Soccer Player Dies Celebrating Goal

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Title says it all.

The guy scores a goal and proceeds to launch into a series of somersaults which ends tragically for him (the video is in the story/link).

http://www.cbssports.com/general/eye-on-sports/24760561/indian-soccer-player-dies-following-tragic-goal-celebration

Let alone the potential for injury (celebrations result in more injuries than you can imagine)... can't a team or its players win with grace? I have had several teams that have won championships at various levels. I have coached every one of them to respect their opponent at the end of the game and save the celebration for the locker room- versus the floor where a losing team was dealing with the emotions attached to a loss (essentially rubbing the loss in their faces).

When has 'celebrating' typical moments in games become such a common event? Is humility an underappreciated quality in an athlete?

I remember a coach told his team when they scored a touchdown... act like they've done it before. Nowadays... it seems as if- using baseball as an example- a base on balls warrants a team wide ritual of fist bumps, high fives and choreographed dance maneuvers.

Maybe I'm old school?

hedonist

I think humility is an underappreciated quality, period.

I guess this type of celebrating isn't limited to country or locale? Save for the occasional football game, I'm not a big watcher of sports (especially all the way to the end!) so haven't realized that this happens more and more.

Winning with grace is even more important than losing with it.

badbrains

Barry sanders would've never done this.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

badbrains said:

Barry sanders would've never done this.

Exactly. Neither would have Wayne Gretzky, Larry Bird, or Cal Ripken Jr.

mickeyrat

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

badbrains said:

Barry sanders would've never done this.

Exactly. Neither would have Wayne Gretzky, Larry Bird, or Cal Ripken Jr.

Class.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

I can't quite place my finger on the time when poor athlete behaviour became the norm.

I know the Miami Hurricanes football team introduced an element of obnoxious behaviour back when 'swagger' was frowned upon. When did sporting bodies, leagues, teams, fans, and players accept such celebrations as par for the course?

ikiT

I'm a fan of acting like you've been there before...

brianlux

Totally agree, Thirty. Humility, class, good sportsmanship- all become more rare in sports.

pjhawks

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Title says it all.

The guy scores a goal and proceeds to launch into a series of somersaults which ends tragically for him (the video is in the story/link).

http://www.cbssports.com/general/eye-on-sports/24760561/indian-soccer-player-dies-following-tragic-goal-celebration

Let alone the potential for injury (celebrations result in more injuries than you can imagine)... can't a team or its players win with grace? I have had several teams that have won championships at various levels. I have coached every one of them to respect their opponent at the end of the game and save the celebration for the locker room- versus the floor where a losing team was dealing with the emotions attached to a loss (essentially rubbing the loss in their faces).

When has 'celebrating' typical moments in games become such a common event? Is humility an underappreciated quality in an athlete?

I remember a coach told his team when they scored a touchdown... act like they've done it before. Nowadays... it seems as if- using baseball as an example- a base on balls warrants a team wide ritual of fist bumps, high fives and choreographed dance maneuvers.

Maybe I'm old school?

i agree with you but soccer has so few goals it's a minor miracle when most guys score so i can see celebrating those. but did you ever see a relief pitcher in the 7th inning get an out to end an inning and act like he saved the world from Ebola or a receiver get one 1st down. it's crazy. this generation is pretty much a look-at-me generation though between social media and selfies and shit like that so not unexpected that athletes do this when the general population is obsessed with this stuff.

Last-12-Exit

Same with Walter Payton. All that just to get on sports center for 7 seconds. Shame.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

pjhawks said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Title says it all.

The guy scores a goal and proceeds to launch into a series of somersaults which ends tragically for him (the video is in the story/link).

http://www.cbssports.com/general/eye-on-sports/24760561/indian-soccer-player-dies-following-tragic-goal-celebration

Let alone the potential for injury (celebrations result in more injuries than you can imagine)... can't a team or its players win with grace? I have had several teams that have won championships at various levels. I have coached every one of them to respect their opponent at the end of the game and save the celebration for the locker room- versus the floor where a losing team was dealing with the emotions attached to a loss (essentially rubbing the loss in their faces).

When has 'celebrating' typical moments in games become such a common event? Is humility an underappreciated quality in an athlete?

I remember a coach told his team when they scored a touchdown... act like they've done it before. Nowadays... it seems as if- using baseball as an example- a base on balls warrants a team wide ritual of fist bumps, high fives and choreographed dance maneuvers.

Maybe I'm old school?

i agree with you but soccer has so few goals it's a minor miracle when most guys score so i can see celebrating those. but did you ever see a relief pitcher in the 7th inning get an out to end an inning and act like he saved the world from Ebola or a receiver get one 1st down. it's crazy. this generation is pretty much a look-at-me generation though between social media and selfies and shit like that so not unexpected that athletes do this when the general population is obsessed with this stuff.

The 'look at me' generation is what I'm getting at.

The RB that scores the TD from 1 yard out runs to the back of the end zone and does his theatrics and dance moves- while his linemen are picking themselves up off the ground after creating the hole for him to plunge through. How about running back to the line and helping your guys up off the ground instead of playing to the cameras as if you did it all by yourself?

know1

Routine tackles in football now warrant a celebratory dance and taunting every time.

Last-12-Exit

know1 said:

Routine tackles in football now warrant a celebratory dance and taunting every time.

