Owa Odighizuwa fined for fake photo touchdown celebration

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Josh Alper,

By
Josh Alper

Published October 28, 2016 01:06 PM

Hipster Olympics 2012 — BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 21: An attendee tries out a Polaroid Land Camera at the second annual Hipster Olympics on July 21, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. With events such as the “Horn-Rimmed Glasses Throw,” “Skinny Jeans Tug-O-War,” “Vinyl Record Spinning Contest” and “Cloth Tote Sack Race,” the Hipster Olympics both mocks and celebrates the Hipster subculture, which some critics claim could never be accurately defined and others that it never existed in the first place. The imprecise nature of determining what makes one a member means that the symptomatic elements of adherants to the group vary in each country, but the archetype of the version in Berlin, one of the more popular locations for those following its lifestyle, along with London and Brooklyn, includes a penchant for canvas tote bags, the carbonated yerba mate drink Club Mate, analogue film cameras, asymmetrical haircuts, 80s neon fashion, and, allegedly, a heavy dose of irony. To some in Berlin, members of the hipster “movement” have replaced a former unwanted identity in gentrifying neighborhoods, the Yuppie, for targets of criticism, as landlords raise rents in the areas to which they relocate, particularly the up-and-coming neighborhood of Neukoelln. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)

When the Jaguars were in London earlier this year, their quarterback Blake Bortles punted a ball to celebrate a touchdown.

Bortles wasn’t fined for the act because the ball didn’t land in the stands. It’s a good thing he didn’t pretend to take a picture of the ball falling short or he’d be out a nice chunk of change.

Giants defensive end Owa Odighizuwa learned that lesson during his own trip to London to face the Rams last Sunday. Odighizuwa whipped out an imaginary camera to take a picture of Giants safety Landon Collins while Collins was in the end zone after a 44-yard interception return that saw Collins weave through the Rams and across the field on one of the more exciting scoring runs of the year.

He was penalized during the game and, per multiple reports, has been fined $12,154 by the league for his faux-Kodak moment. And here you thought a picture was only worth 1,000 words.