If you haven’t yet come to terms with this month’s catastrophic election results, you may currently be using sports as an escape hatch. This, of course, has always been one of sports’ primary utilities: Whatever your worries and stresses, you can lose yourself in a silly game for a few hours and forget the real world for a while.

Soccer star Christian Pulisic, UFC champ Jon Jones, and several NFL players have brought the president-elect's viral dance to the sports world.

The mild hip gyrations paired with slightly flailing, alternating arm punches were subtle but unmistakable: It was the “Trump dance,” the swaying moves President-elect Donald Trump made a signature at his rallies, usually while “YMCA” blared.

Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre said players performing President-elect Donald Trump's dance on the field should not worry about the league asking them to stop.

The NFL does not plan to crack down the "Trump Dance" and in fact has "no issue" with its players incorporating the dance into their on-field celebrations. San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa celebrated a sack of Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield in Week 10 by performing President-elect Donald Trump's signature dance that has gone viral.

As more NFL players are captured impersonating President-elect Donald Trump's dance, concerns have arisen on social media that the league could be getting ready to announce a ban on Trump's signature moves.

Trump. After athletes from all manner of sports—a mixed martial arts champion, a golfer, many American football players and a soccer star—were filmed grooving like Trump, it felt like the entirety of America’s athletics was thrust into the center of a fevered debate about what constitutes off-limits political messaging on the field,