09-20-2021, 06:57 PM
I don't think it is that big of an issue, but I understand why the NFL wants to keep a lid on taunting. They want to project more of a mature image.
And employers are allowed to make rules regarding their employees behavior on the job. I could see a lawyer getting disciplined harshly for taunting an opposing attorney in the courtroom after a favorable ruling.
I know football is not like any job in the real world, but I still don't like taunting. I am kind of "middle of the road" on the "personal expression" issue in sports. I accept a lot more "celebration" than a lot of people like, but I don't like taunting. It seems childish to me. I understand teenagers getting into it, but it looks silly with grown men. They are not out in the street where anyone is going to get their ass kicked. So it doesn't look "tough". It just looks like a bunch of peacocks playing to the crowd.
And employers are allowed to make rules regarding their employees behavior on the job. I could see a lawyer getting disciplined harshly for taunting an opposing attorney in the courtroom after a favorable ruling.
I know football is not like any job in the real world, but I still don't like taunting. I am kind of "middle of the road" on the "personal expression" issue in sports. I accept a lot more "celebration" than a lot of people like, but I don't like taunting. It seems childish to me. I understand teenagers getting into it, but it looks silly with grown men. They are not out in the street where anyone is going to get their ass kicked. So it doesn't look "tough". It just looks like a bunch of peacocks playing to the crowd.
