Rules and Regulations are always up for interpretation. However I think that this is going a little too far.
Instead, a highschool kid gets penalized for thanking God for a touch down. Don't we see this all the time during other football events be it college or professional? Don't we see exhilaration from the team members when a team achieves?
Is it not OK?
I mean, this kid wasn't out there taunting the other team...
He wasn't in your face...
While it would be funny, he wasn't doing the chicken dance or electric slide...
This kid just knelt down, said a short prayer and pointed to God. Being a former football player myself, I can tell you that what that kid did was 'Girl Scout-ish' compared to the trash talk, mother defiling statements that have been expressed on the field... yes I said them too.
In the end, I don't know what the ref was thinking. More than likely he was going to make some statement of 'sportsman like conduct' that can only be interpreted that the kids short prayer and nod to God was taking up some of the game play's time.
Sorry ref, you blew the call. Never mind the wasted time refs take to remeasure the distance, make bad penalty calls, and while they are not supposed to favor a team, you can recognized those leprous zebras pretty quickly.
All I can say is ... BAD CALL!
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