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brush

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3. That's what old fogeies back in the day used to say. They didn't even want the players to spike the ball...

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Sun Aug 18, 2024, 12:34 AM

Aug 2024

Last edited Sun Aug 18, 2024, 01:15 AM - Edit history (1)

when they scored. Thank God the players said to hell with that NO Fun League stuff and started celebrating when they scored which drove up their salaries and now players, mostly Black guys btw, make generational wealth for their families if they stick and play and get paid for a few years.

That's what it's all about...to not just play and make money for the owners and the league...but to get PAID.

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and where do I write how much I hate NFL players going into the showmanship dance [View all] a kennedy Aug 2024 OP

That is why I no longer watch or care about the NFL. Jamesm9164 Aug 2024 #1

RIGHT!?! SeanHG Aug 2024 #2

That's what old fogeies back in the day used to say. They didn't even want the players to spike the ball... brush Aug 2024 #3

tell me that again, the next time you see a 2nd grader stopdiggin Aug 2024 #4

Yeah, right, 2nd graders. Where'd you dig up that ridiculousness? Link pls. brush Aug 2024 #5

Players get paid a bonus depending on their on field antics? MichMan Aug 2024 #7

More silliness. I explained in my first response to you that player celebrations let to visibility of... brush Aug 2024 #9

outstanding players have always been recognized stopdiggin Aug 2024 #10

To you maybe, but I've been following the NFL since... brush Aug 2024 #11

something 'happening at the same time' - is not a great argument for 'causation' stopdiggin Aug 2024 #12

It was the zeitgeist of the times, the '60s. But one question: What have you got against players celebrating? brush Aug 2024 #13

You didn't read it very closely MichMan Aug 2024 #14

I read it again. It's in the same vein as the original post. brush Aug 2024 #15

Anti player, because I don't like it when a team down 20 points dances around after recovering a fumble in the 4th ? MichMan Aug 2024 #16

Oh boy. Such resentment. Maybe just learn to enjoy the game... brush Aug 2024 #17

I think I'll focus my appreciation of athleticism on things like passing, catching and running with the football MichMan Aug 2024 #18

Such resentment. Never made the team? brush Aug 2024 #19

The dance team? MichMan Aug 2024 #20

I don't care for it in the first quarter of the pre-season Xavier Breath Aug 2024 #6

I hate it when a defender does it after a tackle MichMan Aug 2024 #8