re: Mark May on SportsCenter...

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It had nothing to do with excessive celebration and everything to do with taunting. It's really not that difficult, and you summed up the taunt pretty well in another post.

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Poor choice of words on my part with respect to excessive celebration. You are correct, it is about the taunt. With that said, a reading of the taunting rules does not cover what Wing did, so as mentioned in my post you quoted, it falls under the "not limited to" caveat and thus a careful application of judgement and reason. I, and apparently others, consider this unreasonable. In my own mind, it's the difference between a quick, slight snagging of the jersey and literally ripping someone's jersey off in terms of holding, for instance.

Considering how almost none of the rest of these taunting infractions are being called, the rule is apparently being applied unevenly and is, by definition, unfair. As it's currently implemented, the NCAA is just asking for a ref to make a similar call when it actually matters and the fanbase will be up in arms about it.