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Excessive Celebration Disqualification?
06 May 2013 13:56 #1
by FredHayek
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
Excessive Celebration Disqualification? was created by FredHayek
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.
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. Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
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