Houston Texans running back Joe Mixon has been fined $25,000 by the NFL after being wrongfully accused of making critical comments about referees following a playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. The league believed Mixon had posted remarks stating that all 50/50 calls favored the Chiefs and labeling the officials as “trash and bias.
” However, these comments were actually made by former NFL wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh on social media platform X. Mixon expressed his frustration on X, highlighting the absurdity of being fined for someone else’s statements. His agent, Peter Schaffer, plans to appeal the fine and explore legal options to address the mistake. The actual comments made by Mixon about the referees were indirect and not mentioned in the fine letter. The NFL may need to correct their error and potentially issue an apology.
