All State Baseball Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Not only is the New Orleans Saints' Jimmy Graham re-defining the tight end position, but he has also inspired an NFL rule change. According to the league's vice president of officiating, players will no longer be allowed to dunk the ball over the goal post after touchdowns. Dean Blandino confirmed the rule change during a radio interview with the "The Dan Patrick Show" on Tuesday. He said dunking the ball over the crossbar will now be considered a foul along with other touchdown celebrations that involve props. NFL to penalize goal-post dunk next season - ESPN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gchs_uk9 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 No Fun League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAC Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Always considered it rather impressive to be able to dunk a football with all that gear on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfback20 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 My opinion has changed on this matter. Why not let them celebrate how they want? What does it hurt when some one dunks the ball over the goalpost?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wireman Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I wouldn't even watch the NFL if not for Fantasy Football. I think it really is the No Fun League and it sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfback20 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I wouldn't even watch the NFL if not for Fantasy Football. I think it really is the No Fun League and it sucks. Well the game itself is great...for now. If they keep changing rules (kickoffs and extra points are two examples) I might agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurplePride92 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 This is pretty damn stupid. Thank God for basketball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spindoc Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Stupid. I'll miss when someone gets "rimhung" on the goalpost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjs4470 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 My opinion has changed on this matter. Why not let them celebrate how they want? What does it hurt when some one dunks the ball over the goalpost?? This is pretty damn stupid. Thank God for basketball A game was delayed last year to fix a goalpost when Jimmy Graham did one of his dunks, and knocked it out of alignment. According to ESPN, it's happened twice because of Graham. I'm guessing that would be the big reason this rule would be implemented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonFire Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Normally I agree with all the No Fun League talk, but I'm actually with them on this one. I thought it was dumb and a waste of time last year when Graham dunked it and delayed the game by knocking the goalposts off balance. Only reason I'm for this rule. I didn't mind the dunking at all, don't mind most of the other celebrations, but I'm not about wasting time because these guys can about tear the goalposts down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincySportsFan Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 So, is the Lambeau Leap outlawed now too? Seems to me that if you consider the goal post a prop, then the stadium would be too, wouldn't it? Gonna be some mighty mad Packer fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammerTime Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I wouldn't even watch the NFL if not for Fantasy Football. I think it really is the No Fun League and it sucks. I wouldn't watch NFL if I didn't gamble/play fantasy football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjs4470 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 So, is the Lambeau Leap outlawed now too? Seems to me that if you consider the goal post a prop, then the stadium would be too, wouldn't it? Gonna be some mighty mad Packer fans. Don't think so. It had been grandfathered in along with the dunk over the goalpost. But again, with the two Jimmy Graham incidents where the goalpost was knocked out of alignment, they decided to outlaw the dunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurplePride92 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I wouldn't watch NFL if I didn't gamble/play fantasy football. I'm pretty much in that boat now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurplePride92 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Don't think so. It had been grandfathered in along with the dunk over the goalpost. But again, with the two Jimmy Graham incidents where the goalpost was knocked out of alignment, they decided to outlaw the dunk. Around the Horn only said it happened once. If you break the goalpost then penalize him. If the goalpost stays intact then there is no harm, no foul. Pretty weak and a knee-jerk reaction by the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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