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National Football League upholds Odell Beckham’s one-game suspension
Last Sunday, the Giants lost a heartbreaker to the undefeated Carolina Panthers (this was their fifth or sixth such heartbreaker of the season) on the final drive of the game.
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Beckham will be reinstated on Monday, Dec. 28.
Irvin said he and Beckham have spoken on the phone every day since the New York Giants wide receiver’s contentious game on Sunday which resulted in a one-game suspension for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Josh Norman. Norman also has been fined by the league for his role in the fracas.
According to Merton Hanks, vice president of football operations for the NFL, Beckham deserved the suspension because his actions put his opponent at an unnecessary risk of getting injured, plus the fact that he could have done something to avoid it.
Coughlin elected to leave Beckham in the game despite being flagged for three unnecessary roughness penalties and an offensive pass interference foul.
“I apologize for my actions on Sunday”, Beckham said in a statement. “Sportsmanship and respecting the game are as important as blocking, running routes, catching the football”. His absence could be a huge factor for a team barely in playoff contention.
“Many of the parents of those kids have asked since Sunday what they should say to their children about my conduct”, Beckham said.
Beckham, 23, appealed the suspension. He insisted reports that some players taunted Beckham with physical threats and homophobic slurs were not true. Carolina remained undefeated at 13-0, playing a sub-.500 team in the Giants that was contending for a division title in the down NFC East. Norman had become one of the league’s best cornerbacks in 2015. Coughlin wanted to remind people that his star receiver wasn’t the only one out of line on Sunday.
“We would never defend those kinds of actions”.
What Beckham has to do from here on in is not let defensive backs, no matter what they say or what props they may bring out to pregame warm-ups, get in his head.
Later on Wednesday, the Giants released a statement in which Beckham offered more words of apology.
Wing had no problem remembering the response Beckham got from the bat-carrying player.
“There was a point during the game when I did get on the headset to the replay official to remind the referee that, ‘You can eject players”.
“I’ve seen some of the clips but honestly they are benign”, Rivera said.
“I don’t spend time ‘oh what did they say?’ ” he said.
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When this story initially blew up Monday afternoon, an initial video of Ball on the field with a baseball bat was rather tame. Practice squad players don’t typically travel to road games, but that group-and injured receiver Kelvin Benjamin-were invited to go on this trip.