I'm not sure why one would celebrate one of the biggest moments of a professional career by pretending to poop out a football, but to each their own.
Seattle Seahawks receiver Doug Baldwin scored a touchdown in the Super Bowl to give his team what looked like a pretty good 24-14 lead over the New England Patriots, then he did a touchdown celebration that NBC cut away from quickly. Maybe Baldwin was actually pretending to defecate on the football instead of ... oh whatever, you get the point.
Baldwin paid for his art. He was fined $11,025 for an obscene gesture, the league minimum for an obscene gesture. Baldwin was given a 15-yard penalty for the celebration. The fine was officially announced by the NFL on Friday, via various media outlets.
Baldwin told the Everett Herald this week that he didn't regret his celebration.
"I was just out there having fun playing the game of football," Baldwin said. "There’s no explanation. You play this game for so long, you go out there and you have fun. I can get criticized for it, that’s fine, everybody has their opinion, but in the moment I was just having fun. My teammates know that."
Baldwin's fun cost him five figures, which probably didn't make his week after the Seahawks' Super Bowl loss any better.
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