Like a lot of bad decisions, the NFL’s new heightened emphasis on taunting penalties was conceived by a group of bureaucrats hand-picked by a befuddled puppet governor to solve a problem that doesn’t exist. That’s one way to put it, at least. The more honest assessment is much simpler: The stodgy old people who make the rules in the NFL don’t like it when players show any type of emotion other than gratitude.
The NFL's War on Fun
The NFL's War on Fun
The NFL's War on Fun
Like a lot of bad decisions, the NFL’s new heightened emphasis on taunting penalties was conceived by a group of bureaucrats hand-picked by a befuddled puppet governor to solve a problem that doesn’t exist. That’s one way to put it, at least. The more honest assessment is much simpler: The stodgy old people who make the rules in the NFL don’t like it when players show any type of emotion other than gratitude.