The NFL is sometimes called the No Fun League. Apparently, it\u2019s also the No Phallus League.<\/p>\n
Yes, I\u2019ve now seen everything. (Not literally.)<\/p>\n
The league fined Bengals receivers Ja\u2019Marr Chase and Tee Higgins for a celebration that was deemed to be obscene.<\/p>\n
From Jonathan Jones of The Athletic: \u201cOn multiple occasions last week, Chase and Higgins each did a gesture that can be interpreted as resembling a phallus<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n In a session with reporters, Chase explained that the gesture is a variation of \u201cthe people\u2019s elbow,\u201d a move made popular by Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson.<\/p>\n \u201cBro, at the end of the day, I can\u2019t say what something we made up, and then everybody else saying what it is<\/a>,\u201d Chase said, via Pat Brennan of the Cincinnati Enquirer. \u201cI can\u2019t sit there and say that.<\/p>\n \u201cEverybody gonna have their opinion on what it look like, what it is. They had many people talking about what it looked like, what it is but I can\u2019t really sit here and say, \u2018That\u2019s what it is.\u2019 You know? Obviously, that\u2019s not what it is, but it is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n Some people other than the powers-that-be at 345 Park Avenue did indeed interpret the celebration as referring to the display of a body part other than an elbow<\/a>.<\/p>\n Chase displayed a potentially acceptable alternative<\/a> during his Wednesday press conference.<\/p>\n The disclosure comes on the same day that news emerged of a fine imposed on 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk for, in the league\u2019s view, miming the chugging of a beer<\/a>.<\/p>\n