Goal Celebrations

[i961pie]

I know it will be difficult for players not to hug and celebrate a goal but it they want to keep the show on the road they are going to have too. Leicester managed it with a joke and a laugh but others didn't.
I noticed MoD last night cut away quickly from anyone ignoring the advice after they scored, Chelsea being one.

[ancientpie]

Leicester have led the way & proved it possible it's now up to the rest to follow or I think they will make it a bookable offence as they did with removing your shirt to celebrate.

[kill_the_drum]

Aren’t they tested just before a game?

[Ayeayeskipper]

Are they going to ban tackling and scrums in Rugby!

[i961pie]

Are they going to ban tackling and scrums in Rugby!

No because that is actually part of the game, hugging etc. Isn't.

[drillerpie]

Aren’t they tested just before a game?

I think they're tested twice a week now, as opposed to once a week before, but I think you can still be positive with a low viral load and it will show as negative. Plus I suppose it normalises hugging if people see footballers doing it.

[laddo]

I love to hear that used as an excuse as persons get fined for organising a 30 person house party in Basildon.

"But the footballers are allowed to hug when they score a goal"

With cancellations aplenty and...
No fans
No celebrations
No point?

[upthemaggies]

Must admit that after watching football on a screen I feel a strange compulsion to meet up with people outside of my bubble, line up very closely in a wall with them and place my hands over my genitals, or wrestle with them in anticipation of an imaginary corner kick.

[andy6025]

Must admit that after watching football on a screen I feel a strange compulsion to meet up with people outside of my bubble, line up very closely in a wall with them and place my hands over my genitals, or wrestle with them in anticipation of an imaginary corner kick.

I get urges to throw myself down on the ground and writhe around whenever someone walks past me on the pavement.

[upthemaggies]

Obviously there is no issue with the BBC or any other broadcaster showing films or tv series that include hugging, shaking hands or people coming into close contact in everyday normal situations. Professional sportsmen in full kit being worked up into a state of euphoria however *is* going to be very confusing for the average football fan, who as we know, have great difficulty in differentiating a 50,000 seat stadium with a town square, a path around a duck pond, a country lane or their own front room.
Older football fans in particular, whose health is more at risk, are far more susceptible to copying the actions of young footballers. I witnessed two elderly neighbours the other week recognise each other in the street, one jumped on top of the other until he fell to the ground, the wife of one of them piled on as well and when they eventually pulled themselves apart, one of them ran over to my window and made a love heart shape with his hands at me. I got so worked up I was manhandled by a steward and thrown out of my own house.
We need to take this problem seriously.