Doug Baldwin's touchdown celebration in the Super Bowl earned the Seattle Seahawks' wide receiver an $11,025 fine from the NFL, according to Mike Garafolo of FOX Sports.
Super Bowl 2015: Doug Baldwin fined $11K for poop celebration
Baldwin’s touchdown celebration drew a 15-yard penalty and now an $11,025 fine for the Seahawks’ wide receiver.
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The fourth-year wide receiver pretended to poop out a football after his third quarter touchdown that put the Seahawks up, 24-14. Television cameras cut away from the celebration just as it was beginning, but plenty of photographers in the stadium managed to capture it.
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Baldwin spoke to reporters Tuesday about the celebration and didn’t express much regret about the fact that it drew a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty (via The Seattle Times):
“I mean I was just out there having fun, enjoying the game of football. The explanation, I don’t know. There’s no explanation. You play this game for so long, you go out there, you have fun. And I can get criticized all [I] want to -- that’s fine. Everybody has their option. But in the moment I was just having fun and my teammates know that.”
There were plenty of eyes on the Seahawks for their touchdown celebrations after running back Marshawn Lynch started racking up fines for his crotch grab celebration. Even Seahawks receiver Chris Matthews received a fine for a phantom crotch grab that doesn't look as though it even occurred.
Baldwin’s fine of $11,025 is the minimum a player can receive for an in-game violation.
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