Fine Friday, But For Week SEVEN??? Suspension Blotter...

• Oakland Raiders:  Marshawn Lynch SUSPENDED one game for shoving an official and charging off the bench to join a melee.

You know it's big from when it's from LAST NIGHT'S game!  (They played Kansas City on Thursday Night, and defeated them in a manner which will almost certainly require another post.)

Anyone who thinks this is because of Lynch's Anthem protests can shut up.

It's for this:

Marshawn Lynch watched game from the stands after ejection, took the train home: https://t.co/xvl5IueqtB pic.twitter.com/T0PtiBWE0a

— Deadspin (@Deadspin) October 20, 2017

And he's DAMN LUCKY he's only sitting ONE game for it.

(For the record, there's no additional penalty for watching the game from the stands after being tossed -- he's just removed from the sideline.)

According to at least one source, even if he wins the appeal, he probably loses his entire game check for that week:  $30,387 for the referee incident, $24,309 at least for unsportsmanlike conduct for leaving the bench to do so, another $6,076 for leaving the bench in the first place...

And ANOTHER possible $30,387 for being in the stands after being ejected.  Original reports indicate that there is no penalty -- the league may now believe otherwise!

He's damn lucky he didn't get the game forfeited.  It doesn't matter why he did, but the guy comes off the bench to join a melee, and, when restrained by the officials, shoves the official rather hard.

Changing my mind from the original post.

Should be banned for the season.  If he wants to play again at all, he can talk to Goodell.

Why?

That's a minimum THIRTY-GAMER in the NHL.

That's a month at minimum in MLB (ask Pete Rose).

Five games for shoving a ref to the floor in the NBA D-League.