Letter: Football players' antics repugnant

A repugnant feature of football today -- especially college football -- is leaping, dancing, gesticulating self-congratulation. Such a display is triggered by even the slightest accomplishment.

Players seem to think such "celebration" is an intrinsic part of the game, rather than a boorish exhibition of poor sportsmanship.

The media encourage these displays by focusing on them. Although I have not done a season-long tabulation, it seems as if at least half of the football "action" pictures in your newspaper are of players celebrating.

Frank Markham Brown

Hilton Head Island

This story was originally published January 13, 2016 at 8:25 AM with the headline "Letter: Football players' antics repugnant."