The NFL announced that players who have imitated or performed ‘the Donald Trump dance’ in celebration after their touchdowns or any other play will not be sanctioned. “There is no problem with a celebration dance like the one that took place last Sunday or the one the week before with the 49ers on November 10,” said NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy via ‘FrontOfficeSports.com’ .
Since Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election a couple of weeks ago, several NFL stars have celebrated their scores or defensive plays with the peculiar dance that the next president of the United States performed at different times during his campaign.
McCarthy specifically referred to the action in which on Sunday, November 10, Nick Bosa, defensive end of the 49ers, celebrated a play against the Buccaneers with the movements of the ‘Trump dance’, along with two other teammates from his team. .
A way of celebrating that Brock Bowers of the Las Vegas Raiders, Za’Darius Smith and Malcolm Rodríguez, of the Detroit Lions, and Calvin Ridley and Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, of the Tennessee Titans, have also imitated.
A day before he celebrated with that dance an action in the game against Tampa Bay, Bosa was fined by the league $11,255 for wearing a hat with the legend ‘Make America Great Again’ (Let’s make America great again). , slogan of the presidential campaign used by Donald Trump.
That event occurred on October 27, after San Francisco’s victory over the Dallas Cowboys. Bosa appeared with his cap and a smile behind his teammates George Kittle, Brock Purdy and Isaac Guerendo, who were being interviewed for NBC on the field.
The NFL explained that the sanction was because the designated Best Defensive Player of 2022 violated rule 5 of article 8 of the regulations. “During the period of game day when a player is visible to the stadium and television audience, players are prohibited from using, displaying or otherwise transmitting personal messages, whether in writing or in illustrations, unless such message has been previously approved by the League office,” the NFL reported on that occasion.