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San Francisco safety Dashon Goldson was ejected from Sunday’s game against the Cardinals for throwing punches at Arizona receiver Early Doucet, and Goldson was fined $25,000 this week.

But videos of the incident appeared to show Doucet getting it started by smacking Goldson, and so it’s fitting that Doucet didn’t escape a fine.

The NFL confirmed today that Doucet was fined $10,000 for hitting Goldson in the head.

The officials didn’t see Doucet’s action, so he wasn’t penalized, but it’s appropriate that he got a fine. In fact, he’s lucky that his fine was only $10,000: Goldson was fined more for flying off the handle and throwing multiple punches, but it was Doucet’s action that got the whole incident started.