Year after year, the NFL drives away some fans from the sport because of the way theyāre enforcing the rules. The players canāt celebrate after a big play, everything is ā or isnāt? ā pass interference, and the referees are simply atrocious.
That trend isnāt likely to change any time soon. If anything, itāll only get worst. If you donāt 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 āCompetition Committeeā are āsick and tiredā of it.
John Mara Says Theyāre āSick And Tired Of The Tauntingā
āThatās something we discuss every year in the Competition Committee,ā Mara said, as quoted by NBC Sports. āWe 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 thereās always a fine line there, but none of us like to see that. Itās 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 donāt. I think the rest of the members of the Competition Committee feel the same way, too.ā
Basically, the owners want the players to just shut up and play as if they were inside a videogame, just because THEY donāt like it. Hell, even Madden lets you celebrate every now and then after steamrolling over thedefense or getting a huge stop.
Thereās a big difference between sportsmanlike taunting and making fun of your rival and itās actually not that hard to tell when itās one or the other. The referees ā and these people who clearly didnāt play sports a day of their lives ā are killing the essence of sports and then complain because people donāt enjoy their product anymore.
