Fine out of line field celebrations

Published 1:10 pm Thursday, November 10, 2011

So now the National Football League has allowed another player to push the envelope of decency on the field of so-called professionals.

In this past Monday’s game between Philadelphia and Chicago, Moise Fokou’s machine gun mimicking after making an open field tackle was so out of line and childish. This sort of behavior is typically masqueraded as intensity, when it is nothing more than an in-your-face, unsportsmanlike, childish rant by a supposedly mature professional.

A fine example for our youth, who often idealize these professionals who are paid very handsomely to do their jobs well. Remember when professional football players made a great play, then got up and ran back to the huddle with their head held high? Now they all too often do some silly in-your-face dance like undisciplined fools.

Maybe if the NFL would start imposing big fines for this sort of behavior it would not be so prevalent.

Keith England

Everett