Celebration Envy
Arian Foster should sue the Giants for copyright: Justin Tuck steals Namaste,brings it to Kelly Ripa
Houston Texan tailback Arian Foster is the originator of the Namaste bowcelebration. But Super Bowl XLVI winner Justin Tuck has taken it as his own.
The Super Bowl champion New York Giants — and Justin Tuck in particular — arecelebrating Arian Foster style.@paulsabarese
New York Giants defensive end Justin Tuck would seem to have it all. He's a two-time Super Bowl champion, Golden Boy Tom Brady's personal tormentor, a man with a $30 million contract.
But one thing Tuck apparently lacks is a signature celebration move. So he stole the move of Houston Texans all-pro tailback Arian Foster.
That would be the Namaste bow that Foster does after every touchdown. If you're a sports fan from the H-Town area, you know this is Foster's baby — a celebration that perfectly encapsulates the off-the-wall nature of a star football player who dares to see a world beyond football.
If possession is nine-tenths of the law, Justin Tuck already all but owns Namaste thanks to his bows on sports' biggest stage.
But if you're one of the record 111.3 million people who watched Super Bowl XLVI who don't follow the Texans — and when you're talking about the most watched TV program in U.S. history, that describes a lot of folks — you likely think that Tuck came up with that cool bow thing.
The Giants' most disruptive defensive player broke it out a few times on Super Bowl Sunday, most notably after his huge sack of Brady on the New England Patriots' last drive. If possession is nine-tenths of the law, Tuck already all but owns Namaste thanks to his bows on sports' biggest stage.
But it's getting even more serious.
Tuck is set to go on Live! with Kelly on Wednesday morning and if he breaks out the Namaste bow then, Foster can forget about his rightful, legitimate first claim to the move (outside of Gandhi and the annoying yoga crowd of course). Housewives, house husbands and college kids everywhere will assume that Justin Tuck brought Namaste to football.
It's time for Foster to fight back and lay claim to his celebration move.
OK, maybe it goes against the "aspiring human being" philosophy Foster touts on his wildly-entertaining Twitter account. Still, Foster — one of the most prolific tweeters in the NFL — needs to wage a social media campaign against Tuck's blatant lifting of his move before it's too late.
Foster did raise a Tweet eyebrow when he first saw Tuck break into the Namaste bow during an early playoff game. But after Tuck's Super Bowl bows, Foster only tweeted, "#namaste Misure Tuck."
What's up with the peace? At least make Tuck tell Ripa where it came from.
