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Cleveland Browns quarter-
back Baker Mayfield walks
off the field after the Seattle
Seahawks defeated his team
in an NFL football game, Sun-
day, Oct. 13, 2019, in Cleve-
land.
Associated Press

NFL cracks

down on
internal

dissent over

officiating

By ARNIE STAPLETON
AP Pro Football Writer
The NFL threw yellow flags
on Rams linebacker Clay
Matthews, Browns quarter-
back Baker Mayfield and
Lions safety Tracy Walker,
fining each $12,500 for criti-
cizing officials. Matthews
was disciplined for a tweet
he posted after the Lions
lost to his former team, the
Packers, whom the NFL
acknowledged benefited
from an erroneous call that
helped Green Bay in Week
6. Walker was punished
for comments he made
after that same game in
which he disputed as "an
awful call" a personal foul
penalty after diving for the
football and making inad-
vertent helmet-to-helmet 10 storylines to follow in the
contact with Packers re-
ceiver Geronimo Allison. 2019-20 NBA season
Mayfield was fined for criti-
cal comments he made Houston Rockets guard Russell Westbrook (0) drives to the
about the officiating after
Cleveland's 32-28 loss to basket as San Antonio Spurs forward Trey Lyles defends
Seattle in Week 6 when he during the first half of an NBA preseason basketball
said, "I'll probably get fined game Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, in Houston.
for saying this, but it was Associated Press
pretty bad today."
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