No high fives FOR YOU!
(Written by kencraw)
The Soup Nazi has taken up a new profession apparently, now in the personal foul definition business. While all of us were aghast that Allen was called for a personal foul, it has since come out that one of the official interpretations of the endzone celebration rule in college is that touching anyone in the stands is a personal foul.
Since that’s the case, I officially apologize to the refs for being harsh to them about it. It’s not their job to question or overlook rules or interpretations. It’s their job to enforce them accurately and consistently. It appears they did precisely that in this case.
It’s the Soup Nazi that ticks me off.
Why would this be an official interpretation of the rule? I could see “leaving the playing field” or “entering the stands” being the rule, but giving some fans a high five… what in God’s name should be wrong with that? Is the goal here to make college football as sterile as possible? Who loses in this case? What’s the risk that something negative will happen as a result? No matter which way I look at it, I can’t see the value of this official interpretation of the rule.
Disappointing, very disappointing.
September 8th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Those kids will probably remember the Keenan Allen high fives for the rest of their lives. Well worth the penalty we paid for it.
September 8th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Exactly Tedfordium. But now he’ll never do that again, nor will any other Cal player for a long time to come, and a whole bunch of other kids won’t get that sort of a joyful memory due to the Soup Nazi.
Just ridiculous.
September 8th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
I, too, retract any angry comments aimed at the ref. Didn’t realize there was a cut-and-dried interpretation of that rule in this case.
But really, if this happened every time there was a TD, it still wouldn’t even add up to much delay of the game. Seems like this should be opened up to the ref’s discretion.
September 9th, 2010 at 11:35 am
I think if we have all the players wear the blue rubber medical gloves and surgical masks then the possibility of contaminating our young, with God forbid a remembrance of the game, should only be a 5 yard penalty.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
I touched myself in the stands after that touchdown. I knew it was wrong. But I got away with it.