WTF?!? NFL fines Odell Beckham Jr $18K for wearing cleats in honor of Craig Sager, Zeke gets a hug

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NFL fines Odell Beckham Jr. $18K for wearing cleats in honor of Craig Sager



As we’ve come to expect from the NFL, the league didn’t take too kindly to Odell Beckham Jr. violating its uniform policy to sport colorful cleats in honor of beloved broadcaster Craig Sager, who died from acute myeloid leukemia last week, even if the New York Giants receiver did so in the name of charity.

The NFL fined Beckham $18,000 for wearing the cleats during Sunday’s 17-6 win over the Detroit Lions, he revealed in a comment left on an Instagram post by Washington Redskins wideout DeSean Jackson, who was also venting about a fine for violating the uniform policy. Beckham intended to auction his cleats off after the game and donate the proceeds to the SagerStrong Foundation for cancer research.




“Don’t worry I got fined 18k for Craig Sager that were auction off the cleats to the highest bidder and donating the proceeds to his cancer research,” Beckham wrote in a [sic]-heavy comment. “18k like it’s nothin to them, no warning to take them off or anything, noTHING.”

 

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NFL players should expect to be fined at this point. The strict uniform policy is nothing new, as the league even fined DeAngelo Williams for wearing eyeblack with a pink ribbon and the words “FIND THE CURE” in an attempt to raise breast cancer awareness during breast cancer awareness month in 2015.

However, the league blurred those lines by granting players permission to wear cleats in support of charity in Week 13 and apparently allowing Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Antonio Brown to wear cleats in honor of Arnold Palmer on Oct. 2. Of course, the NFL then reportedly forced Brown to remove Muhammad Ali-themed cleats a week later. It can be dizzying to keep track of what constitutes a fine.

Case in point: Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott was not fined for jumping into a Salvation Army kettle following a score on Sunday, which caught the eye of several players, including Beckham.



It’s strange to have the foresight to expect a fine, and then complain about that fine when it comes, but that doesn’t mean the NFL’s policy is perfect, either. Granted, fines don’t go directly to the league office — they’re pooled to support ex-players through two foundations — but the NFL and its players should simply come to agreement on this point of contention. If the league must fine players who wear non-compliant cleats to support charity, those fines should just go to that charity. For example, can’t Beckham’s $18,000 fine just go to the SagerStrong Foundation? That at least makes sense.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl-fi...cleats-in-honor-of-craig-sager-152938074.html

 

[2 ONE 3]

I don't job why anyone would wanna play in the NFL


On top of the non guaranteed contracts
The ridiculous penalties

NFL is the worst of all major sports

 

[mcguyver]

Lol ask him if he took a knee with kaep or try to defend him.

 

[The Untouchable GDFOLKS]

Lol ask him if he took a knee with kaep or try to defend him.

Right...18k for some dead CAC.

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

They should have fined Drak for using a prop.

 

[gdatruth]

nflpa should appeal all fines based on the precedent set my not fining zek.

i understand why they gave him a pass but it calls their credibilty (credibilty yeah right) in play when they pick and choice who gets fined and for what.

 

[jasonblacc]

Odell is such a bitch nigga is a real twon

 

[Dr. Truth]

Goodell is a POS

 

[KingTaharqa]

No
Fun
League

Not
For
Long

Negros
Fall in
Line

NFL owners a bunch of greedy aloof CACs of industry. They dont care about your feelings, your favorite players, your fans, or your franchise. They put the NFL shield above everything and pick what to and what not to enforce. The NFL is a plantation.

 

[D'Evils]

This is the same league that forced Peyton not to wear Johnny U cleats, or pay a $25,00.00 fine, and then fined Ravens QB Chris Redman $5,000.00, for wearing black cleats to honor the death of a Hall of Famer.

What did he expect?

