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October 10, 1988. The move led to the NFL creating a rule designating it (and similar moves by other players) as "Excessive Celebration" and subject to penalty against the player's team. The dance was in danger of being prohibited by NFL rules concerning planned celebrations, but after
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also filmed more short clips of Woods performing the shuffle and exclaiming about a number of different scenarios, such as: “Awkward”, “Your new profile pic is totally casual”, “Game Over”, “It’s
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