ATL Week 11 - RIP Terry Glenn

[humanrefutation]

The idea that the "sanctity" of dudes throwing a ball around is ruined by staged celebrations is comical, and as get-off-my-lawn as it gets.

I'm nowhere near the "get off my lawn" age, but I tell you what....if there ever comes a day when I look out my window and see some grown men playing "duck, duck, goose" in my front yard, you better believe I'm telling those **** to get the f*ck off my lawn!

Now, if I happened to look out my window and see a bunch of guys playing football in my front yard, that'd probably be equally as weird. But I'd probably at least watch for a little bit before I kindly asked them to leave. And maybe I wouldn't ask them to leave.... I do love football, after all.

Here's the thing..... If you were the coach of a peewee football team, would you find it acceptable for your kids to display a ridiculous touchdown celebration such as duck, duck, goose, or leapfrog? Is that the type of thing you'd want to instill into your kids' young, impressionable minds? Your answer says a lot about you.

Again, it's football - a game of dudes running and throwing a ball around, invented by some Joe Blow a century ago, that has since been artificially inflated by the media and sponsors into this industry that shapes our identities as people. I love it too, but think how stupid that really is. In some alternate universe, dudes are getting into barfights over professional Marco Polo/hopscotch/dodgeball because society made it important.

This isn't the infantry or the Supreme Court or elected office that should require a certain decorum (ha, elected office). It's really just a fun game and is not deserving of the level of sanctity attributed to it. And for that reason, if the actual participants (entertainment providers) want to put more fun into their fun, I really couldn't care less. Who the hell am I to tell them what to do anyway?

Yeah, there are people who take this way too seriously. This is a game. It's meant to be fun. It's meant to be creative. It's meant to be entertaining. If people want to dance or do choreographed celebrations - even if they're kind of silly or boring - more power to them. As long as they are not actively taunting their opponent in doing so, or doing something obviously offensive, then I don't really care.

And some of the celebrations have actually been pretty good, so it's fun to see how creative players can get with this stuff.

[Matches Malone]

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[Flames24Rulz]

Might be time for ol' Datone to hang 'em up.

[trwi7]

Another great draft pick by TT.

[Prickle]

The idea that the "sanctity" of dudes throwing a ball around is ruined by staged celebrations is comical, and as get-off-my-lawn as it gets.

I'm nowhere near the "get off my lawn" age, but I tell you what....if there ever comes a day when I look out my window and see some grown men playing "duck, duck, goose" in my front yard, you better believe I'm telling those **** to get the f*ck off my lawn!

Now, if I happened to look out my window and see a bunch of guys playing football in my front yard, that'd probably be equally as weird. But I'd probably at least watch for a little bit before I kindly asked them to leave. And maybe I wouldn't ask them to leave.... I do love football, after all.

Here's the thing..... If you were the coach of a peewee football team, would you find it acceptable for your kids to display a ridiculous touchdown celebration such as duck, duck, goose, or leapfrog? Is that the type of thing you'd want to instill into your kids' young, impressionable minds? Your answer says a lot about you.

Again, it's football - a game of dudes running and throwing a ball around, invented by some Joe Blow a century ago, that has since been artificially inflated by the media and sponsors into this industry that shapes our identities as people. I love it too, but think how stupid that really is. In some alternate universe, dudes are getting into barfights over professional Marco Polo/hopscotch/dodgeball because society made it important.

This isn't the infantry or the Supreme Court or elected office that should require a certain decorum (ha, elected office). It's really just a fun game and is not deserving of the level of sanctity attributed to it. And for that reason, if the actual participants (entertainment providers) want to put more fun into their fun, I really couldn't care less. Who the hell am I to tell them what to do anyway?

Fair enough. I agree that sports, in general, are meaningless. The older I've gotten, the less I care about my team's wins and losses. I remember, as a kid, being close to tears when the Packers lost to the Cowboys in the NFCCG in '95. The Packers were my life then. Now, as an adult, I have an actual life and actual problems. The Packers are not very high on my list of things that matter anymore. It's nothing more than entertainment, yet I still care, like many of us do. Why? Who knows? It's just something that's imbedded in us.

And to your point, yes, football was, I guess, arbitrarily deemed an American pastime - the game that matters to us. We could just as easily be getting hyped up about bocce ball or croquet. But even then, we'd still be calling for our croquet coach's head after every loss. It's the American way!

As far as the celebrations: Do they irritate the sh*t out of me? Yes. Am I probably making a bigger deal of it than I should? Yes. Has the Packers demise played a role in my need to vent frustration wherever I can, and the ridiculous celebrations provide an easy target? Likely.