The Monmouth men’s basketball team might have a 5-3 record and is unranked this season, but that hasn’t stopped them from being the talk of college hoops thanks to its bench getting down as if it’s the fucking last day of school—which has pissed off a few people.
https://platform.vine.co/static/scripts/embed.jsTo those who think this is a bad thing, screw you! Sports are supposed to be fun, and these kids are just doing that, bringing no harm onto anyone.
Thankfully, the NCAA realized that, too, deciding today that they WILL NOT be changing their rules regarding bench celebrations following Monmouth getting attention for their dances, which means opponents better get used to the Hawks’ bench squad continuing to do so.
According to ESPN analyst Jay Bilas, the NCAA had seriously considered changing things up, though.
Source: NCAA currently discussing rewriting bench decorum rules to curtail celebrations of Monmouth bench. Remember, it’s about the kids! — Jay Bilas (@JayBilas) December 7, 2015
Once word leaked out, NCAA director of media coordination and statistics, David Worlock, replied with this:
Pt1 With regards to @JayBilas tweet we are NOT rewriting bench decorum rules. We received request for a rules interpretation & determined…
— David Worlock (@DavidWorlock) December 7, 2015
Pt2 Monmouth players aren’t interfering w/game. Just having fun, not harming anyone. Spontaneous reactions, not coming on court so all is OK
— David Worlock (@DavidWorlock) December 7, 2015
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While it was discussed, at least the NCAA isn’t turning into the NFL and prohibiting their players from actually having a little fun. So, keep doing you, Monmouth!