Marshawn wins appeal on $50k fine

[CrimsonWazzu]

https://www.facebook.com/MoneyLynch/posts/10100236360708496

To all the 12s I appreciate your support. Wanted you to know I appealed the fine & won, but I’m still going to match all donations made at http://www.gofundme.com/626xk0 & donate it to a local Seattle charity. Thanks to Loren Summers for starting the site, we’ve talked & after the deadline, even if $50k isn't met & all contributions are given back, I'll donate the matched total # anyway. #12thman #Seahawks #BeastMode

 

[Laloosh]

Double win!

 

[Cartire]

It begins

 

[tmobilchawker79]

Good deal. Marshawn is quiet, but he shouldn't be penalized for it. Plenty of other folks to go after, go do it NFL.

 

[DavidSeven]

That's pretty damn cool. Good for him.

 

[Seeker]

Really like that guy and not just cause he is on our team. seems like a genuinely good dude.

 

[RolandDeschain]

I'm surprised he was able to win the appeal. Good work, Marshawn.

 

[The Radish]

Would like to have been a fly on the wall during that hearing.

:mrgreen:

 

[Anonymous]

So glad he was able to win the appeal. $50k for not talking is complete bs.

 

[Laloosh]

Anybody know if the NFLPA has people on retainer for this or do the players have to spend $1,000/hr on attorneys to appeal these fines?

 

[Bigpumpkin]

Would like to have been a fly on the wall during that hearing.

:mrgreen:

Hummmm...I wonder who was doing most of the talking? :roll:

 

[HawkFan72]

Glad he won. Players shouldn't have to talk if they don't want to.

And awesome of him to still match the money and donate it anyway.

 

[Vetamur]

Another stat Seattle probably leads the league in: appeals won. Its pretty rare, but the Hawks have won 2 in 2 years and Browner was offered a settlement (which he turned down).

 

[pmedic920]

I'm happy with this

 

[mikeak]

I'm surprised he was able to win the appeal. Good work, Marshawn.

Willing to bet money that it was based on lack of warnings

 

[Seeker]

Kinda wanted a pissed off marshawn for this game tho....

 

[SouthSoundHawk]

Assuming the appeal goes through Roger, I'm not that shocked. He and Shawn have some history, and they both know that Marshawn has been working his tail off to be an upstanding employee/person. 50k was way too much for something as simple as interviews, I bet we hear from Lynch a little mofre than usual going forward.

 

[Axx]

Someone should buy goodell a 12th man jersey to celebrate this glorious victory

 

[mikeak]

Can Lynch coach Browner on how to appeal?

 

[theENGLISHseahawk]

Florio says he didn't win any appeal, it's merely a suspended fine.

LINK: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... is-appeal/

And to be fair, Florio is absolutely 100% spot on here...

So, basically, if Lynch deliberately disregards one more time a fair and reasonable policy aimed at ensuring players are available to reporters — who serve as the official liaisons to the fans — then Lynch will lose $100,000.

And then the fans, who are the intended beneficiaries of the league’s media policies, can try to offset the six-figure fine by raising money for a guy who made $7 million in salary this season.