NCAA Stands For "No Celebrating Athletic Achievement"

Yesterday, the NCAA made it official that they would penalize any player who makes a "taunting" gesture while running to score a touchdown. This can be things like high-stepping into the end zone and other gestures of celebration. Most of you have watched NFL games and seen those celebrations. Those displays of celebration won't be tolerated in NCAA College Football.

I don't have a problem with penalties for "hot doggin it". I don't like it. It's silly. The Miami Hurricane teams of the late 80s and early 90s started all of this in my opinion. However, I do have a problem with taking away the touchdown. The NCAA is saying they will nullify the touchdown if the player, while running to score, does a celebration display before he reaches the end zone. They call it a "Live Ball Penalty".
Come on now! They earned the TD. No one could catch them. Just penalize them on the next kick off like they've already been doing.

The NCAA is also giving the officials the freedom to make a "judgement call", meaning if they feel it warrants a penalty, they can call it. Pointing in the air to thank God for the touchdown, as one player did during last year's Georgia/LSU game, does not in my mind define a celebration display. However, if the official sees it differently, he can rule that it does and take away the rightly earned touchdown. Just penalize on the kick off. Don't become the "No Celebrating Athletic Achievement Association".