>  King Ables writes:
>> 'Cause it's the rules.
>> A few years ago, people were celebrating in... shall we say...
>> with more enthusiasm than necessary.  It was taking up a lot of
>> time what with dancing and piling on and things in the end zone.
>> So the bright boys that make the rules decided to make it a
>> penalty whenever this happened.  I think the point was to keep
>> these 5 minute parties from happening in the end zone.
>It was actually the result of many complaints from Tom Landry aimed
>at the Redskins.
>Tom lobbied and whined heavily for the League to abolish such celebrations.
>After a couple or three years of bitching, he got his way.