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These snuff out rules just keep getting more ridiculous.

There’s maybe 2%(?) of the NFL audience that considers these gestures a problem. Same with taunting a sideline. Standing over a player. Jawing, verbally sparring etc.

It’s one of the highest levels of physical competition and entertainment.
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These snuff out rules just keep getting more ridiculous.

There’s maybe 2%(?) of the NFL audience that considers these gestures a problem. Same with taunting a sideline. Standing over a player. Jawing, verbally sparring etc.

It’s one of the highest levels of physical competition and entertainment.
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But but but it's a Dallas Cowboy player - anything to put them down is fine with me lol
 

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No Fun League strikes again!
I always thought it was a derivative of the first down gesture that many clowns in the NFL use. I really detest the Defensive Team running the length of the field after a turnover and posing in the end zone but I’m old school. I don’t like any celebrations other than TDs so stay off my lawn with those celebrations.
 

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These snuff out rules just keep getting more ridiculous.

There’s maybe 2%(?) of the NFL audience that considers these gestures a problem. Same with taunting a sideline. Standing over a player. Jawing, verbally sparring etc.

It’s one of the highest levels of physical competition and entertainment.
Ken Watanabe Godzilla GIF by Legendary Entertainment
I do actually have a problem with players celebrating with gang gestures. There is absolutely no place for this type of behavior with all due respect. Young men should act like MEN, not some punks on a cruise down Riverside Avenue. Yes, they should set examples if they want folks to pay to watch them and buy their merchandise.
 

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I do actually have a problem with players celebrating with gang gestures. There is absolutely no place for this type of behavior with all due respect. Young men should act like MEN, not some punks on a cruise down Riverside Avenue. Yes, they should set examples if they want folks to pay to watch them and buy their merchandise.
This. Having standards in a society is a requirement if you want to avoid descent into animalistic behaviors. Acting like adults and having role models for kids who model how it is done are extremely valuable. This should be a primary concern for the NFL and all sports leagues.
 

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I do actually have a problem with players celebrating with gang gestures. There is absolutely no place for this type of behavior with all due respect. Young men should act like MEN, not some punks on a cruise down Riverside Avenue. Yes, they should set examples if they want folks to pay to watch them and buy their merchandise.
Wait till you get a load of Devante's LA hat
 

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Hat...? Which hat? And, what about it? I can't find anything from searching.
it was in another thread, not sure which one, and people were a little confused at Devante's hat and why it had powerlines over the LA logo.

If you looked closely, there were shoes hanging from the powerlines.

In LA, that was an old way for gangs to mark their territory. Though one can argue it's been co-opted by now into more popular culture.
 

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it was in another thread, not sure which one, and people were a little confused at Devante's hat and why it had powerlines over the LA logo.

If you looked closely, there were shoes hanging from the powerlines.

In LA, that was an old way for gangs to mark their territory. Though one can argue it's been co-opted by now into more popular culture.
I'm gonna look for that. I missed out on this hat issue. Hanging shoes is totally gang related and not just a practice in LA, but all over the world. Not acceptable on a hat, my opinion.
 

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I'm gonna look for that. I missed out on this hat issue. Hanging shoes is totally gang related and not just a practice in LA, but all over the world. Not acceptable on a hat, my opinion.
I don't know man, it's such a part of other cultural things now and co-opted, I don't think it's a big deal.

Look if we boycotted the amount of gang related things incorporated into the economy since the 1960s we'd shut it down!
 

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it was in another thread, not sure which one, and people were a little confused at Devante's hat and why it had powerlines over the LA logo.

If you looked closely, there were shoes hanging from the powerlines.

In LA, that was an old way for gangs to mark their territory. Though one can argue it's been co-opted by now into more popular culture.
I'm gonna look for that. I missed out on this hat issue. Hanging shoes is totally gang related and not just a practice in LA, but all over the world. Not acceptable on a hat, my opinion.

It could also just be a baseball cap.
 
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