Matt Nagy says he understands the NFL’s emphasis on taunting even if those penalties goes against his own team.
The Chicago Bears coach told reporters on Thursday that he believes the league’s emphasis is because young children are watching games and learn from what they see their idols do.
His full answer on why the league is emphasizing taunting calls:
“It’s an exciting game. It’s a game that’s very emotional. But there are times that some people are egregious with celebrating and it can be over the top. And I think probably the biggest message is, let’s calm this down a little bit because people watch and people want to see a little bit of respect. A little bit of doing things the right way.
“It doesn’t mean you can’t have fun, but there’s young kids right now that are watching games, and what happens is you go to one of these sporting events and you might see some imitation going on that’s taking it over the top. I’m a firm believer in respect and just kids growing and watching and we have a huge platform as leaders. I’m talking players and coaches.
“Let’s understand what the rules are, let’d do it the right way. Let’s still have fun — these guys are still having fun and not taunting. You can still have a great time. But let’s stay within the rules as we do it.”
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Nagy went on to use the example of Odell Beckham’s one-handed catch in 2014 and how youth football players tried to imitate it instead of using their fundamentals of two hands.
As expected, social mdia was not having it:
