Yes, golf's Mosconi Cup is called the Ryder Cup and when the winning putt is made, the eleven teammates, captains and vice-captains all storm onto the green in wild celebration. They spray champagne on each other, too, while still on that green. Yes, all this can cause a little structural damage to the green, and add work for the greenskeepers, but so what?
In basketball, they cut the net down after a win in the NCAA championship. Are they thereby disrespecting their sport or its equipment or are they just celebrating to the max?
In baseball, a World Series Champion always takes a team photograph with most of the players sitting on the pitcher's mound, and this can't be good for the pitcher's mound itself, but so what? The groundskeepers can work it out.
In most sports, there are moments when wild celebration trumps the fullest level of respect for the game and its equipment, but in most every sport, letting the champions go wild at moments of great achievement remind the fans how important the achievement is to the players. It's good marketing and good business.
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I’m still surprised there wasn’t an accident. 
