Why must NFL coaches shake hands?
Photo credit: Getty | Jim Harbaugh, head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, argues with Jim Schwartz of the Detroit Lions after a game at Ford Field in Detroit. The 49ers defeated the Lions 25-19. (Oct. 16, 2011)
Baseball managers don't do it. NHL coaches wouldn't even consider it. And in the NBA, when it does occur, it's half-heated at best.
I'm talking about the postgame handshake. And wondering why -- in the NFL of all sports -- it is expected for two coaches who just spent the last three hours trying to destroy each other to navigate a sea of players, meet midfield and shake hands at the end of...
