There's another angle, separate from the officiating, that is indicating the wheels are further coming off the NFL, and it also has to do with Odell Beckham Jr.
He can have wild hair, with hair dye, and his touchdown celebrations can be considered a bit over the top.
This, according to Michael Irvin of the NFL Network, has him stating that Odell Beckham Jr. has been the target of homophobic slurs every week for the entire season, according to multiple reports that he told the New York Daily News. This one is from Sports Illustrated.
This is important for three reasons.
1) It is complete hypocrisy by a league which says that it was going to penalize -- on and off the field! -- such homophobic taunts. In reality, it has full place in the No F_____s League, and, in fact, could be used to blackball a player like Odell Beckham, even if he is not actually gay! One has to believe, especially in driving a credible pro-level player like Michael Sam from the sport, that it's only getting worse, and Beckham's nature and hairstyle have made him a (completely undeserving!!!) target.
2) Michael Irvin, by outing this behavior, has endangered his job with the NFL, because it is the... You get the idea.
3) Michael Irvin has a reason to do this. He is one of the few NFL players who is pro-LGBT, because his brother is somewhere within the LGBT community.
So, once again, the No F_____s League rears it's ugly head again for no fucking good reason. And one has to wonder why Beckham would continue to put up with it. Well, they got him suspended for the Minnesota game...
... a game where it would be quite convenient for the Vikings to win!
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