The National Football League cannot have too much fun. It’s not allowed by the rules of the league. Not really, but it seems that way. Team celebrations swept the league last season. Usually when a defense made a big play, players would come from off the bench to celebrate with the team by the goal line or right by their team’s bench. The NFL is saying enough is enough as they’re purposing a rule to keep the players on the sidelines. Again, the NFL is trying to police celebrations instead of letting the guys have fun. One year of fun was apparently enough for the stuffy white guys in the room, and now, it’s back to being so goddamn serious all the time. Here’s the quote from Mark Manske of the Washington Post.

“If you’re on the field, fine,” one of those people said. “There would be no changes there. [But] there are some coaches and some clubs who don’t want to have players leaving the bench area to participate.”

The NFL hates marketing itself to the younger generation. Sure, ratings are back up, but they fail to see what young people want out of their football games. They like the cocky, brash attitude of these team celebrations. And they’re not harming a single fucking person. So what’s the harm of bringing people over from the sidelines? If they think the celebration gets too excessive, throw the flag. We don’t need to market correct something where there is a rule in place to prevent things from getting out of hand. The league hates trying to go viral. They think it’s all about clips of Aaron Rodgers, Patrick Mahomes and others throwing the ball around which is fine yet people want other types of things in their social media feeds. Diluting the turnover celebrations does not help anyone.

Charlie.