Celek's Captain Morgan pose
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Celek's Captain Morgan pose
Sheil Kapadia, Philly.com
Update: Brent Celek told the Eagles' Web site his wife's job had a role in him posing like Captain Morgan Sunday.
"My wife works for 'em so I just did a little something for her," he said of the pose.
Thanks to Twitter follower babyfacejp for alerting me to the clip.
Update 2: Celek has apologized to the NFL and the Eagles.
Original post:
When the Eagles were whistled for a 15-yard penalty Sunday night following Brent Celek's touchdown, many in our live chat asked what exactly the tight end's celebration was.
Celek struck a pose, and Jason Avant tried to help him, resulting in a flag.
Well, Charles Robinson of Yahoo! Sports has provided some answers in an article today.
With his hand on his hip and his right leg lifted, Celek was imitating the Captain Morgan's pirate.
But why?
It turns out Captain Morgan's was prepared to contribute $10,000 to the Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund (an organization designed to help retired players) each time a player struck the pose on camera. During the playoffs, it would be $25,000. And in the Super Bowl, $100,000.
Per Robinson, the campaign was set to be unveiled next week, but Celek apparently jumped the gun.
The Eagles' tight end won't be fined, but the league has killed the campaign, before it really got started.
“A company can’t pay a player to somehow promote it’s product on the field,” NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told Yahoo! Sports. “Every league has the same rule. … It’s come up before, companies trying to use our games and then players for ambush marketing purposes.”
A league source told Robinson that if anyone tries to strike the pose in the future, he'll be subject to a "significant penalty."
So now we know what Celek was doing.
Never a dull moment with your 2009 Philadelphia Eagles.
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wow only 7hrs late.. I support Celek and the captn in him!— Isphillycursed- you just have to like celek more and more. f jason whitten.— djack10
- celek is great. u gotta love him. he'll be loved in this city— phillyvart
- Really? Nobody knew what he was doing? Do these people live in caves?
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- Hey BSPete - why do you have to go all racial in your posts?? What does the skin color of the owners, or anyone else for that matter, have to do with anything?? Learn your history - Dr. King advocated a "colorblind society." And grow up.— IgglesEditor
- So they are donating potentially a lot of money to a charity and all they have to do is pose for a few seconds after a TD? How is that even a fine? It's like 3 seconds of standing with your leg up.— johnnysanz3
- And besides, football is for entertainment. Let the players entertain us dammit! Should only be penalties/fines for celebrations that take too long.— johnnysanz3
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- Dierte- This article was posted 8:01 on Thursday. Just because you read it on Friday doesn't mean that's when it was written. Check G Cobb's site- he posted his at 1:52 Friday morning.— M.C.
- A company can’t pay a player to somehow promote it’s product on the field,” NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told Yahoo! Sports. “Every league has the same rule. … It’s come up before, companies trying to use our games and then players for ambush marketing purposes.”... My question is, What kind of gloves does Celek have on? What's the emblem on the shoulder pad there? Does this rule not apply to players wearing Nike Reebok, Adidas, Puma gear? Seems pretty hypocritical.— phillyinATL
- IgglesEditor - I don't think that was a racial post you moron. Stupidity is colorblind as well I assume from your post.— Phillies1120
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