Year after year, the NFL drives away some fans from the sport because of the way theyâre enforcing the rules. The players canât celebrate after a big play, everything is â or isnât? â pass interference, and the referees are simply atrocious.
That trend isnât likely to change any time soon. If anything, itâll only get worst. If you donât take our word for it, just watch how the referees are throwing flags left and right every time a player celebrates after a play.
These new taunting rules are simply ridiculous and go against the very spirit of competitiveness. However, New York Giants owner John Mara says that the members of the âCompetition Committeeâ are âsick and tiredâ of it.
John Mara Says Theyâre âSick And Tired Of The Tauntingâ
âThatâs something we discuss every year in the Competition Committee,â Mara said, as quoted by NBC Sports. âWe get kind of sick and tired of the taunting that does go on from time to time on the field. We tried to balance the sportsmanship with allowing the players to have fun and thereâs always a fine line there, but none of us like to see that. Itâs just a question of whether you can have rules that can be enforced and without taking the fun out of the game too, but nobody wants to see a player taunting another player. I know, I certainly donât. I think the rest of the members of the Competition Committee feel the same way, too.â
Basically, the owners want the players to just shut up and play as if they were inside a videogame, just because THEY donât like it. Hell, even Madden lets you celebrate every now and then after steamrolling over thedefense or getting a huge stop.
Thereâs a big difference between sportsmanlike taunting and making fun of your rival and itâs actually not that hard to tell when itâs one or the other. The referees â and these people who clearly didnât play sports a day of their lives â are killing the essence of sports and then complain because people donât enjoy their product anymore.
