Ezekiel Elliott scolds NFL over Salvation Army kettle penalty: 'I'll pay their little fine'

Yahoo Sports ^ | Dec. 5, 2018 | Jason Owens

[Leaning Right]

On Thanksgiving, Ezekiel Elliott dropped $21 and Dak Prescott into a giant Salvation Army kettle during a win over the Washington Redskins. His donation ended up costing him more than $13,000.

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“I mean, I didn’t really expect a fine,” Elliott told reporters. “Really don’t care about the fine. It’s all for a good cause. We’re trying to bring awareness to the Salvation Army."

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Elliott and Prescott both backed up their in-game stunts with $21,000 donations to the Salvation Army.

[Leaning Right]

So whaddaya think about that? Some decent news about NFL players for a change.

[OKSooner]

No decency or good ol' fun allowed in today's NFL, one would suppose.

I've heard of a former college coach who used to lecture his players about school, etc, telling them that NFL means "Not For Long" or "No Fun League".

[DIRTYSECRET]

The idea is to get them to stop not pay a fine. Next he or someone else will do something different.

[piytar]

Zeek: Class act. Know people who know him. Ditto Prescott.

People who run the NFL: not so much.

[Slyfox]

I was hoping he'd jump in its again this year.

"I will pay their little fine."

[sparklite2]

The little one act plays I see other teams do in the post-touchdown end zone put Zeke in the shade. Ridiculous.

[chiller]

The idea that Goodell would impose a fine for THIS ? ... frikn' beyond believable. You worry about "something else". Another charity ? A player's self-promotion is one thing, but not charity...into a bucket sitting in the corner of their damn end zone? WTF

The decision making process at NFL HQ is out of touch. Lost touch with sanity. Incompetent. Obviously PC liberals who must not be challenged. Screw them. This is worse than Kaepernik.

[chiller]

Those post-score routines (which occur during dead transition time) are fun for them and us.

[hardspunned]

TD celebrations can get out of hand. Chad Johnson used to take it to ridiculous extremes. Of course the NFL could diffuse the situation and actually get decent press by donating the fine to the Salvation Army. We all know the NFL will not do the right thing.

[lepton]

Of course the NFL could diffuse the situation and actually get decent press by donating the fine to the Salvation Army.

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Actually, all player fines are donated to charities. That’s what made this meta-funny. They donated a minor amount to the Salvation Army during the game, and then they paid $21k in fines to the same charity.

[Robert DeLong]

Just another reason to stop supporting the NFL. As far as I am concerned they are dead.

[lonestar67]

Free speech= urging people to kill police

Not free speech= supporting the Salvation Army

[hardspunned]

I did not know that but you are correct. Who knew Votaze Burfict was such a philanthropist.

[catnipman]

“The idea is to get them to stop not pay a fine. Next he or someone else will do something different.”

exactly. if it’s not this, it will some other shennigan that people will get sick of seeing ... i’m already totally sick of their stupid selfie poses ... can’t believe that hasn’t been flagged yet ...

[onona]

Their little good natured stunt just likely jumped the SA's take by thousands.

I can deal with that.

[Skywise]

So kneeling during the anthem to protest against America a-ok.

Donating to the salvation army? Evil.

Gotcha. Still not watching the NFL.

[JohnG45]

Zeek: Class act. Know people who know him.

Say what?

Didn't the NFL suspend him for six games last year for domestic abuse?

Geez!

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

No longer watching NFL football. Goodell is a fascistic little fool, even stupider than his father the late Sen. Goodell.

Where the hell is the Curling Channel?

[yldstrk]

NFL is stupid and ridiculous. They assess a fine for something completely harmless, then let twisted freaks like Michael Vick come back after prison. I will never have any use for it after that.

[FreedomPoster]

Probably on YouTube.