Jerry Jones fined by NFL for gesture

Billionaire and proprietor of the Dallas Cowboys, 82-year-old Jerry Jones, volition soon wage a $250,000 good from the NFL for allegedly showing the mediate digit to fans during his team's Sunday lucifer against the New York Jets. However, Jones stated that this "unfortunate" motion was "unintentional".

The penalty, archetypal reported by ESPN, is unfastened to appeal, according to the league. Footage that appeared connected societal media shows Jones archetypal giving a thumbs up to fans during an distant crippled astatine MetLife Stadium, past looking down, showing his mediate digit and yet pointing his scale digit towards the stands.

It is not wide to whom

It is not wholly wide to whom the motion was addressed; 1 video shows a premix of Cowboys and Jets fans successful the absorption he's facing. Jones told Dallas vigor presumption 105.3 The Fan that the motion was "unintentional."

"The motion happened aft the Cowboys scored a touchdown. There were nary antagonistic issues oregon thing similar that; I conscionable showed the incorrect hand," helium added.

It is not known whether Jones, who is besides the president and wide manager of the club, violated immoderate circumstantial NFL regularisation oregon interior policy. The league states that fines are applied arsenic a "last resort" erstwhile imposing disciplinary measures.

The estimated corporate nett worthy of Jones and his household is $20.7 billion. The Cowboys were bought successful 1989 for $150 cardinal and are present worthy astir $13 billion, making them the astir invaluable squad successful the NFL, according to Forbes. The $250,000 good represents conscionable 0.0012% of his wealth.

The league's 2022 idiosyncratic behaviour argumentation states that owners "have traditionally been held to a higher modular and are taxable to greater sanctions erstwhile they interruption the rules." A akin illustration was David Tepper, proprietor of the Carolina Panthers, who was fined $300,000 for throwing drinks astatine Jacksonville Jaguars fans; astatine the time, the good represented 0.0015% of his $20 billion. Former Tennessee Titans proprietor Bud Adams was besides fined $250,000 for making an obscene motion successful 2009.