ORLANDO – The No Fun League has gone from banning props such as Terrell Owens' sock Sharpie, Chad "Ochocino'' Johnson's using the pylon as a putter after scoring a touchdown to outlawing the crossbar dunk after New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham knocked one off kilter last season.
The new interpretation was voted in Tuesday extending the ban on celebratory props to make it an unsportsmanlike penalty to dunk over or punch the goal post after scoring a touchdown.
"When the competition committee defined unsportsmanlike celebrations and celebrations, it grandfathered in the Lambeau Leap provided that only one person jumps in the stands,'' St. Louis Rams coach and competition committee member Jeff Fisher told USA TODAY Sports Wednesday. "And it also made it illegal to celebrate using anything as a prop whether it was a pen or a ball or what have you, but that allowed players to in essence use the goal post as a prop to dunk or shoot, whatever
Jim Corbett, USA TODAY Sports 10:55 a.m. EDT March 26, 2014
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