The NFL said on Tuesday that the Jerry Jones imposed a fine of $ 250,000 for an obscene gesture towards fans in the Metlife Stadium that the owner from Dallas said was “unintentional” and meant for fans of the cowboys, not from the New York Jets.
The incident came late on Sunday in the 37-22 victory of Dallas. Jones said on Tuesday in his radio program that he was planning to show a “Thumbs Up” to celebrate Cowboys fans. Jones is considering a profession, said League spokesperson Brian McCarthy.
Jones was caught a video that went viral and smiled broadly at fans before he briefly flashed with the gesture.
“That was a shame. That was a kind of exchange with our fans for us,” Jones said at 105.3 The fan. “There was a swarm of cowboys fans in the front-no jets fans, cowboys fans. The entire stadium was full of enthusiasm of cowboys and certainly late in the competition.”
The gesture of Jones came shortly after Dak Prescott's fourth TouchDownPass de cowboys yielded a 37-14 lead with 4:31 left in the game. Read also | Micah Parsons' contract dispute with Dallas Cowboys: what happens? Everything you need to know
“(The gesture) was unintentionally on my part, because that was just after we made our last touchdown, and we were all enthusiastic about it,” said Jones. “There was no hostile problem or something like that. I just set up the wrong show. That was unintentionally done. I am not joking. If you want to accidentally call it, you can accidentally call it. But it was right quickly. I had the chance to look at it. It was quickly straightened, but the intention was 'thumb up', and in fact wicked down. ''
In the 2023 season, the NFL Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper put on a fine of $ 300,000 to throw a drink to fans in Jacksonville.
