Odell Beckham Jr. Says He Was Fined for Wearing Cleats Dedicated to Craig Sager

December 22, 2016   ·   Joe Pantorno   ·   Jump to comments

New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. said he was fined $18,000 by the NFL for wearing cleats dedicated to the late NBA analyst Craig Sager, who died on Dec. 15. 
Beckham revealed the fine for the cleats he wore during the Giants' Week 15 matchup against the Detroit Lions in a reply to an Instagram post from Washington Redskins receiver DeSean Jackson:
"I got fined 18k for Craig Sager cleats that were auction off the cleats to the highest bidder and donating the proceeds to his cancer research," Beckham wrote on Jackson's post. "18k like it's nothing to them, no warning to take them off or anything, noTHING!"
The colorful cleats did not match up with the league's ruling of acceptable footwear. In the NFL's official 2016 rulebook, teams must designate a certain color scheme, which includes three-different colors, for cleats and report it to the league before July 1.
In Week 13, the league allowed players to wear custom cleats to sup...

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