Owner Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys attends coaching camp at River Ridge Complex in Oxnard, California, on July 24, 2021.
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The NFL fined Dallas Cowboys proprietor and basic supervisor Jerry Jones $250,000 for making an obscene gesture — which he later known as inadvertent — towards followers throughout the group’s street win Sunday in opposition to the New York Jets.
Multiple experiences mentioned Tuesday that Jones is interesting the advantageous.
Jones was proven in viral video on social media in his field at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., pointing towards followers after which giving the center finger.
He defined on Tuesday on his radio present that the finger was an unintentional response to Cowboys followers celebrating quarterback Dak Prescott’s fourth landing go within the 37-22 victory.
“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.
“(The gesture) was inadvertent on my half as a result of that was proper after we made our final landing, and we had been all enthusiastic about it,” Jones said. “There wasn’t any antagonistic problem or something like that. I simply put up the fallacious present on the hand. That was inadvertently finished. I’m not kidding. If you need to name it unintentional, you possibly can name it unintentional. But it bought straightened round fairly fast. I had an opportunity to have a look at it. It bought straightened out fairly fast, however the intention was ‘thumbs up,’ and principally pointing at our followers as a result of all people was leaping up and down excited.”
The Cowboys (2-2-1) on Sunday go to the Carolina Panthers (2-3), whose proprietor, David Tepper, was fined $300,000 for throwing a drink towards Jacksonville Jaguars followers throughout a 2023 recreation. The league additionally fined Bud Adams, then the proprietor of the Tennessee Titans, $250,000 in 2009 for waving center fingers at Buffalo Bills followers.