After a series of twists and turns, the ball carrier Joe Mixon will not be sentenced to a fine of $ 25,000 for criticizing the managers after the defeat of the Houston Texans of Texans against the Kansas City chiefs. According to Pro Football TalkMixon won his call.
This somewhat confusing saga began last month when Nfl would have been sentenced to a fine for words that have been published on social networks by the former Nfl Large receiver TJ Houshmandzadeh. These words were included in a Article if.com Entitled: “Look: Joe Mixon calls civil servants after the Chiefs against Texans’ victory”, although they were properly attributed to Houshmandzadeh:
Mixon itself taken on social networks express your frustration about the Nfl Error, saying that the league was “wild” for having inflicted it on a fine for something he never said:
The NFL would then have changed the fine, pointing words that Mixon said in the locker room after the division tour. The question of whether these words were inflammatory enough to draw a fine were immediately questioned.
“Everyone knows how it goes here,” said Mixon. “You can never leave it in the hands of referees. The whole world here, guy.”
In the end, the hearing officer Chris Palmer canceled the fine of $ 25,000, explaining why in a decision of a page obtained by Pro Football Talk:
“During the call hearing, you said what you meant by your statements referring to civil servants,” Palmer wrote. “As you know, declarations can be interpreted differently by each individual and it seems that you clearly understand the weight and detriment of public criticisms towards civil servants, given the impact of your platform as a player, What I appreciate.
“The integrity of the game and its officials is the responsibility of all the people involved in the NFL. After examining all the evidence. I note that you have not necessarily criticized the civil servants. Consequently for the reasons set out Above, the NFL will cancel the amount of $ 25,000.
