NC HS QB ejected for Newton superman touchdown celebration

[BeasonBeastingBacks]

Rules are rules

[Cary Kollins]

Gah these rules are getting so ridiculous. I can understand a flag, but an ejection?

Same goes for the NFL. I couldn't believe Antonio Brown was fined 10k for running backwards into the endzone. It's a game, played for entertainment. Lighten up a bit.

[lightsout]

Flag that all day, sure. Eject him? Get the fug out of here.

I remember when I played in high school, it depended on the refs working. Our two best RBs (we ran the Paul Johnson version of the triple option) would do two different celebrations after they score. One was a REALLY extravagant, choreographed dance (lasted about 10 seconds) and the other was "the matrix" celebration that D-Will and Stew do. Did it in the endzone too. Some refs flagged it, some didn't. Our coach didn't give a poo. He said, "have fun, but don't get ejected. We can deal with a flag on the PAT or the kickoff "

[Luke Cage]

Rules that are designed to target certain players for their swag and stunt the growth of said player's swag are unacceptable. Games are supposed to be fun; if you want a somber atmosphere go to a damn funeral. And "rules are rules" is the dumbest thing I ever heard. If everyone thought like that how would all the bad rules get changed?

[Inimicus]

At the high school level and below sportsmanship should trump everything else.

Teaching a kid how to have grace and humility in victory and pride and confidence in a loss will do them more good as adults than anything else they will learn in sports at that level.

[Zod]

At the high school level and below sportsmanship should trump everything else.

Teaching a kid how to have grace and humility in victory and pride and confidence in a loss will do them more good as adults than anything else they will learn in sports at that level.

Bingo

Good lord what have we become.

[TylerDurden]

At the high school level and below sportsmanship should trump everything else.

Teaching a kid how to have grace and humility in victory and pride and confidence in a loss will do them more good as adults than anything else they will learn in sports at that level.

I generally agree, but that mainly applies to the 95% or so who will never play beyond high school. The actual athletes that excel don't operate on the same plane.

[megadeth078]

At the high school level and below sportsmanship should trump everything else.

Teaching a kid how to have grace and humility in victory and pride and confidence in a loss will do them more good as adults than anything else they will learn in sports at that level.

Superman celebration = future thug. Got it.

[Inimicus]

I generally agree, but that mainly applies to the 95% or so who will never play beyond high school. The actual athletes that excel don't operate on the same plane.

And there is NO better time to teach them that should be on the same plane than high school.

Letting a kid showboat simply because he is being watched by BCS school scouts is not doing him any favors.

[Zod]

The best thing about football at a school level is how it teaches kids to work together as a team. Those skills are invaluable.

Corny dances or celebrations that celebrate themselves, not the team, should be an embarrassment to the coaches and the parents. The lessons are not getting through to the kids.

[Inimicus]

Superman celebration = future thug. Got it.

lol

Your words not mine.

[jtnc]

The best thing about football at a school level is how it teaches kids to work together as a team. Those skills are invaluable.

Corny dances or celebrations that celebrate themselves, not the team, should be an embarrassment to the coaches and the parents. The lessons are not getting through to the kids.

Team celebrations are also flagged. So not understanding your point.....

[Zod]

Team celebrations are also flagged. So not understanding your point.....

If you don't understand why kids should not be doing corny end zone dances, I am afraid this country is worse off than I first thought.

I can't even imagine sitting in the truck with my dad on the way home after doing that at a game. Good lord that would have been a nightmare.

[King Taharqa]

end zone dances are only corny to people who cant or dont dance. Don't wanna see the guy dance? Stop him from getting the end zone. Ejecting this young man from the game told us a lot more about this ref than it did this young man. Vigilante justice is wrong.