That's what drives me nuts. The special teams guy that makes 2 tackles a game during kickoffs dancing across the field after tripping the guy!

badbrains

Last-12-Exit said:

know1 said:

Routine tackles in football now warrant a celebratory dance and taunting every time.

That's what drives me nuts. The special teams guy that makes 2 tackles a game during kickoffs dancing across the field after tripping the guy!

I always get a kick out of those exact plays when the guy has the ball and he's being chased fast as fuck by someone and they both go out of bounds and are taking shit to each other, fingers pointing and shit talking. Yet nothing happened, one ran out of bounds untouched and the other guy ran his ass off for ZERO. All tired and yapping when nothing happened! I'll take a sanders handing the ball to the ref after he crosses the line AGAIN.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Say nothing of the 'gangsta' attitude that is prevalent among pro athletes.

I mean... Aaron Hernandez... seriously? Adam Jones?

Do the horrible attitudes develop in the professional, collegiate, or amateur ranks?

My feel is that coaches at lower levels essentially suck up to star athletes- allowing them to behave any way they want- in pursuit of championships. Once the athlete gets pimped out to the college that pays the most 'under the table'... the college coaches become something of slaves to the athletes' behaviours as well.

In the wake of all the recent domestic abuse cases in the NFL... not all teams will draw a hard line in the sand: look at the 49ers and Ray McDonald. They keep him in the line up hiding behind the old allow due process to occur end run around doing the right thing.

It's all part in parcel: players acting poorly at various levels with teams and fan bases accepting the behaviours.

PJ_Soul

Maybe this will make FIFA or whoever (not a soccer fan) put an end to the RIDICULOUS bullshit that soccer players pull on the field after scoring.... not to mentioned all the shameful dives that make a mockery of their sport.

Terrible for the dead player's family and his teammates though. :(

josevolution

That's what turns me completely off sports the unnecessary celebrations the only sport where it's kept to a minimum i'd have to say is Hockey and that's the one i watch the most ....Football players are the biggest self loving bunch of asshats .....PJ_Soul is correct Soccer players are 1st followed by football players

badbrains

PJ_Soul said:

Maybe this will make FIFA or whoever (not a soccer fan) put an end to the RIDICULOUS bullshit that soccer players pull on the field after scoring.... not to mentioned all the shameful dives that make a mockery of their sport.

Terrible for the dead player's family and his teammates though. :(

That won't happen. It's part of the game, kind of like fighting in the nhl. Although they are trying to get rid of that shit to.

PJ_Soul

badbrains said:

PJ_Soul said:

Maybe this will make FIFA or whoever (not a soccer fan) put an end to the RIDICULOUS bullshit that soccer players pull on the field after scoring.... not to mentioned all the shameful dives that make a mockery of their sport.

Terrible for the dead player's family and his teammates though. :(

That won't happen. It's part of the game, kind of like fighting in the nhl. Although they are trying to get rid of that shit to.

"They" aren't trying to get rid of fighting in the NHL. Some random vocal minority is.
But there is a big difference in any case. Fighting in the NHL actually serves a purpose. Intimidate the opponent. Shake them up. Bring out their emotions and hopefully make them commit mistakes.
Tearing off your shirt and doing back flips like an idiot serves no purpose at all as far as playing or winning the game goes.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

PJ_Soul said:

badbrains said:

PJ_Soul said:

Maybe this will make FIFA or whoever (not a soccer fan) put an end to the RIDICULOUS bullshit that soccer players pull on the field after scoring.... not to mentioned all the shameful dives that make a mockery of their sport.

Terrible for the dead player's family and his teammates though. :(

That won't happen. It's part of the game, kind of like fighting in the nhl. Although they are trying to get rid of that shit to.

"They" aren't trying to get rid of fighting in the NHL. Some random vocal minority is.
But there is a big difference in any case. Fighting in the NHL actually serves a purpose. Intimidate the opponent. Shake them up. Bring out their emotions and hopefully make them commit mistakes.
Tearing off your shirt and doing back flips like an idiot serves no purpose at all as far as playing or winning the game goes.

I agree with this.

Fighting in hockey is tradition. It's long been questioned whether Wayne Gretzky would have had the career he did if guys like Semenko weren't there to kick the shit out of anyone who messed with the guy.

Tearing your shirt off and running to a spot on the field where nobody else is to beat your chest begs reform: it's disrespectful of your opponents, your teammates, and the game itself.

badbrains

PJ_Soul said:

badbrains said:

PJ_Soul said:

Maybe this will make FIFA or whoever (not a soccer fan) put an end to the RIDICULOUS bullshit that soccer players pull on the field after scoring.... not to mentioned all the shameful dives that make a mockery of their sport.

Terrible for the dead player's family and his teammates though. :(

That won't happen. It's part of the game, kind of like fighting in the nhl. Although they are trying to get rid of that shit to.

"They" aren't trying to get rid of fighting in the NHL. Some random vocal minority is.
But there is a big difference in any case. Fighting in the NHL actually serves a purpose. Intimidate the opponent. Shake them up. Bring out their emotions and hopefully make them commit mistakes.
Tearing off your shirt and doing back flips like an idiot serves no purpose at all as far as playing or winning the game goes.

Oh no they ARE trying to get rid of fighting in the NHL, trust me on this. It is a tradition but corporate doesn't care about tradition.