Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones was fined $250,000 by the NFL on Tuesday following Sunday’s recreation the place he made a seemingly obscene gesture towards New York Jets followers at MetLife Stadium.
A smiling Jones was caught on video showing to present the center finger to Jets followers late within the recreation, after quarterback Dak Prescott’s fourth landing cross gave the Cowboys a 37-14 lead with 4:31 left within the fourth quarter.
Jones mentioned Tuesday throughout his radio present that he was attempting to to flash a “thumbs up” at celebrating Cowboys followers beneath his field.
“That was unfortunate. That was kind of an exchange with our fans out in front of us,” Jones mentioned on 105.3 The Fan. “There was a swarm of Cowboys fans out in front — not Jets fans, Cowboys fans. The entire stadium was brimming with enthusiasm of Cowboys and certainly late in the game.”
Jones advised listeners the gesture was “inadvertent” and never meant to be “antagonistic” in any respect.
“I just put up the wrong show on the hand. That was inadvertently done,” he mentioned. “I’m not kidding. If you want to call it accidental, you can call it accidental. But it got straightened around pretty quick. I had a chance to look at it. It got straightened out pretty quick, but the intention was ‘thumbs up,’ and basically pointing at our fans because everybody was jumping up and down excited.”
Related conduct has resulted in heavy fines prior to now.
In 2009, late Tennessee Titans proprietor Bud Adams was fined $250,000 after making an obscene gesture whereas celebrating a win in opposition to the Buffalo Payments.
Final yr, Carolina Panthers proprietor David Tepper was fined $300,000 after he was caught on video throwing a drink at Jacksonville Jaguars followers.
Jones is contemplating an enchantment of the superb, league spokesman Brian McCarthy mentioned. A closing choice is predicted by Friday.
