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Football season might be over, but it doesn’t stop the heads of the NFL to take away more fun from the league. It was announced the NFL has banned goal post dunks after a touchdown.  The ruling could be due to New Orleans tight end Saints’ Jimmy Graham, where he caused two game delays. Most recently, during a game last season against the Atlanta Falcons Graham threw down a monster post touchdown dunk which shifted the goal post and delayed the game for a few minutes.  According to the NFL, the “dunking the ball over the crossbar will now be considered a foul along with other touchdown celebrations that involve props.” Celebrations after touchdowns were banned a few seasons ago but the NFL allowed the goal post dunk along with Lambeau Leap because they weren’t considered over excessive celebrations. Issuing the new rule stating, “Using the ball as a prop or any object as a prop, whether that’s the goalpost, the crossbar, that will come out and that will be a foul next season.” READ MORE

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