 

[Hotlantan]

OBJ was just being an attention whoring habitual line stepper. Again. He admitted in advance that he was about to intentionally break the rules but since OBJ is above the "law" he didn't give a fuck. The NFL even has a mechanism in place for players to auction off worn cleats for charities. The average winning bid is under $1000, so if he REALLY cared about that particular cause then he would could should have made a direct donation instead of using that tragedy for shameless self-promotion.
http://www.nflauction.nfl.com/iSynA...ame=partners&pgmode1=myCleats&pgmode2=partner

 

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apparently allowing Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Antonio Brown to wear cleats in honor of Arnold Palmer on Oct. 2. Of course, the NFL then reportedly forced Brown to remove Muhammad Ali-themed cleats a week later. It can be dizzying to keep track of what constitutes a fine.

Did they ever explain the reason for this?

 

[Entrepronegro]

Damn

 

[jasonblacc]

This is the same league that forced Peyton not to wear Johnny U cleats, or pay a $25,00.00 fine, and then fined Ravens QB Chris Redman $5,000.00, for wearing black cleats to honor the death of a Hall of Famer.

What did he expect?

people forget this........

 

[playahaitian]

Did they ever explain the reason for this?

nope

just its unofficial apparel.

 

[phanatic]

I don't job why anyone would wanna play in the NFL


On top of the non guaranteed contracts
The ridiculous penalties

NFL is the worst of all major sports

They are trying to keep their *beeeeeeep* in check. Players only allowed to wear and promote NFL promotional items like pink gloves when the NFL is getting some of the money.

 

[gene cisco]

Their union is the worst. Honestly, it's just getting worse and worse with Roger.

 

[bgbtylvr]

Odell is such a bitch nigga is a real twon

Bet money is tender ass hell on the low. Dumbasses think they make TOO much money to care. And like somebody said, over a white dude. 18k to a HBCU would have been tight. But he blow 18k to wear sneakers.

 

[Osca Lee]

Yall have no idea...trust me there is more at work here

 

[ANGRY MAN]

NFL players got to stop giving money back to the NFL. Once they retire we going to wish he had that 18k back and all the other dumb shit they get fine for!

 

[Osca Lee]

Bet money is tender ass hell on the low. Dumbasses think they make TOO much money to care. And like somebody said, over a white dude. 18k to a HBCU would have been tight. But he blow 18k to wear sneakers.

Wanna know why niggas really don't fuck with HBCUs and wanna give HBCUs money...cause the majority of the ex grads and grads shit on those of us who went to a PWI saying shit like we didn't have the black experience. then once they graduate they move in a white community because they don't want to drive very far to the mall. Every fucking happy hour you see them at a white owned establishment spending crazy money....ask them to go to a black owned bar and they will look at you crazy

But you finished at a HBCU

 

[peterlongshort]

I don't job why anyone would wanna play in the NFL


On top of the non guaranteed contracts
The ridiculous penalties

NFL is the worst of all major sports

Lots if money....to play....a game....it's like getting paid to post on BGOL. Sign me up.

 

[Osca Lee]

I don't job why anyone would wanna play in the NFL


On top of the non guaranteed contracts
The ridiculous penalties

NFL is the worst of all major sports

Because the true love of the game....to play against some of the most talented athletes on this planet and dominate them mfs is one helluva feeling...

Football is life

 

[2 ONE 3]

Because the true love of the game....to play against some of the most talented athletes on this planet and dominate them mfs is one helluva feeling...

Football is life

Fuck that...Football don't pay like NBA or Baseall

On top of having a slave-like atmosphere within the NFL

NFL has the shortest career span with the most serious injuries.

 

[Osca Lee]

Fuck that...Football don't pay like NBA or Baseall

On top of having a slave-like atmosphere within the NFL

NFL has the shortest career span with the most serious injuries.

That is why only certain humans play...

 

[Quek9]

Fuck twinkle berry OBJ, how about putting an BLM, HBCU or some other black cause on his shoe instead kissing white folk ass and still getting bent over for 18k. I think he is in love like Jim Brown.

 

[bgbtylvr]

Wanna know why niggas really don't fuck with HBCUs and wanna give HBCUs money...cause the majority of the ex grads and grads shit on those of us who went to a PWI saying shit like we didn't have the black experience. then once they graduate they move in a white community because they don't want to drive very far to the mall. Every fucking happy hour you see them at a white owned establishment spending crazy money....ask them to go to a black owned bar and they will look at you crazy

But you finished at a HBCU

I have heard that before.

