The Joe Mixon fine saga has reached its apparent conclusion.

It’s done so in favor of the Houston Texans running back.

NFL hearing officer Chris Palmer wrote Tuesday that he has overturned a $25,000 fine of Mixon issued by the NFL, granting an appeal that was issued by Mixon. The successful appeal concludes an ordeal in which the NFL fined Mixon for something he didn’t say, then fined him for something he did say after it realized its mistake.

In granting the appeal, Palmer concluded the words Mixon actually said did not justify a fine.

How’d we get here?

This all started after the Texans lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in the divisional round of the playoffs. The 23-14 Chiefs win featured high-profile officiating controversy. After the game, retired NFL wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh criticized officials on social media.

“Why play the game if every 50/50 call goes with Chiefs,” Houshmandzadeh wrote. “These officials are [trash] & bias.”

Days later, the NFL fined Mixon $25,000. According to Mixon and his agent, Peter Schaffer, the NFL cited Houshmandzadeh’s social media comments in issuing the fine while attributing the comments to Mixon. Per ESPN, a Sports Illustrated story had incorrectly attributed Houshmandzadeh’s comments to Mixon, which the NFL apparently cited to issue Mixon’s fine.

Mixon responded thusly on social media:

Later that day, Mixon posted on social media that he’d been fined again by the NFL “for something that’s not even a violation.”

The words Mixon did say that drew the second fine from the NFL were apparently these:

Per Palmer, Mixon successfully argued in the appeal hearing that the comments above did not amount to direct public criticism of officials. And Mixon has successfully managed to hold onto his $25,000.