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jakeXT

(10,575 posts) Sun Jan 25, 2015, 03:07 PM Jan 2015

No crotch grabbing at the Super Bowl ? [View all]

The NFL's head of officiating told ESPN's Sal Paolantonio at Pro Bowl practice Saturday that the Seattle Seahawks have been warned that if running back Marshawn Lynch makes an obscene gesture after scoring a touchdown or at any other time during Super Bowl XLIX, the team will be penalized 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct.

If he does it after scoring a touchdown, "That means they will kick off from the 20-yard line," Dean Blandino said.

Lynch has been fined twice for grabbing his crotch after scoring touchdowns, most recently when he was fined $20,000 for making the gesture after scoring a touchdown in the NFC Championship Game.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2014/story/_/id/12225549/nfl-warns-seattle-seahawks-marshawn-lynch-gesture

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No crotch grabbing at the Super Bowl ? [View all] jakeXT Jan 2015 OP

Super-racy Super Bowl spot for TV in West only. In_The_Wind Jan 2015 #1

It's great how they have to tell you what is not in it /nt jakeXT Jan 2015 #2

It's the official's job to check the balls. n/t PoliticAverse Jan 2015 #3

Word! Brother Buzz Jan 2015 #7

How they can they check the balls without crotch grabbing? Yavin4 Jan 2015 #10

Is the guy a jerk, or does he have that 'disability' like Doctor Cooper on Nurse Jackie? MADem Jan 2015 #4

Well, MJ said it's subliminal jakeXT Jan 2015 #5

Hmmm....or maybe he had an itch! MADem Jan 2015 #6

... Major Nikon Jan 2015 #8

Gillette�s FlexBall gets $3.2 million exposure from Deflategate jakeXT Jan 2015 #9

I hate crotch grabbing. cwydro Jan 2015 #11

When someone else does it to me... Yavin4 Jan 2015 #13

good idea. He should hire someone to grab his crotch after a TD rurallib Jan 2015 #15

OK cwydro Jan 2015 #18

Well, except when pipi_k Jan 2015 #22

In baseball, too! And the spitting.... Laffy Kat Jan 2015 #20

does Huckabee atleast still do a bass solo ? olddots Jan 2015 #12

I don't care. I'm still gonna grab mine. trof Jan 2015 #14

Ha! cwydro Jan 2015 #19

Shoot - Joni Ernst made a TV ad about grabbing balls rurallib Jan 2015 #16

Ugh!! This is the only time in years that the half-time makes me UGH. R B Garr Jan 2015 #17

I don't know how you guys walk around with those things. betsuni Jan 2015 #21

I just throw 'em in a wheelbarrow and off we go! bluedigger Jan 2015 #23

... Jamaal510 Jan 2015 #28

Next I suppose they'll outlaw butt-sniffing at the Puppy Bowl! pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #24

NOOOOO!!!! Sophiegirl Jan 2015 #25

This woman has been banned from attending the Super Bowl. Kaleva Jan 2015 #26

It could be worse jakeXT Jan 2015 #27

that was funny and cute. the snubby guy sure got interested when she started orleans Jan 2015 #29