What is the NFL Excessive Celebration Rule and when was it put into place?
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It was originally put into place in 2004.\nThe owners adopted a 15-yard penalty for excessive celebrations, the penalty will be in addition to fines previously in place for choreographed and multiplayer celebrations such as Joe Horn's hidden cell phone trick and Terrell Owens' end-zone autograph.\nhttp://www.nfl.com/news/story/7221738\n\n\nIt was modified this year :\nRule expanded to say:  Stay on your feet. No more push-ups, sit-ups, boat-rowing, snow angels or worm crawls.  The rulesmakers also outlawed using the ball as a prop, adding it to the "foreign or extraneous objects that are not part of the uniform."\nhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12070684/\n\n\nIf you are really looking for the history of the rule.  Back in 1984 a rule was introducted that said:\nUnsportsmanlike conduct will also by called for any prolonged, excessive, or premeditated celebration by individual players or a group of players. This is usually referred to as the "Mark Gastineau Rule" because a major reason why this change was made was to stop him from performing his signature "Sack Dance" every time after he sacked an opposing quarterback.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_NFL_season
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If Chad  did the same celebration as TO had done Sunday...people would think it was genius and praise him for it.  But..then again..Chad can't get into the endzone.\n\nYeah...Chad is turning into another TO.  Like another poster said...Chad just needs to shut his mouth and concentrate on his football.
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Illegal Substitution: It's illegal to break the huddle with 12 players. This happens from time to time if a player comes into the game without properly informing the player he's replacing. \n\nIllegal Motion: A reciver or back is allowed to be in motion prior to the snap as long as he isn't moving towards the line of scrimmage. When he is, illegal motion is called.
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to be honest with you the urge never comes up in a game. i played for 6 years and not once had to 1 or 2 during a game. i've heard that if a player does have to go that the other players just block him off so no one can see and he just goes on the sidelines.
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No its like grabbing hair and thats legal in the NFL.
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The dropkick was used in the nfl, in fact it was very popular in the nfl untill the 1940's. The last dropkick was made on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2006 when Doug Flutie, of the New England Patriots, drop-kicked an extra point during the fourth quarter of their 28-26 loss to the Miami Dolphins at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. It was the first successfull dropkick since Dec. 21, 1941 when Ray "Scooter" McLean converted for the Chicago Bears to beat the New York Giants 37-9 in the NFL championship game.
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his policy is BS..i wouldn't watch my family get hurt and just stand there.  but on the other hand, if the rule wasn't so strict, players would just hop into the stands for the littlest thing...so i dono.  i think the policy is fine, but if my family was in trouble, i wouldn't care about being suspended or fined.
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it's shaq.  they had to change rules every year because of him.  the hand check, the zone defense, the no charge zone.
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It is when the quarterback has gotten rid of the ball and a defender comes up and hits him.  There are little things about this rule though.  If the defender is in the act of hitting right before he gets rid of the ball, that's just a good clean hit.  But if the quarterback gets rid of the ball and the defender has to take more then one step to hit him, the flags will fly, yellow everywhere!!
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fighting is legal and is an integral part of the sport...the rules to this are as follows...it is extensive.\n\n\nAn instigator of an altercation shall be a player who by his actions or demeanor demonstrates any/some of the following criteria: distance traveled; gloves off first; first punch thrown; menacing attitude or posture; verbal instigation or threats; conduct in retaliation to a prior game (or season) incident; obvious retribution for a previous incident in the game or season.\n\nThe aggressor in an altercation shall be the player who continues to throw punches in an attempt to inflict punishment on his opponent who is in a defenseless position or who is an unwilling combatant. A player must be deemed the aggressor when he continues throwing and landing punches in a further attempt to inflict punishment and/or injury on his opponent who is no longer in a position to defend himself.\n\nAn altercation is a situation involving two players, with at least one to be penalized.\n\nA major penalty shall be imposed on any player who fights. \nA player who is deemed to be the instigator of an altercation shall be assessed an instigating minor pen-alty, a major for fighting and a ten minute misconduct.\n\n(NEW for 2005-06) A player who is deemed to be the instigator of an altercation in the final five (5) minutes of regulation time or at any time in overtime, shall be assessed an instigator minor penalty, a major for fighting, a ten minute misconduct and an automatic one-game suspension. The length of suspension will double for each subsequent offense. In addition, the player's coach shall be fined $10,000 -- a fine that will double for each subsequent incident.