MarkQuinn
Newbie
Hi everyone. This is my first post.
I had the pleasure, as you can imagine, of growing up in Pittsburgh (whereI still reside) during the 1970s. By the time the 80s rolled around I was saying "What? You mean the Super Bowl parties aren't a yearly thing?" It was also then when I developed my love for the wide-receiver position, watching class acts like Swann and Stallworth. When those guys scored a touchdown, they casually dropped the ball, high-fived their teammates and jogged back to the sidelines, preparing for their next drive. Was it Lombardi who said when you reach the endzone, act like you've been there before?
I searched for some posts about the ridiculous antics of modern NFL players but couldn't find anything so I thought the topic was as good as any. Now you don't even need to score a touchdown to perform your stupid tribal dance and your classless,unsportsmanlike, in-your-face histrionics. You can be down by 17 points mid-way through the fourth and do it after a sack or a tipped pass. It's absurd. Granted, I see a lot of white players doing it nowadays, but it's never as severe, never as commonplace as the black performances we all know and hate. Moreover, I think you only ever see white players doing it (with much less severity) because obscene celebration is almost obligatory now. Don't act like an ass? You must not have team spirit.
I don't think it's much of a secret that blacks as a race are more animated. When white people laugh at a joke, they simply laugh. When black people laugh at a joke, they jump up, fall down, stumble across the room and crash into dishes. It's an act. That's fine, it gives them character. But for God's sake, why doesn't the NFL realize that certain rules of conduct and sportsmanship must be upheld? I guess at one point they tried, earning the nickname NoFunLeague, but then it all fell apart and got worse as players learned they could get a lot of attention by jumping into the stands and making total assess of themselves. I mean what is this, professional wrestling? Last time I checked NFL football was a legitimate sport. If you want to dance, go to the cluband dance and try not to shoot yourself in the leg, you ass.
Anyway, I just had to rant, and thank you for reading this far. I know nothing's going to be done about it, ever, because to enforce some kind of "no-dance" policy you'd essentially be commiting an act of racism, denying the poor black players their cultural right to "express themsleves". Whatever.
Give me hockey, the last white dominated major sport in North America where players score a goal, embrace for half a second in a group hug then --- oh, how shocking! --- skate to the bench and prepare for their next shift because they have a FREAKIN' GAME TO WIN! Maybe black wide receivers wouldn't drop so many passes if they conserved their energy a bit more. A little less dancing, a little less trash talking, a little more business.
Oh, and this year the Pens take their revenge on the Wings.
I had the pleasure, as you can imagine, of growing up in Pittsburgh (whereI still reside) during the 1970s. By the time the 80s rolled around I was saying "What? You mean the Super Bowl parties aren't a yearly thing?" It was also then when I developed my love for the wide-receiver position, watching class acts like Swann and Stallworth. When those guys scored a touchdown, they casually dropped the ball, high-fived their teammates and jogged back to the sidelines, preparing for their next drive. Was it Lombardi who said when you reach the endzone, act like you've been there before?
I searched for some posts about the ridiculous antics of modern NFL players but couldn't find anything so I thought the topic was as good as any. Now you don't even need to score a touchdown to perform your stupid tribal dance and your classless,unsportsmanlike, in-your-face histrionics. You can be down by 17 points mid-way through the fourth and do it after a sack or a tipped pass. It's absurd. Granted, I see a lot of white players doing it nowadays, but it's never as severe, never as commonplace as the black performances we all know and hate. Moreover, I think you only ever see white players doing it (with much less severity) because obscene celebration is almost obligatory now. Don't act like an ass? You must not have team spirit.
I don't think it's much of a secret that blacks as a race are more animated. When white people laugh at a joke, they simply laugh. When black people laugh at a joke, they jump up, fall down, stumble across the room and crash into dishes. It's an act. That's fine, it gives them character. But for God's sake, why doesn't the NFL realize that certain rules of conduct and sportsmanship must be upheld? I guess at one point they tried, earning the nickname NoFunLeague, but then it all fell apart and got worse as players learned they could get a lot of attention by jumping into the stands and making total assess of themselves. I mean what is this, professional wrestling? Last time I checked NFL football was a legitimate sport. If you want to dance, go to the cluband dance and try not to shoot yourself in the leg, you ass.
Anyway, I just had to rant, and thank you for reading this far. I know nothing's going to be done about it, ever, because to enforce some kind of "no-dance" policy you'd essentially be commiting an act of racism, denying the poor black players their cultural right to "express themsleves". Whatever.
Give me hockey, the last white dominated major sport in North America where players score a goal, embrace for half a second in a group hug then --- oh, how shocking! --- skate to the bench and prepare for their next shift because they have a FREAKIN' GAME TO WIN! Maybe black wide receivers wouldn't drop so many passes if they conserved their energy a bit more. A little less dancing, a little less trash talking, a little more business.
Oh, and this year the Pens take their revenge on the Wings.
