Section 3
Unsportsmanlike Conduct
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There shall be no unsportsmanlike conduct. This applies to any act which is contrary to the generally understood principles of sportsmanship. Such acts specifically include, among others:

(b) The use of abusive, threatening, or insulting language or gestures to opponents, teammates,officials, or representatives of the League.
TAUNTING
(c) The use of baiting or taunting acts or words that engender ill will between teams.
(d) Individual players involved in prolonged or excessive celebrations. Players are prohibited from engaging in any celebrations while on the ground. A celebration shall be deemed excessive or prolonged if a player continues to celebrate after a warning from an official.
(e) Two-or-more players engage in prolonged, excessive, premeditated, or choreographed celebrations.
(f) Possession or use of foreign or extraneous object(s) that are not part of the uniform during the game on the field or the sideline, or using the ball as a prop.
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REMOVAL OF HELMET
(h) Removal of his helmet by a player in the field of play during a celebration or during a confrontation with a game official or any other player.


Note 3: Violations of (b) will be penalized if any of the acts are committed directly at an opponent. These acts include but are not limited to: sack dances; home run swing; incredible hulk; spiking the ball; spinning the ball; throwing or shoving the ball; pointing;
pointing the ball; verbal taunting; military salute; standing over an opponent (prolonged and with provocation); or dancing.
Note 4: Violations of (c) will be penalized if any of the acts occur anywhere on the field. These acts include but are not limited to: throat slash; machine-gun salute; sexually-suggestive gestures, prolonged gyrations; or stomping on a team logo.
Note 5: Violations of (d) will be penalized if they
occur anywhere on the field other than the bench area.
Note 6: If any foreign object(s) are deemed a safety hazard by the game officials, in addition to a yardage penalty, the player will be subject to ejection from the game, whether he uses the object or not

etched Chaos wrote:Ah, so the Patriots got ripped a new one because the balls were 'under-inflated' and the Giants get a slap on the wrist for blatantly breaking a ironclad rule.

momadance wrote:This Michael Floyd arrest video is something else.

etched Chaos wrote:Ah, so the Patriots got ripped a new one because the balls were 'under-inflated' and the Giants get a slap on the wrist for blatantly breaking a ironclad rule.