In its continued effort to turn touchdowns into more somber and less celebratory affairs, the NFL will begin penalizing players who dunk the football over the field-goal crossbar to celebrate touchdowns this season
The league's head of officials Dean Blandi** broke the news to radio host Dan Patrick on Tuesday.
NFL Head of Officials Dean Blandi** told @dpshow that dunking the ball over the goal posts will be a penalty next season.
The NFL points out that this is **t a new rule, necessarily, because using the football as a Celebration prop has technically been a penalty since 2006. Yet the rule has never been applied to post-touchdown dunking (perhaps because dunking is awesome). The practice became a hit with fans and players alike over the past few seasons. Read more...
03-26-2014, 01:04 AM
** Fun League? NFL Draws Ire For Banning Celebration Dunks
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