Let Them Celebrate – NFL in Vegas Commercial, The Music, and a Real Petition?

For 24 hours, people in Vegas are allowed to do whatever they want. No, this isn’t the plot of the next Purge movie, it’s a random petition I don’t understand at all. The commercial is posted on the “Visit Las Vegas” YouTube page so I guess it’s supposed to be satire. Here’s the ad featuring Tobe Nwigwe and Chad Ochocinco Johnson, the song is called “Excessive Celebration (Touch Down In Vegas)”…

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It’s not about the football players celebrating because a little search of TD celebration history shows that touchdown celebrations used to draw yellow flags up until 2017. But the penalty was relaxed and explained on the NFL website:

Examples of celebrations to be allowed under the new guidelines:

» Using the football as a prop after a touchdown
» Celebrating on the ground
» Group demonstrations

The relaxed rules aren’t a free for all. Offensive demonstrations, celebrations that are prolonged and delay the game, and celebrations directed at an opponent, will still be penalized, the letter said, in order continue “sportsmanship, clean competition, and setting good examples for young athletes.”

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I’m still mostly confused. According to the petition website:
This is why we are proposing that everyone in Las Vegas must be allowed to celebrate freely on February 11, 2024. The freedom to celebrate is undeniable, and we believe this extends to those participating in events hosted in Las Vegas. 

This is Purge-level stuff here and it’s just weird. If it’s meant to be funny, I don’t get it. What exactly do they want allowed on this day in Vegas that isn’t already? Sex in the streets? Setting cars on fire? Beating up rival fans on Fremont Street? If anyone knows what this is about or if you can help make sense of it, chime in below!

-Out of the Wilderness