NFL has 'no issue' with Trump dance celebrations amid recent trend

The NFL confirmed to Fox News Digital connected Tuesday it had "no issue" with players doing celebratory dances emulating President-elect Trump aft touchdowns and sacks.

Front Office Sports archetypal reported the league had nary occupation with the grooves.

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San Francisco 49ers antiaircraft extremity Nick Bosa celebrates with Fred Warner aft helium sacks Buccaneers backmost Baker Mayfield astatine Raymond James Stadium successful Tampa, Florida, connected Nov. 10, 2024. (Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images)

San Francisco 49ers prima Nick Bosa appeared to person started the inclination of outwardly supporting the president-elect. He flashed a "Make America Great Again" headdress aft a postgame interrogation earlier the election, which led to a fine. He past did the Trump creation aft sacking Tampa Bay Buccaneers backmost Baker Mayfield.

Brock Bowers, Calvin Ridley, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, Za’Darius Smith and Malcolm Rodriguez were each seen doing it. Bowers explained wherefore helium did the determination aft the game.

"I’ve seen everyone bash it," Bowers said, per USA Today. "I watched the UFC combat past nighttime and Jon Jones did it. I similar watching UFC, truthful I saw it and thought it was cool."

Bowers’ media league was curiously unopen down aft helium gave his answer, according to the paper. It led to speculation astir whether the creation would beryllium prohibited. Clearly, not.

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Las Vegas Raiders choky extremity Brock Bowers, left, and teammates, moving backmost Ameer Abdullah and wide receiver Tre Tucker, observe a touchdown against the Dolphins astatine Hard Rock Stadium successful Miami Gardens, Florida, connected Nov. 17, 2024. (Jim Rassol-Imagn Images)

NFL fable Brett Favre appeared connected Fox News Channel’s "The Ingraham Angle" and said helium didn’t deliberation the league would ace down connected it, citing different celebrated celebrations similar the "Icky Suffle."

He besides explained wherefore helium thought players were doing the move.

"I deliberation radical person had enough," helium explained. "They’re coming retired of the woodwork close and left. And erstwhile I woke up (after) Election Day and saw the landslide victory, it truly put, I think, everyone’s position of this state close into the forefront. We were successful hopeless request of President Trump to instrumentality backmost implicit and get this state backmost to wherever it needs to be. We were decidedly going successful the incorrect direction.

"I deliberation our younker – and I accidental youth, NFL players, assemblage players, precocious schoolhouse players – spot it. When I was 22, 25, 30 years old, I ne'er thought astir politics. It was ne'er an issue. There was ne'er a absorption connected authorities similar it was this year. I deliberation radical conscionable saw it for what it was – that we were successful hopeless request of assistance and that assistance was President Trump."

Brian Urlacher, who was a Favre rival, besides gave his thoughts connected the detonation of enactment successful sports.

"People were frightened for a while. You don’t privation radical to speech atrocious astir you, however we’ve been talked astir the past 4 years if you’re a Donald Trump supporter," Urlacher said connected Fox News Channel’s "Jesse Watters Primetime." 

Lions antiaircraft extremity Za'Darius Smith, left, celebrates a sack against the Jacksonville Jaguars with linebacker Malcolm Rodriguez astatine Ford Field successful Detroit connected Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (Junfu Han/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

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"I deliberation now, nary one’s frightened anymore. It’s bully to spot these guys coming retired and everyone who’s a soundless Trump protagonist – helium nether polls always.… I deliberation they’re conscionable excited present that helium got the occupation done, and he’s gonna get the occupation done the adjacent 4 years."

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