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The NFL has sometimes been known as the “No-Fun League” because they used to fine players for doing end zone celebrations. They relaxed that rule in 2017 and nowadays it’s rare to see a touchdown go by without some dancing or pre-planned silly routine. (They’ll still issue fines for excessive or lewd celebrations, though.)
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It’s all in good fun, and I think the league did the right thing back then and realized that, in the end, what they were selling was entertainment.
They fined San Francisco 49ers star Nick Bosa $11,255 earlier in November for flashing his MAGA hat to the cameras after a victory, though. Since then, players around the league have been breaking into the “Trump dance” after scoring. Would the league consider that defiance? It was hard to know how they would react: would they pander to the triggered Dems and leftists in the crowd? Would they revert to their No-Fun League days?
Turns out, they’re fine with it. “’There’s no issue with a celebratory dance such as what took place yesterday or the previous week with the 49ers,” an NFL spokesperson told Front Office Sports.
However, networks can cover the moment however they want to, meaning they can turn their cameras away if they feel viewers will be traumatized by watching grown men having fun. “It’s up to the networks to cover them as they see fit,” the spokesman said.
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It’s taken over college football too. Here’s a compilation:
I can’t believe what I’m seeing in sports.
Some of sport’s biggest stars in the NFL, NCAA, MLS, USMNT, UFC & more are doing a Donald Trump dance to celebrate scoring.
After sports being inundated with liberal propaganda for the past decade, I’d tell you you’re crazy if you… pic.twitter.com/6Fr9w5DNr9
— Jon Root (@JonnyRoot_) November 19, 2024
After sports being inundated with liberal propaganda for the past decade, I’d tell you you’re crazy if you told me this is what we’d be seeing in post-election 2024.
Since I’m a Bears man, I’m taking the liberty of including the great Brian Urlacher’s thoughts:
Brian Urlacher NFL Hall of Famer on the Trump dance in the sports world:
“I just think the pure excitement of everyone for what happened and what’s going to happen has taken over right now…” pic.twitter.com/HxCOFmACQ2— Gary D (@KMGGaryde) November 19, 2024
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The fad has gone so viral, even soccer players are joining in:
The Trump Dance is so elite, you just know Captain America himself had to do it to ’em.
We have never been more back. 🇺🇸🫡 pic.twitter.com/wawIjMNC8A
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) November 19, 2024
The NFL got this one right. There are no controversial messages, no slogans or banners, nothing hateful—it’s just dudes dancing. No harm, no foul, as the expression goes.