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Originally Posted by Chiefnj2
There isn't much subjectivity - stay on your feet, don't use objects and wind it down when the refs give you a warning.
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You can spin a ball but not direct it at an opponent. You can shout in celebration but if it's directed at an opponent, it's taunting. You can't go to the ground, but you can if the ref interprets what you did as religious expression which now, as laz points out, opens the door for using props and doing something ridiculous but making the sign of a cross as if that were religious expression. You can salute but if you do it near an opponent, it can be viewed as unsportsmanlike conduct. Need I go on? In many of these cases, the ref has to determine if the player intended the celebration for something.
The worst part is, this has nothing to do with football. I would rather allow taunting than have teams wrongly penalized because the ref made an incorrect interpretation.