Odell Beckham Jr. is in the news again for something other than his play.

His ongoing tit for tat with the NFL has entered its sixth year with new issues always on the horizon -- the latest being a $14,037 fine imposed by the league for Beckham exposing his knees during the Cleveland Browns’ Oct. 13 loss to the Seattle Seahawks, according to a report by Jake Trotter of ESPN.

“I think it’s crazy. ... The NFL finds ways to just take it. They’re going to take it from you,” Beckham said per the report. “I understand a penalty, getting fined for that. But pants above the knees, a shirt hanging out -- and we’re talking about a T-shirt that cost $5 to make, and you’re getting $5,000 taken from you. Pads above your knees, and I’m like, ‘You really think that this little knee pad covering my kneecap is going to affect, if somebody hits me, weighs 250 pounds, running 18 mph.’ I don’t do physics, but if I get hit, this is not going to protect me.”

Although Beckham does have a point about the knee pads, it can’t help to not have anything to reinforce his knees during games. But he seems to feel the advantage he receives from not wearing knee pads outweighs the danger it presents.

However, the rules are the rules and players are regularly fined for violating the NFL’s policy on uniforms and equipment. But Beckham sees the rules as a way to keep players in line.

“It’s just stuff like that [that] I feel like we can come to a better agreement and simplifying things and not taking the money out of the pockets of the players who are putting money into this entire game," he said. "It’s just tough. It sucks to get fined for socks. Or in the middle of the game, have someone come up and it’s like, ‘Oh, your jersey is out.’ I’m like, ‘Bro, I’m not worried about my jersey in the middle of the game.’ I’m worried about what assignment do I have. A visor, this. All those little things that could be eliminated ... stuff that doesn’t need to be so strict. ... I just wish they could not worry about some of that stuff. Worry about the game. Worry about the other things that are going on.”

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Another good point. Fans come to NFL games to watch the players, not the owners nor league officials. Most fans actually enjoy excessive celebrations and uniform alterations. Without the players, there is no league. Yet the NFL is always finding ways to remind players who the boss is. And it isn’t the players. Not until they can get the better of a collective bargaining agreement placing more power in the hands of the players and less in the hands of ownership and the league.

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