Monday, October 6, 2014

Muslim Player Penalized for Praying

I found this article very interesting. On September 29th, 2014, the Patriots traveled to the Chiefs stadium for Monday night football. Surprisingly the Chiefs won 41-14,but thats not what this article is about. Kansas City Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah intercepted a pass thrown by Tom Brady and returned it for a touchdown. Husain, a Muslim player, celebrated by falling to his knees in the end zone and praying. He was penalized 15 yards after his celebration, even though the player Tim Tebow, a QB, always celebrated by kneeling on the ground after a touchdown.
I think this is a ridiculous call by the refs and that any player should be allowed to celebrate in any way as long as they are not taunting or threatening another player or a ref. The rule book says that a player is not allowed to fall to the ground in a celebration. I don’t agree. Read more about this at the link below.

 I found this website on the Washingtonpost website at
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2014/09/30/nfl-penalizes-muslin-player-for-praying-after-chiefs-touchdown/


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