NBC didn't want you to see Doug Baldwin pretending to poop a football.
The Seattle Seahawks' wide receiver celebrated a touchdown in the third quarter of the Super Bowl by pretending to remove his pants and lay down a pigskin deuce. Before Baldwin's crappy act of sportsmanship could be broadcast to a billion people, NBC cut away, and TV audiences were left to wonder what warranted the imposed 15-yard penalty.
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Thankfully, photographers captured the moment.
The said "#poopdown" in front of me at #SB49. pic.twitter.com/LsLtYg35wu— Jordan Stead (@jordanbstead) February 2, 2015
If that ball was properly inflated it would have been harder for Doug Baldwin to poop it out. #DefecateGate #DeflateGate— how spell fuewtbawl? (@NickNRickShep) February 2, 2015
Doug Baldwin scores a TD in the Super Bowl and decides it's time to pretend to pull his pants down and poop, using the ball as prop? Uh....— Chris B. Brown (@smartfootball) February 2, 2015
Come on, NBC -- Katy Perry had sharks with legs. A poop isn't that offensive.
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