Dumbest Penalty Ever

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Watching the Orange Bowl and a Kansas CB just returned an interception to the house and was penalized for high stepping into the end zone. Honestly, these guys are allowed to make horsecollar tackles, but they can't get excited as they run into the endzone? There are more important things to worry about. Let them play.

Somewhere Deion Sanders just went into a seizure.
 
Agree. I don't see the penalty in the diving into the end zone either. I mean come on, if I ever got that close to the goal line with the ball, I'd probably dive too. Save the flags and call more holding penalties for those take downs on the OL.
 
I would have to go with the helmet to helmet call against Wheeler on Brady Quinn a couple of years ago when Quinn lowered his head into the tackle. That was just terrible.
 
ramblinwreck24 said:
I would have to go with the helmet to helmet call against Wheeler on Brady Quinn a couple of years ago when Quinn lowered his head into the tackle. That was just terrible.
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Yes.

Dumbest penalty ever.

If ND was on defense that wouldn't have been flagged.
 
ramblinwise1 said:
Agree. I don't see the penalty in the diving into the end zone either. I mean come on, if I ever got that close to the goal line with the ball, I'd probably dive too. Save the flags and call more holding penalties for those take downs on the OL.
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Diving, or I should say flipping, could potentially injure the player -- with a very serious injury, like a fractured neck. I do not mind the high stepping, but the flipping to me should be so serious a penalty that noone should ever do it again (even an ejection). The last thing I want is some high school or college player flipping and breaking his neck--
 
BuzzMD said:
Diving, or I should say flipping, could potentially injure the player -- with a very serious injury, like a fractured neck. I do not mind the high stepping, but the flipping to me should be so serious a penalty that noone should ever do it again (even an ejection). The last thing I want is some high school or college player flipping and breaking his neck--
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This will sound bad, but they aren't risking the life of anyone else, so who cares? I wonder what the stats are on the number of flips into the endzone that have resulted in a career ending injury - bet that isn't a very high percentage...I don't think it is called a penalty over the potential risk of injury to the player though - it is more due to the potential for the other team to respond because they feel it's being rubbed in their face...
 
BuzzMD said:
Diving, or I should say flipping, could potentially injure the player -- with a very serious injury, like a fractured neck. I do not mind the high stepping, but the flipping to me should be so serious a penalty that noone should ever do it again (even an ejection). The last thing I want is some high school or college player flipping and breaking his neck--
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It's football. You could break your neck on a tackle or a hard hit.
 
BuzzMD said:
Diving, or I should say flipping, could potentially injure the player -- with a very serious injury, like a fractured neck. I do not mind the high stepping, but the flipping to me should be so serious a penalty that noone should ever do it again (even an ejection). The last thing I want is some high school or college player flipping and breaking his neck--
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I could be wrong but I doubt personal injury has anything to do with the rule. High-stepping, flipping, etc. could be viewed as taunting and depending on the context of the game could lead to altercations or all-out brawls.

With fan interaction becoming more prevelant in these altercations (Pistons/Pacers is the most high profile occurance), these rules are put in place for the safety of the players and fans, and to keep the integrity of the sport in tact.
 
ContactBuzz said:
I could be wrong but I doubt personal injury has anything to do with the rule. High-stepping, flipping, etc. could be viewed as taunting and depending on the context of the game could lead to altercations or all-out brawls.

With fan interaction becoming more prevelant in these altercations (Pistons/Pacers is the most high profile occurance), these rules are put in place for the safety of the players and fans, and to keep the integrity of the sport in tact.
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I can't really call it a bad call, as that is the rules. Sometimes I think a little emotion should be OK, but that would be an exception to the rule otherwise.
 
Marcus Vick once got a taunting penalty and injured himself during an endzone celebration. Not entirely relevant to the subject at hand, but it was pretty damn funny.
 
Didn't Ohio State have a player get injured in last year's bowl game during a celebration of some sort? If I recall, it was very earl in the game.

I do not think that a player flipping into the end zone has ever been a turing point in a game, or a turnaround moment. As a fan, the simple act of a player doing so is not gonna get me outta my seat any more than if he ran it in standing up. Part of the ref's responsibility is to keep the player's emotions somewhat in check. I assume that is why they make such calls.
 
If they're going to penalize stuff like that it should be more severe. The guys know they're going to get hit with a penalty and they just don't care. Look at Richt's endzone celebration. They ate the penalty to serve a purpose. If the penalty was more severe they wouldn't think twice about it. Class or no class.

I'm all about the game being fun (and played by the rules) but think they ought to make the penalty actually sting or just drop it all together.
 
BuzzMD said:
Diving, or I should say flipping, could potentially injure the player -- with a very serious injury, like a fractured neck. I do not mind the high stepping, but the flipping to me should be so serious a penalty that noone should ever do it again (even an ejection). The last thing I want is some high school or college player flipping and breaking his neck--
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Doc, no offense but following that to the extreme you just wouldn't let them play for fear they get hurt.
 
ramblinwise1 said:
Doc, no offense but following that to the extreme you just wouldn't let them play for fear they get hurt.
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No, diving has no purpose other than showboating--at risk of same player getting injured -- or even worse, someone younger imitating him and getting injured. and probably that is where I am so concerned about the injury factor--it is the "role model factor." I cannot tell you how many injuries I saw when I was moonlighting in ER's due to people imitating dangerous stunts.

Playing football has a purpose of playing the game people love.
 
Right-o! After scoring that TD, a player should demonstrate proper etiquite and respect by just shrugging it off and saying to the opposition, "Sorry about that, chap. I guess we got lucky there."
 
I am definitely going to agree on the flipping / diving into the end zone unnecessarily. Remember Adrian Peterson last year broke his collarbone doing that and missed a good part of the season.
 
Why high-step into the endzone? WtF is that all about?

Just score the TD, hand the ball to the official and get your arse to the sideline.

I supported the call.

The call that I thought should have been made was to eject the Hawai'i player for spearing the UGa player early in the game. He could have killed the guy and not even a UGa player deserves that kind of unsportsmanlike treatment.

That punk would not have seen the field again if I had a flag to toss.
 
00Burdell said:
Why high-step into the endzone? WtF is that all about?

Just score the TD, hand the ball to the official and get your arse to the sideline.

I supported the call.

The call that I thought should have been made was to eject the Hawai'i player for spearing the UGa player early in the game. He could have killed the guy and not even a UGa player deserves that kind of unsportsmanlike treatment.

That punk would not have seen the field again if I had a flag to toss.
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It looked like Hawaii had bunch of those thugs on the team and the coach couldn't rule that punk either, he kept getting flags every kick. And Fox would bring him on the view again and again, good role model.

High-stepping is being a clown.
 
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