September 21, 2007

New Penalties for Professional Football

Holding. Clipping. Pass interference.

Yawn.

The game needs to be spiced up. I propose drowning it in tasty illegalities; so that American professional football becomes as salacious as a tabloid photograph of cellulite on the hideous be-thonged ass of American celebrity.

Here are my proposed penalties to add to the pantheon of football transgression, complete with suggested consequences.


1. Prancing - 10 yards

2. Unnecessary Flatulence - 5 yards, must carry lit match behind ass for the next play

3. Downfield Knitting - 5 yards, confiscation of needles

4. Excessive Butt Patting - 7 minutes in heaven

5. Attempted Homicide - 15 yards, loss of down

6. Being European - 8 meters, penalty kick (Note: does not apply to the British)

7. Having Female Troubles - confused stares

8. Illegal Fondling - 5 yards, mandatory public apology

9. Steroid Use - knowing snicker, promise to never ever do it again

10. Negative Attitude - 1 yard, reminder that you're only hurting yourself, counseling

11. Embezzlement - 10% of total embezzled or 15 yards, whichever is greater

12. Burrowing - 5 yards, replacement of topsoil and grass, call to animal control office (Note: natural turf only)

13. Promoting Narrow Masculine Social Constructs - sigh, slight shaking of the head

14. Gossiping - 5 minutes on the bench to think about what you've done

15. Dying - 20 yards, loss of life

16. Adultery - Enormous red "A" flashes on the Jumbotron whenever you are on the field

17. Poogling - We don't know what it is, but we'll know it when we see it; penalty to be determined at that time

5 comments:

Unknown said...

16. Partying with teenage girls AND getting caught - ejection from the team.

17. Being a New York team - sent to therapy, made to realize New Yorkers are ass holes.

Jim H. said...

18. Wearing a basketball uniform: opponents awarded a free kick or free throw.

19. Thirty or more men on the field: Five yards per extra man and loss of Gatorade.

Brendon Etter said...

20. Being A Dick - Sliding scale penalty based on degree of dickishness

Jim H. said...

21. Scratching one's groin area during the national anthem - slo-mo replay on the JumboTron

22. Scratching a teammate's groin area during the national anthem - your name automatically appears on the primary ballot in your home district

23. Being John Madden - eternal damnation in the deepest depths of Hell

ShOI said...

24. Scratching John Madden's groin - punishment enough