\n\n(NEW for 2005-06) (NOTE 1) No team appeals will be permitted either verbally or in writing regarding the assessment of this automatic suspension.\n\nA player who is deemed to be the instigator of an altercation will have this recorded as an instigator of an altercation for statistical and suspension purposes.\n\nIf the same player is deemed to be the instigator of a second altercation in the same game, he shall be assessed an instigating minor penalty, a major for fighting and a game misconduct.\n\nA player who is deemed to be the aggressor of an altercation shall be assessed a major penalty for fighting and a game misconduct.\n\nA player who is deemed to be the aggressor of an altercation will have this recorded as an aggressor of an altercation for statistical and suspension purposes.\n\nA player who is deemed to be both the instigator and aggressor of an altercation shall be assessed an instigating minor penalty, a major penalty for fighting, a ten minute misconduct penalty (instigator) and a game misconduct penalty (aggressor).\n\nA player who is deemed to be the instigator of an altercation for the third time or the aggressor for the third time in one Regular Season shall be suspended for the next two Regular Season games of his Team. For the fourth instigator penalty or fourth aggressor penalty in the same Regular Season, the player will be suspended for the next four games of his Team. For the fifth instigator penalty or fifth aggressor penalty in the same Regular Season, the player will be suspended for the next six games of his Team.\n\n(NOTE 2) When the player receives his third instigator penalty in one Regular Season, he is automatically given a game misconduct following that third violation.\n\n(NEW for 2005-06) (NOTE 3) Automatic suspensions assessed to players who are deemed to be the instigator of an altercation in the final five (5) minutes of regulation time or at any time in overtime, shall be served in addition to any other automatic suspensions a player may incur for an accumulation of three or more Instigator penalties. \n\nDuring the Playoffs, any player who is deemed to be the instigator of an altercation for the second time or the aggressor for the second time shall be suspended automatically for the next Playoff game of his Team. For each
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Dallas vs Minnesota, December 28, 1975 , QB Roger Staubach threw a last second pass to Drew Pearson to win the playoff game.\n\nAfter the game Staubach was asked in an interview what he was thinking when he threw the game winning pass, he replied, "I just closed my eyes and said a Hail Mary".....and the NFL officially recognized term was coined.
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Garo Yepremian did it against the Vikings on November 13th, 1966.  He was the only Lion to do it until Jason hanson matched him in 1999, again against the Vikings.\n\nhttp://www.nfl.com/history/randf/records/indiv/fieldgoals
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As a Seahawk fan I'll tell you. The 12th man are all of the Seahawks fans. Go to their website and you'll notice that a 12th man banner flies between headline stories. A giant flag is flown from the top of the Space Needle. Last but not least, a 12th man flag is raised at the beginning of every home game. The fans in Seattle are the loudest in the NFL. Making opposing teams offenses make false starts during the regular season 24 times. When the Seahawks were still  in the King Dome. There was for a brief time a noise penalty for home teams fans that made to much noise. If a visiting offense couldn't hear their quarterbacks calls. The home team was penalized 10 yards and the fans had to calm down. That rule isn't in the NFL anymore. But, you can thank Seattle fans for starting it.
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Yes I think it is. I don't think it would cause problems for the refs though. I think that they shouldn't make an exception and I don't think that they should change the rules. Honestly how would the refs think he is a QB. He will be running different postions and the Refs hopefully have enough of a brain to know the difference by postion. The point though is that the NFL assigns numbers in a certain way. It is for the Fans, the Refs, and the Announcers basically. It also keeps it from the confusion in college where it well just pick a number that isn't retired. Assigning a set of numbers to a postion makes it easy. Then add in that these players are around a lot longer it makes sense to want guidelines.
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I used to think this was like tearing down the goalposts. Hey, it's destruction of property. It's all the same thing, right? Um, no. Not even close. It looks like NC State was the first team to do this back in 1947. I've wondered where this tradition started. Now I know!
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The replay system replaced a system used during the 1986-87 and 1991-92 seasons where a procedure similar to college football's was used. This is still used in the NFL today. While there is occasional controversy over the appropriateness of overturned calls, the system is generally accepted as an effective way to ensure a fair game.\n\nThe National Football League (NFL) reinstated the Instant Replay system in 1999, bringing in the opportunity to "challenge" on-field calls of plays. Each coach can challenge a game official's call, and ask the referee to review the television instant replay, twice per game
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is the referee's decision and the celebrating time is not added to the extra time.the celebrating time is around 30 seconds