 

[AwwSchitt]

Anyone know the track in this video?

 

[playahaitian]

http://www.packers.com/news-and-eve...y-season/16f1e82e-bf22-48a6-aa4a-a9df96eabfea

Packers, Rodgers' efforts result in $110,862 donation to Salvation Army during holiday season
Posted Dec 22, 2016

Donation is result of players autograph signings throughout holiday season and Packers employee bell ringing during Packers Give Back Day


Thanks to the efforts and support of Packers players, fans and employees throughout the holiday season, $110,862 was donated to the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign.

The amount is a result of donations received during Packers Give Back Day on Dec. 13, as well as Packers players signing autographs in exchange for donations at the Lambeau Field Atrium throughout the holiday season. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers matched the donations made during the autograph signings.

At Packers Give Back Day, a day designed to allow staff to get out of the office and give back to the Green Bay community, Packers employees rang bells at the Bay Park Square Mall. Throughout the day, fans and shoppers helped raise a total of $19,826, which was matched by the team up to $15,000, resulting in a total of $34,826 in donations for the day.

To continue lending a hand to the campaign, on Mondays during the holiday season Packers players signed autographs in exchange for donations to the Salvation Army at the Lambeau Field Atrium. Donations totaled $38,018 over the five weeks of the signing events.

Rodgers’ matching total of $38,018 brought the grand total donated to the Salvation Army through Packers autograph signings to $76,036.

The cumulative $110,862 amount benefits the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign, an important holiday tradition in the Green Bay community, as many of the organization’s programs operate only because of money received through Red Kettle donations.

All proceeds, including the matching funds donated by the Packers and Aaron Rodgers, will go toward the Salvation Army’s efforts in aiding needy families, seniors and the homeless in Green Bay.



Read more: http://www.packers.com/news-and-eve...82e-bf22-48a6-aa4a-a9df96eabfea#ixzz4Ti0L0NPS

 

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Ezekiel Elliott was mic’d up for the infamous Salvation Army bucket TD celebration, and it makes it so much better
Sunday night in the Dallas Cowboys’ win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, rookie running back Ezekiel Elliott had the world talking about him once again. Following his 13th scoring run of the season, he proceeded to literally donate himself to the Salvation Army bucket that was sitting behind the end zone, a celebration that he was flagged for but not fined. This pissed a lot of people off, but that’s a completely different story.

The story here is that now we’re learning Zeke was mic’d up for the whole thing on Sunday night, and trust me, it makes the whole thing just that much better.

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Just take a listen to it all below and prepare to laugh.


Without question, the best part of this might be when Tony Romo comes over to him to ask, “Did you just jump into the Salvation Army bucket?” Then when Elliott confirms what he just did in front of the entire nation on NBC, Romo just playfully replies with, “You’re stupid!”

Of course, then there was the reprimand from Jason Garrett immediately following the play — if you can even call it that.

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No matter what your thoughts on the celebration were, you have to admit that watching it all play out like this was pretty fun to watch. To see just how much fun Ezekiel Elliott has when he’s playing the game of football is quite refreshing, to be honest.

All you have to do to see that is watch right at the end there as he’s smiling while watching the replay on that billion-foot Dallas jumbotron.

 

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Ezekiel Elliott is making a huge donation to the Salvation Army

The NFL let Ezekiel Elliott off the hook Monday, but the Dallas Cowboys running back is sticking to his promise.

On Monday evening, No. 21 tweeted that he will, figuratively speaking, drop $21,000 into the Salvation Army kettle and encouraged contributions, adding that “your $21 feeds a family for three days.”

It’s all part of what he calls the “ZekeKettleLeap,” the touchdown celebration in which he exuberantly hopped into the organization’s kettle in a peekaboo moment that put the Salvation Army’s holiday drive squarely in the national spotlight on “Sunday Night Football.” Elliott was immediately flagged by refs for unsportsmanlike conduct and vowed after the game to match any fine the NFL, which abhors touchdown celebrations, might assess.

Quickly realizing what a bad idea that probably would be, the league officially gave Elliott a pass Monday.

