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19. Such resentment. Never made the team?

Reply to MichMan (Reply #18)

Sun Aug 18, 2024, 08:38 PM

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and where do I write how much I hate NFL players going into the showmanship dance [View all] a kennedy Aug 2024 OP

That is why I no longer watch or care about the NFL. Jamesm9164 Aug 2024 #1

RIGHT!?! SeanHG Aug 2024 #2

That's what old fogeies back in the day used to say. They didn't even want the players to spike the ball... brush Aug 2024 #3

tell me that again, the next time you see a 2nd grader stopdiggin Aug 2024 #4

Yeah, right, 2nd graders. Where'd you dig up that ridiculousness? Link pls. brush Aug 2024 #5

Players get paid a bonus depending on their on field antics? MichMan Aug 2024 #7

More silliness. I explained in my first response to you that player celebrations let to visibility of... brush Aug 2024 #9

outstanding players have always been recognized stopdiggin Aug 2024 #10

To you maybe, but I've been following the NFL since... brush Aug 2024 #11

something 'happening at the same time' - is not a great argument for 'causation' stopdiggin Aug 2024 #12

It was the zeitgeist of the times, the '60s. But one question: What have you got against players celebrating? brush Aug 2024 #13

You didn't read it very closely MichMan Aug 2024 #14

I read it again. It's in the same vein as the original post. brush Aug 2024 #15

Anti player, because I don't like it when a team down 20 points dances around after recovering a fumble in the 4th ? MichMan Aug 2024 #16

Oh boy. Such resentment. Maybe just learn to enjoy the game... brush Aug 2024 #17

I think I'll focus my appreciation of athleticism on things like passing, catching and running with the football MichMan Aug 2024 #18

Such resentment. Never made the team? brush Aug 2024 #19

The dance team? MichMan Aug 2024 #20

I don't care for it in the first quarter of the pre-season Xavier Breath Aug 2024 #6

I hate it when a defender does it after a tackle MichMan Aug 2024 #8

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