As if we need more proof the NFL is filled with hypocrites

[convertedpatsfan]

Cobb makes snow angels in Green Bay and that's fine. Welker does it and it's unsportsmanlike conduct and a $10K fine. The 49ers were also fined for the same celebration earlier today.

Lambeau Leap is also okay, while doing the same leap anywhere else is a penalty. Grandfathered...why?

And of course Brady doesn't change air pressure but gets a massive witch hunt. Rodgers openly admits inflating the balls above and beyond the legal limit and nothing.

As for the snow angel, the technicality I expect the league to pull out of their ass is that Cobb was already on the ground when he performed the act, while the others went to the ground, which is cause for a flag. After watching this sport for decades, I still don't know what the **** a catch is either.

 

[Satchboogie3]

Amen. The hypocrisy is maddening!

 

[aluminum seats]

Penalties for any celebration are ridiculous. God forbid it should be fun.

 

[Joker]

4 game suspension, 1st and 4th round picks forfeited for....uh...something alleged that never really occured. Please do not look to the NFL for any semblance of a moral compass

 

[BelichicksBlackEye]

Cobb makes snow angels in Green Bay and that's fine. Welker does it and it's unsportsmanlike conduct and a $10K fine. The 49ers were also fined for the same celebration earlier today.

Lambeau Leap is also okay, while doing the same leap anywhere else is a penalty. Grandfathered...why?

And of course Brady doesn't change air pressure but gets a massive witch hunt. Rodgers openly admits inflating the balls above and beyond the legal limit and nothing.

As for the snow angel, the technicality I expect the league to pull out of their ass is that Cobb was already on the ground when he performed the act, while the others went to the ground, which is cause for a flag. After watching this sport for decades, I still don't know what the **** a catch is either.

You can do Lambeau leap in any stadium

Edit: that it is possible in

 

[StockingAnarchyNumber12]

I think the NFL and Roger just love GB and Rodgers.

 

[Joker]

You can't in the Razor...unless you call jumping into an end zone ****tail lounge a "leap"...it'd be more like a stagger I'd guess...

 

[borg]

The 49ers were also fined for the same celebration earlier today.

Are refs announcing fines as they speak through the microphone to the crowd?

 

[convertedpatsfan]

Are refs announcing fines as they speak through the microphone to the crowd?

Apologies, meant flagged. Fine to come no doubt.

 

[BelichicksBlackEye]

Are refs announcing fines as they speak through the microphone to the crowd?

Soon...

 

[QuantumMechanic]

And of course Brady doesn't change air pressure but gets a massive witch hunt. Rodgers openly admits inflating the balls above and beyond the legal limit and nothing.

That's a complete BS comparison. What Brady was (falsely) accused of was having someone screw with the balls once they were submitted to and measured by the refs. What Rogers admitted to was submitting too-hard balls to the refs and hoping the refs didn't notice. Big difference.

 

[Jlaff]

4 game suspension, 1st and 4th round picks forfeited for....uh...something alleged that never really occured. Please do not look to the NFL for any semblance of a moral compass

I thought I've heard it said well a hundred different ways, but I don't think you could put any more succinctly and clearly than that - "something alleged that never really occurred".

Was just amazed at the simple genius of it, that's all.

 

[Joey007]

Was Welker's snow angel back in that Arizona game from 08? Man that was a rout.

 

[signbabybrady]

 

[Pat the Pats Fan]

Park ave said this morning, that wasn't a snow angel. Packer fell down, and due to slippery conditions,was just struggling to stand up.....

 

[convertedpatsfan]

NFL says refs have discretion to penalize players’ snow angels

I thought for sure they would use the excuse about going to the ground. Turns out they have no real excuse, just the refs have discretion. The NFL is only consistent with it's inconsistency.

 

[RobertWeathers]

I'm waiting for LG to be fined for posing with the Minutemen. Just a matter of time.

 

[Anteros]

NFL says refs have discretion to penalize players’ snow angels

I thought for sure they would use the excuse about going to the ground. Turns out they have no real excuse, just the refs have discretion. The NFL is only consistent with it's inconsistency.

That is just... fantastically inept. Wow.

 

[Froob]

So...just to be clear here

1. The players like it
2. The fans like it

What is the problem then? Why is this a penalty?

 

[Froob]

That's a complete BS comparison. What Brady was (falsely) accused of was having someone screw with the balls once they were submitted to and measured by the refs. What Rogers admitted to was submitting too-hard balls to the refs and hoping the refs didn't notice. Big difference.

True but, Rodgers did make a conscious effort to skirt the rules and in the process, undermined the integrity of the game.