By the time the NFL announced that, though, it was clear that the Salvation Army was the other big winner in Sunday night’s game. In the first 12 1/2 hours after the leap, the organization saw a 61 percent increase in donations compared with the previous Sunday-night-into-Monday-morning time period and pulled in $182,000 in online donations during that span, Lt. Col. Ron Busroe told ESPN.​

“Let’s give Zeke credit for that. It is certainly fun,” Jerry Jones, the Cowboys’ owner, said Monday. “We have those kettles there [at the end zones] because we do want the visibility of reminding everybody, certainly at this time of year, how doing the most good is putting a dollar in that red kettle. To have gotten that attention in front of probably 20 million or so people [Sunday] night for the Salvation Army was just wonderful.”

 

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-kettle-after-scoring/?utm_term=.4bb8e2531a3a

Many people drop dollar bills into Salvation Army kettles. Ezekiel Elliott went a little further Sunday — by throwing his entire body into one.

The stunt was made possible by the placement of an oversized kettle, part of the Dallas Cowboys’ annual fund drive, behind the Cowboys’ end zone. Elliott took a second-quarter handoff for a touchdown against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, then took the opportunity for a memorable peekaboo celebration.

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Elliott earned a 15-yard penalty for using a “prop” in a touchdown celebration and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones dared the league to fine the team for its kettle placement.

“I think the Salvation Army should give him the highest award,” Jones said after the game (via ESPN). “My dream would be for the NFL to really fine me a lot of money and I’ll take them to the Supreme Court and we’ll get the Salvation Army more attention than anybody can get them. So let’s go.”

The NFL will not, though, be making the Grinch-like move of fining Elliott, with spokesman Brian McCarthy officially announcing that the “kettle hop” was okay. Don’t think that means that the league is loosening its standards, even though Dez Bryant thinks it’s just fine to put the fun in “fundraising.”“Why not let it be legal? We’re just having fun,” Bryant said. “Let’s not make it the No Fun League.”

Coach Jason Garrett explained that his displeasure extended beyond the penalty’s possible effect on the game.

“You have to understand what’s legal and what’s not legal. You can jump into the stands in Green Bay, but you can’t jump into a Salvation Army bucket in Dallas,” he said. “You’ve got to be careful about snow angels. All of these different things that we do. So we have to be more mindful of that. I’ve got to coach that better.”

We see you, Ezekiel. (Roger Steinman/AP)
And, if the league office had demanded that Elliott pay up?

“I’m going to match whatever they fine me and donate it to the Salvation Army.”

The Salvation Army was pretty pleased with all the attention, even if Elliott’s conduct was deemed “unsportsmanlike” by NFL standards. In an unexpected subplot, the charity’s approving tweet led to a social media spanking of ESPN’s Darren Rovell.

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Nothing like a Zeke being dropped into one of our kettles! @EzekielElliott @dallascowboys http://snpy.tv/2hKceO4

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Not subtle. Salvation Army using Elliott now to ask for your money. https://twitter.com/SalvationArmyUS/status/810682617569886211 …


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@darrenrovell Our goal is to serve 58 million meals in the U.S. this year. No time to be subtle.

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@darrenrovell Our goal is to serve 58 million meals in the U.S. this year. No time to be subtle.


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@SalvationArmyUS outstanding response.

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Elliott’s act brought to mind a former Cowboy likewise known for his end-zone celebrations. In 2006, also in a game against the Buccaneers, Terrell Owens caught a pass for a touchdown, then deposited the ball into the kettle.


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Elliott got everybody thinking about TO dunking the ball in the salvation bin...that was fun. This was "funner"

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The Cowboys are closely tied to the Salvation Army’s red kettles. Since 1997, the team’s annual Thanksgiving game has served as the kickoff to the campaign, which runs through Christmas Eve and aims to provide meals and shelter for families and toys for millions of children.

“The visibility and true partnership the Dallas Cowboys have extended to our organization for the past 20 years to mark our most crucial fundraising season is something The Salvation Army is extremely grateful for,” Lt. Col. Ron Busroe, a Salvation Army official, said last month in a statement.

By briefly disappearing into a giant kettle on national TV, Elliott added that much more visibility.