LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Did you hear? The NFL just outlawed smiling after touchdowns.
No more high-fives, either.
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| Chad Johnson's touchdown choreography will likely draw flags this fall. (Getty Images) |
We're just kidding, of course. But it doesn't seem that far-fetched.
In their never-ending drive to suck all the fun out the game, the league is once again pushing to curtail end-zone celebrations by players.
Little-by-little, they are limiting the things that players can do when they cross the white line.
Act like you've been there before, darn it.
Coach-speak, right?
Not anymore. It's the NFL way. So what if the fans love the celebrations. So what if the players love thinking up new ones to entertain, their creativity the envy of choreographers all over.
No fun allowed. Remember.
Players are now being neutered.
The latest proposal by the NFL competition committee, which was announced at the league's winter meetings here Monday, is to limit the things players can do to celebrate.
If the committee's recommendation is approved by the league's owners -- can you imagine it not happening with that stuffed-shirt crew? --- players can no longer use the ball as a prop, other than to spike it, spin it or dunk it over the goal post. They can't get down on the ground to celebrate, either, which means no more snow angels and certainly no more kneeling down for marriage proposals with the cheerleaders like Chad Johnson did last season.
