMCA AND ITS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS BECOMES A RACIAL INCIDENT.THE BOY WHO SCORED WAS BLACK PLAYING FOR CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL AN ALMOST ALL BLACK SCHOOL.THEY WERE PLAYING A WHITE SCHOOL BLUE HILLS THE MOTHER OF THE KID WHO RAISED HIS HANDS IS VERY OUTSPOKEN AND IS BLACK AS THE ACE OF SPADES SO STAY TUNED FELLAS ITS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS IS A RACIST ACT BY THE REFS.IT HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE LOCAL BOSTON NEWS STATIONS

                                REMEMBER FELLAS YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST THIS WILL BECOME A RACIAL INCIDENT
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                                • wtf
                                  SBR Posting Legend
                                  • 08-22-08
                                  • 12983

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by BEANTOWNJIM
                                  BOYS I JUST DROVE BY THIS SCHOOL TODAY ON MY WAY TO THE CHINATOWN YMCA AND ITS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS BECOMES A RACIAL INCIDENT.THE BOY WHO SCORED WAS BLACK PLAYING FOR CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL AN ALMOST ALL BLACK SCHOOL.THEY WERE PLAYING A WHITE SCHOOL BLUE HILLS THE MOTHER OF THE KID WHO RAISED HIS HANDS IS VERY OUTSPOKEN AND IS BLACK AS THE ACE OF SPADES SO STAY TUNED FELLAS ITS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS IS A RACIST ACT BY THE REFS.IT HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE LOCAL BOSTON NEWS STATIONS

                                  REMEMBER FELLAS YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST THIS WILL BECOME A RACIAL INCIDENT
                                  probably the ONLY reason the press picked it up
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                                  • Maverick22
                                    SBR Wise Guy
                                    • 04-10-10
                                    • 807

                                    #18
                                    i dont like when ref's take games into their own hands. this is bull shit.

                                    let the kids play. flag the REAL penalties
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                                    • Bcatswin
                                      SBR Posting Legend
                                      • 12-21-10
                                      • 13931

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by Maverick22
                                      i dont like when ref's take games into their own hands. this is bull shit.

                                      let the kids play. flag the REAL penalties
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                                      • JR007
                                        SBR Hall of Famer
                                        • 02-21-10
                                        • 5279

                                        #20
                                        I am from the area, and saw the whole thing on the news, .......the captains and the coaches were briefed on this before gametime,

                                        thought it excessive, but they were warned
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