Quote Originally Posted by Spank_Me_Hard View Post
One is acceptable behaviour, the other two are not.

Disrespectful to the other players and in fact to the integrity of the game.



I agree. And different players will also celebrate differently. A spiking of the ball is pretty typical, but there are literally a zillion and one ways to celebrate scoring a TD that don't degrade the game or other players. Had Jackson pulled a TO and done something new like TO did when he pulled out the sharpie I could have cared less.

But he didn't. He actually taunted before the TD was scored (and hence, as you say... no penalty). This behaviour, and similar the he's done in the past indicates that he doesn't respect other players or the game itself. Hence, he's a primate.



Hmm. Do tell.

Maybe your so used to it in basketball that you don't care if it enters football as well. If so, I think that many football purists would disagree. Again, I don't want to see football "ghetto-ized" as basketball has become.



Thought about it, but decided not. But since you've gone through the lengths to call me out on it, let me clear it up for you:

Totally agree.

As the rules are written, you are absolutely correct.

Didn't think that I needed to comment really but there it is for you. Happy?

I will say this though: If pre-TD taunting start becoming common (or even just from a single isolated incident like this), I can see the team owners getting together to stop this. Have the officials start penalizing pre-TD taunting to clean up the game. In fact, my money is on that it will happen at some point. Probably sooner than later.

They have a valuable product that they don't want to see cheapened and tarnished.