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College football, governed by the NCAA also penalizes excessive celebrations with a 15-yard penalty. NCAA Football Rule 9-2, Article 1(a)(1)(d) prohibits "Any delayed, excessive, prolonged or choreographed act by which a player (or players) attempts to focus attention upon himself (or themselves)"; in addition, Rule 9-2, Article 1(a)(2) asserts that "After a score or any other play, the player ...
The NFL’s emphasis on stamping out taunting, according to a league source, is not aimed at limiting player celebrations. The key, the source said, is if the act is directed at an opposing player.
Examples include verbal abuse, taunting of an opponent or a game official, an excessive celebration following a significant play, or feigning injury. The official rules of many sports include a general provision whereby participants or an entire team may be penalized or otherwise sanctioned for unsportsmanlike conduct.
When the NFL updated rules regarding excessive celebrations in 2000 and 2014, the Lambeau Leap was grandfathered into the new rules, permitting it to continue, because it was an individual act of celebration that did not take on the form of taunting. [9] [10]
The NFL's new emphasis on taunting penalties that were mildly enforced before has caused a schism between owners, coaches, and players. The NFL's new emphasis on taunting penalties that were ...
The NFL has strict rules for celebrations and players are reminded annually that violations will result in unsportsmanlike penalties. London’s 7-yard TD catch on a pass from Kirk Cousins tied the score at 21-21.
Taunting penalties will continue until players adapt to the new edict from the NFL.
Examples include verbal abuse of officials, and taunting, which, since 2004 in the NFL, has included any "prolonged and premeditated celebrations" by players (prior to that year the latter carried only a 5-yard penalty). Later rules included using the football or end zone pylon in a touchdown celebration.