Even though Odell Beckham Jr. has burned my Dallas Cowboys a lot during his brief NFL career, I have to admit that I am a huge fan of his. That took a major hit Sunday when I saw his childish and unsuperstar behavior on the football field. Now there are conflicting reports about what happened during the pregame warm-ups and if anything was said to him. I will be the next to say that if the rumors are true that the Carolina defense was hurling anti-gay comments his way, then they got what they deserved.

The only thing that makes me question that is because those rumors didn’t get talked about until after the punishment for Beckham Jr. was handed down. Does that mean they’re false? No it doesn’t, but it also doesn’t mean he isn’t looking for an automatic Get Out of Jail Free card either. Odell, you must understand that you can’t just take things into your own hands. You can’t go out there and intentionally make plays that could cause injury to your fellow NFL brothern.

I’m all for hard play and physicality because that is actually what the NFL is based upon. But I really want him to understand you aren’t the judge, jury and executioner of player conduct. Now as I’m saying all of this, I have to also be fair to the young star of the league and say that I have absolutely seen worse actions on the football field and certainly more deliberate actions also, so I’m not going to really overreact to the situation.

The League also must take a punitive action against that referee crew as well. Because lets be honest, they should have ejected him out of the game well before the peel back, helmet crack happened. Both of the players were playing with recklessness and I would have been ok with both players being tossed for their actions. It’s like in the NBA when there is a heated contest between teams and the officials blow the whistle tight in the game.

It established control of the game and lets the players, teams, and coaches know that there won’t be any dumb ass shit happening that shouldn’t. The NFL officials need to use the power of the yellow hankie and penalty yards to take command of NFL games.