Dowdle Fined For 'two-pump' Pelvic Thrust Celebration

Carolina Panthers moving backmost Rico Dowdle has been fined for an "excessive celebration" featuring 2 pelvic thrusts.

After scoring a touchdown during Sunday's triumph astatine nan Green Bay Packers, Dowdle was penalised for unsportsmanlike conduct.

That resulted successful a 15-yard penalty, pushing backmost nan extra-point attempt, and though nan footwear was missed, nan Panthers clinched a 16-13 triumph pinch a section extremity arsenic clip expired.

According to ESPN, 27-year-old Dowdle has besides been fined $14,491 (£11,095).

The telephone against Dowdle disproved a expected NFL norm demonstrated successful a Key & Peele drama sketch successful 2013.

The NFL's database of prohibited acts includes taunting, immoderate convulsive motion specified arsenic simulating a weapon and "prolonged aliases excessive celebrations aliases demonstrations by an individual subordinate aliases aggregate players''.

In nan Key & Peele sketch an American shot referee, played by Jordan Peele, would propulsion nan punishment emblem for a 'three-pump' ceremony by Keegan-Michael Key's characteristic Hingle McCringleberry, but 2 pumps was deemed acceptable.

Key responded connected societal media, saying: "Rico! Man, you sewage robbed - you only did 2 pumps. I'm sorry, man. Now we're gonna person to constitute a caller sketch."

Carolina coach Dave Canales said connected Sunday: "We've sewage to make judge that we understand nan rules. I mightiness person to telephone up Keegan-Michael Key to get explanation connected that portion of it.

"But from what I understand, immoderate benignant of activity that way, immoderate weapons, aliases each that worldly is going to get flagged. We've sewage to beryllium smarter astir that."