You're clearly so whitewashed you don't even realize that there are differences in black and white culture.
Or I'm not of the racist opinion that only black people excessively taunt their opposition.
Nobody is harmed by doing a dance or pointing a finger.
Agreed, but that's not why raising an arm is prohibited. It's prohibited to prevent taunting, which can cause harm.
White people watch WWE wrestling, right? All they do is taunt and celebrate. It's good entertainment. But when a black athlete does it in a football game, oh we can't have that.
So you're comparing legitimate athletic competition to WWE wrestling? As someone who watches wrestling myself, I find your example to be outrageous.
And yes, Joe Paterno is the quintessential figurehead of white sports.
I see you totally did not get my point, which I must say does not surprise me.
we will have to agree to disagree. Your comment about "real lack of sportsmanship in sports", when occurs shows a larger underlying problem. It starts with the parents.
I still say, let the kids enjoy and celebrate in sports. They can be shown/taught how to do it without taunting.
Amazing my generation for the most part did just fine without all these rules.
Depending upon when your generation is, it's conceivable your generation consists of the parents who are the problem.
But it's hard for me to reply much more than that, because I don't know what years your generation include.
Excessive celebratory acts? So you just tuck in your tail, lower your head, and pretend you didn't accomplish anything?
Or you can settle for a high five and a hug with your teammates, instead of something which draws attention to yourself and taunts the competition (theoretically). Or you can simply act like you've won something before and then celebrate later in private.
Am sorry, but my own post cracked me up so much I had to repeat it. Thanks to Goshin for setting me up with that one. Don't mind if I take a bow at all.
As long as someone was amused by it.
there is always going to be subjectivity in sports officiating.
Absolutely, but this is a subjective interpretation which can lead to disqualification. It's much better to just prohibit it totally. I mean, what advantage is lost by not being allowed to raise your arms in a 4x100 relay?
I hope the officials left a round in the starting gun to shoot themselves with after making that call.
Yes, because those starter pistols do such terrible damage....
I agree the general idea seems rather stupid, and a byproduct of "everyone is a winner" mentality. It's like we want to ingrain in people there is something wrong with success
A) Eliminating taunting has nothing to do with "everyone is a winner" mentality.
B) Success has nothing to do with winning.