CeeDee Lamb will need to find another celebration. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
(Cooper Neill via Getty Images)
CeeDee Lamb is going to be part of the NFL rulebook.
The league made a rule change this week directly targeting the Dallas Cowboys wide receiver and his signature nose wipe celebration. Making the gesture will now result in a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty as a “violent gesture.”
The exact wording on prohibited acts laid out in Rule 12, Section 3, Article 1(d) in the rules report sent to teams this week:
“Any violent gesture, which shall include but not be limited to a throat slash, simulating firing or brandishing a gun, or using the “nose wipe” gesture, or an act that is sexually suggestive or offensive.”
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As Pro Football Talk notes, the nose wipe is a gang sign associated with the Bloods, used to indicate someone is untrustworthy.
Lamb appears ready to adjust accordingly, as he indicated on social media he has other celebrations in mind.
