On a day in which we learned Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel was reportedly fined $12,000 for showing his middle finger toward the Washington bench on Monday night, we also learned the NFL and rapper M.I.A. have settled their dispute over the performer’s middle finger display in Super Bowl XLVI.
The Associated Press reported Friday that the two sides have struck a confidential settlement in arbitration over the matter. The NFL had been seeking as much as $16.6 million for the incident, which occurred during the annual Super Bowl halftime show in 2012.
The NFL first filed a claim for breach of contract against M.I.A., whose given name is Mathangi Arulpragasam, in 2012, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
But since it’s a confidential settlement . . . well, we may never know if, indeed, everyone’s a winner in this case.