OBJ, Le'Veon Bell cry foul over NFL decision not to fine Ezekiel Elliott

[Risen Star]

Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and Steelers running back Le'Veon Bell took to Twitter on Monday to express their surprise with the NFL's decision not to fine Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott for celebrating a touchdown Sunday by jumping into a giant Salvation Army donation kettle.

The Cowboys were penalized 15 yards on the ensuing kickoff for unsportsmanlike conduct, but the NFL said Monday that Elliott would not face further sanctions.





Bell responded to Beckham's original post, tweeting a pair of messages, the second of which referred to Steelers teammate and receiver Antonio Brown.





http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...l-nfl-applied-double-standard-ezekiel-elliott

 

[Carson]

Yet he donated 21k to charity for it.

 

[Denim Chicken]

 

[HappyOnions]

I'm glad that Zeke didn't get fined because he absolutely didn't deserve to be.

but I can understand why other players (who also didn't deserve to be fined) are upset about it.

 

[Daillest88]

Honestly.. getting fined for a handshake is pathetic. I see where there coming from

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

yap yap yap.....the team was penalized Odell. Merry Christmas and how about getting in the holiday spirit and matching Zeke's/JJ donation rather then playing the victim role.

 

[jwitten82]

Youre a sorry homie for wanting a friend of yours to pay thousands of dollars in fines. You should be happy he got away with it

 

[hornitosmonster]

They are just hating because they didn't think of it first. The amount of $$$ brought in by Zeke is amazing.

 

[Outlaw Heroes]

These dudes are petty. Never mind that a struggling charity benefited mightily. "It's not fair Rog! How come I always get in trouble but he never does?"

 

[Sydla]

Yet he donated 21k to charity for it.

Which I would guess is why the NFL didn't fine him in the end.

 

[Carson]

Which I would guess is why the NFL didn't fine him in the end.

Agreed. I read yesterday he raised over 150k for the Salvation Army. Nothing but respect for Zeke. Happy he is a Cowboy

 

[CWR]

Haters to busy hating to realize Zeke did a wonderful thing for the charity itself, but yeah lets ignore that all together. I get that the NFL is ridiculous but cmon man take a step back and see what good came of it.

 

[Carson]

Haters to busy hating to realize Zeke did a wonderful thing for the charity itself, but yeah lets ignore that all together. I get that the NFL is ridiculous but cmon man take a step back and see what good came of it.

A cowboys player, doing good??? No way!!! Great post! I agree with you

 

[Sepia]

It's in poor taste to criticize this, which is why the NFL didn't fine him. It's a charity that got tons of exposure and more donations, and Zeke paid $21,000 regardless, which is more than I think a fine would have been.

In short, zip it!

 

[Zordon]

 

[1972COWBOY]

Some people are just humbug

 

[Alexander]

Odell's tears are delicious.

 

[Direwolf63]

No surprise that it's 2 jerk divas that have a problem with it.

 

[Direwolf63]

Haters to busy hating to realize Zeke did a wonderful thing for the charity itself, but yeah lets ignore that all together. I get that the NFL is ridiculous but cmon man take a step back and see what good came of it.

These two, and many others are incapable of thinking about others. It's all about them.

 

[CowboyStar88]

Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and Steelers running back Le'Veon Bell took to Twitter on Monday to express their surprise with the NFL's decision not to fine Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott for celebrating a touchdown Sunday by jumping into a giant Salvation Army donation kettle.

The Cowboys were penalized 15 yards on the ensuing kickoff for unsportsmanlike conduct, but the NFL said Monday that Elliott would not face further sanctions.





Bell responded to Beckham's original post, tweeting a pair of messages, the second of which referred to Steelers teammate and receiver Antonio Brown.





http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...l-nfl-applied-double-standard-ezekiel-elliott

Any fine Zeke would've gotten would've been less then what HE donated to Salvation Army.

These clowns wouldn't have donated jack ****. That is the difference between trash, me, me, me and class. Bigger picture jack *****. Lets see you all make a statement and donate money. Hey OBJ where is your 13k? Bell where is your 26k? How about making a difference and drawing attention to a good cause. Even if it was by accident Zeke recognized the impact it could have, and ran with it. When have those 2 clowns ever done that?