Cincinnati Bengals star wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase got hit with a fine from the NFL this week, and he’s not happy with it.
Ja’Marr Chase was officially fined this week for “verbal abuse of an official” during the team’s Week 2 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs last month.
Chase was upset about what he felt should have been a pass interference penalty on the Chiefs and screamed at referee Alex Kemp after the play, drawing a flag.
“It’s just simply abusive language toward a game official,” Kemp said of the incident after the game according to The Athletic.
“The simple answer is profanity used by grown men versus direct, personal abusive language toward a game official. That’s the line. When that line gets crossed, we simply can’t let that happen.”
Chase was clearly not happy about the fine.
In a post on social media, Chase made it clear that he did not think he deserved a fine for his antics.
“How i get fined for not doing nothing g ?” Chase said in a post on X, the social media website that was formerly known as Twitter.
Clearly, the league did not agree with Chase’s assessment of the incident.
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