NFL owners voted Wednesday to limit touchdown celebrations next season, deciding that they were excessive and detracted from the team concept. Stunts like Terrell Owens pulling a pen out of his sock to sign autographs and Chad Johnson proposing to a cheerleader seemed to push the owners over the top, as they voted 29-3 at the team meetings to limit celebrations to spiking the ball, spinning the ball, and dunking it over the goalpost crossbar.

As a casual NFL fan, I’m extremely disappointed by the decision. One of the main reasons that I watch ESPN SportsCenter on Monday morning is to see the crazy stunts that the league’s most creative players perform. While I agree that it’s gotten somewhat out of hand, with routine two-yard pickups treated like OJ Simpson slashes through the middle (no jokes), and seldom-used backups dancing in the end zone during garbage time like they’ve just won the Super Bowl. Still, I’m willing to put up with that stuff in order to see what T.O. would do after scoring his first Dallas Cowboy touchdown against the Philadelphia Eagles.