Excessive Celebration Disqualification?

At a track meet in Texas, the winning runner in a relay pointed his fingers to the sky and the whole team was DQ'd for excessive celebration. the runner said he pointed his fingers at the sky to thank and praise god, but the track offical said the DQ wasn't about seperation of church and state, but about excessive celebration.

Either way, I think the judge was out of line. Excessive celebration penalites made sense to me when it was about putting down the losing athletes and/or slowing down the game. But to deny players the freedom to be happy with their effort takes some of the joy of sports away. It is like they want these high school and college players to be automatons who after winning only silently go back to the bench.

silly bull crap --- he could have danced a jig for all I car - you win, you win ---- enjoy your win!

Where can I find the story? There must be something more to it.

Yahoo sports is where I saw the story.

http://www.examiner.com/article/god-ges ... squalified

Mtn Gramma wrote: www.examiner.com/article/god-gesture-dis...ts-team-disqualified

Thanks :thumbsup: