League Office says Beckham should have been ejected

[Mr. Scot]

This just in from our "No $#!@" department...

League Office says Beckham should have been ejected

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According to a league source with knowledge of the situation, the NFL believes that Beckham should have been ejected on Sunday.

While there was no closed-fist punch from Beckham that connected with an opponent (which often is the trigger for an ejection), the source said that the referee has discretion to eject for lesser actions. Given the number of incidents in which Beckham was involved, the belief is that referee Terry McAuley should have exercised that discretion in a way that would have sent Beckham to the showers early.

Perhaps the most troubling move from Beckham came when he struck Panthers cornerback Josh Norman in the helmet with Beckham’s helmet, after a play. Although helmet-to-helmet hits applied in illegal fashion ordinarily don’t trigger a suspension without a history of such behavior, the NFL can be more aggressive when the behavior happens after the whistle.

And so it’s possible — but highly unlikely — that the league would decide to suspend Beckham specifically for the helmet-to-helmet hit on Norman. The far more likely outcome is that, like last Sunday’s Steelers-Bengals game, plenty of letters will be sent to multiple players this week, with plenty of involuntary donations being made to the charities of the NFL’s choosing.

 

[blackcat]

Easy for them to say that now......

[Lemory]

He should be suspended for not only the late hit, but the obvious punch at Finnegan that somehow was not called. 

[Mr. Scot]

It comes into play here that this is not his first offense of this sort.

[t96]

If a player should've been ejected and wasn't, then he should be suspended a game.

[The Lobo]

This is pure horse crap. Too little too late. He literally slapped josh in the face, tried to trip him and speared his head. What a class A douche

[stankowalski]

If the NFL really, really cares about cutting down on the incidents of concussions they will suspend him for one game.

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

same old song and dance. diva superstar does whatever he wants and gets all the calls their way (here's a personal foul, even if it just backs you up two yards cuz you're backed up anyway!). then they say after the fact that this player should have been punished, and then don't punish him anyway.

Beckham will get a fine and that's it.

[Cuttinedge]

Too little too late . But suspending him should send a message his crap won't be tolerated anymore ain't that right Goodell?

[TheRed]

Too late to do anything about it now. He'll probably just get a fine.

All I'm going to say on the matter is this, then I'm done, and it's on to our next opponent. Odell showed the entire league what kind of player he is today, the happy nice humble guy who makes crazy catches persona just completely went out the window for good. Guys know that they can get in his head, and get him to do foolish things on the field, and they will exploit that.

[GhostP.]

He and josh will be fined and that's it ... Coughlin would have been the only means of him leaving this game and we all knew that was NOT going to happen 

[bleys]

Soooooooo...   Then they I wonder when they'll suspend him. 

[GhostP.]

What's funny is seeing some of the reactions on Twitter .. Deion praising him along with the honey badger .. Wonder if that's what Patrick Peterson told him on how to beat jno .. Hmmmmmm

[SportsCrazie4172]

Suspend the officiating crew too..