The NFL Joe Mixon Star portfolio will not be lighter $ 25,000.
The league overturned the fine that it previously transmitted after the running back, the Texans of Houston, directed criticism against the referees in a eliminatory match last month.
The Texans underwent a 23-14 defeat against the possible AFC champion, Kansas City, the Chiefs on January 18. Mixon received the fine for his comments after the match and after the Defense of the Texans was penalized twice for strokes on the quarter of the Chiefs Patrick Mahomes.
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Houston Texans Running Back Joe Mixon (Imagn)
In a letter to Mixon, the appeal agent, Chris Palmer, said during the hearing process that he was determined that Mixon “did not necessarily criticize civil servants.”
Asked about the officer after the match, Mixon said: “Everyone knows how he is playing here.”
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“You can never leave it in the hands of the referees,” said Mixon. “The whole world sees, guy, what is. When it comes, you can never leave it in the hands of referees. Everything is good, however.”
The letter added that “the integrity of the game and its officials is the responsibility of all the people involved in the NFL”.
Houston Texans Running Back Joe Mixon (Images Troy Taormina-Imagn)
“During the appeal hearing, you declared what you meant by your statements referring to civil servants,” Palmer said in the letter. “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. “
Mixon was initially condemned to a fine for a comment that the former receiver of Cincinnati, TJ Houshmandzadeh, published on social networks.
“Why play the game if each 50/50 call accompanies the chiefs,” wrote Houshmandzadeh on X, formerly known as Twitter, in a program of his apparent agreement with the ball carrier.
Houshmandzadeh tj wide receiver (Stephen Dunn / Getty Images / File)
The remark was incorrectly attributed to Mixon in an illustrated sports story.
Later in the day, he was sentenced to a fine.
The NFL re -fell for the comments that the mixture made. Sports Illustrated also corrected the error where the comment on X of Houshmandzadeh was allocated to him.
Mixon finished the divisional tour match against the chiefs with 88 yards on the ground. He appeared in 14 regular season games during his first season with the Texans, rushing for 1,016 yards.
