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jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
Sun Jan 25, 2015, 03:07 PM Jan 2015

No crotch grabbing at the Super Bowl ?



The NFL's head of officiating told ESPN's Sal Paolantonio at Pro Bowl practice Saturday that the Seattle Seahawks have been warned that if running back Marshawn Lynch makes an obscene gesture after scoring a touchdown or at any other time during Super Bowl XLIX, the team will be penalized 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct.

If he does it after scoring a touchdown, "That means they will kick off from the 20-yard line," Dean Blandino said.

Lynch has been fined twice for grabbing his crotch after scoring touchdowns, most recently when he was fined $20,000 for making the gesture after scoring a touchdown in the NFC Championship Game.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2014/story/_/id/12225549/nfl-warns-seattle-seahawks-marshawn-lynch-gesture
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No crotch grabbing at the Super Bowl ? (Original Post) jakeXT Jan 2015 OP
Super-racy Super Bowl spot for TV in West only. In_The_Wind Jan 2015 #1
It's great how they have to tell you what is not in it /nt jakeXT Jan 2015 #2
It's the official's job to check the balls. n/t PoliticAverse Jan 2015 #3
Word! Brother Buzz Jan 2015 #7
How they can they check the balls without crotch grabbing? Yavin4 Jan 2015 #10
Is the guy a jerk, or does he have that 'disability' like Doctor Cooper on Nurse Jackie? MADem Jan 2015 #4
Well, MJ said it's subliminal jakeXT Jan 2015 #5
Hmmm....or maybe he had an itch! MADem Jan 2015 #6
... Major Nikon Jan 2015 #8
Gillette’s FlexBall gets $3.2 million exposure from Deflategate jakeXT Jan 2015 #9
I hate crotch grabbing. cwydro Jan 2015 #11
When someone else does it to me... Yavin4 Jan 2015 #13
good idea. He should hire someone to grab his crotch after a TD rurallib Jan 2015 #15
OK cwydro Jan 2015 #18
Well, except when pipi_k Jan 2015 #22
In baseball, too! And the spitting.... Laffy Kat Jan 2015 #20
does Huckabee atleast still do a bass solo ? olddots Jan 2015 #12
I don't care. I'm still gonna grab mine. trof Jan 2015 #14
Ha! cwydro Jan 2015 #19
Shoot - Joni Ernst made a TV ad about grabbing balls rurallib Jan 2015 #16
Ugh!! This is the only time in years that the half-time makes me UGH. R B Garr Jan 2015 #17
I don't know how you guys walk around with those things. betsuni Jan 2015 #21
I just throw 'em in a wheelbarrow and off we go! bluedigger Jan 2015 #23
... Jamaal510 Jan 2015 #28
Next I suppose they'll outlaw butt-sniffing at the Puppy Bowl! pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #24
NOOOOO!!!! Sophiegirl Jan 2015 #25
This woman has been banned from attending the Super Bowl. Kaleva Jan 2015 #26
It could be worse jakeXT Jan 2015 #27
that was funny and cute. the snubby guy sure got interested when she started orleans Jan 2015 #29

MADem

(135,425 posts)
4. Is the guy a jerk, or does he have that 'disability' like Doctor Cooper on Nurse Jackie?
Sun Jan 25, 2015, 03:45 PM
Jan 2015

Dr. Cooper grabs OTHER people's privates, though, so it isn't quite the same thing....



MADem

(135,425 posts)
6. Hmmm....or maybe he had an itch!
Sun Jan 25, 2015, 04:10 PM
Jan 2015

I gotta say, all this "package" stuff in the run-up to the Superbowl is a hoot. Between the deflated balls and the crotch grabbing, they might as well just call it the SuperBALL!!

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
9. Gillette’s FlexBall gets $3.2 million exposure from Deflategate
Sun Jan 25, 2015, 08:06 PM
Jan 2015

Deflategate has been a boon for one company and its aptly named product.

Gillette’s logo and a hashtag promoting its FlexBall razor were featured in the backdrop for news conferences yesterday by New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick. The placement, and comedic relevance of the name, will bring at least $3.2 million in television exposure to the Procter &...

http://www.newsday.com/business/gillette-s-flexball-gets-3-2-million-exposure-from-deflategate-after-tom-brady-bill-belichick-talk-1.9836812
 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
11. I hate crotch grabbing.
Sun Jan 25, 2015, 08:46 PM
Jan 2015

I always wonder if the guys have to make sure it's there...or maybe they just like to touch it?

No idea. Something I'll never understand.

rurallib

(62,413 posts)
15. good idea. He should hire someone to grab his crotch after a TD
Sun Jan 25, 2015, 09:25 PM
Jan 2015

I would suggest gender equality in this hire, thus he should hire 2, one male, one female.

Laffy Kat

(16,377 posts)
20. In baseball, too! And the spitting....
Mon Jan 26, 2015, 12:47 AM
Jan 2015

Don't get me started on the spitting. Right when the camera is zooming in. Yuck, yuck, yuck.

trof

(54,256 posts)
14. I don't care. I'm still gonna grab mine.
Sun Jan 25, 2015, 09:15 PM
Jan 2015

Every time the Pats make a touchdown with a flat football.

R B Garr

(16,953 posts)
17. Ugh!! This is the only time in years that the half-time makes me UGH.
Sun Jan 25, 2015, 09:28 PM
Jan 2015

Usually I have some interest in the performers, but nothing about these pop, no-talent bopper types appeal to me at all. I'm really disappointed. BUMMER!

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
24. Next I suppose they'll outlaw butt-sniffing at the Puppy Bowl!
Mon Jan 26, 2015, 12:38 PM
Jan 2015

This is something up with which we shall not put!1!!

orleans

(34,051 posts)
29. that was funny and cute. the snubby guy sure got interested when she started
Tue Jan 27, 2015, 01:03 AM
Jan 2015

kissing someone else. (jerk) (not you)

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