In a radio interview in Dallas, the Cowboys owner claimed that he "inadvertently" used the wrong finger and meant to give a thumbs-up
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Jerry JonesNEED TO KNOW
- Jerry Jones was fined $250,000 by the NFL
- The Dallas Cowboys owner was seen giving New York Jets fans the middle finger following his team's win on Sunday
- Jones said he "inadvertently" mixed up his fingers and meant to throw a thumbs-up at the crowd
Jerry Jones is likely giving the thumbs-down to a hefty fine involving one of his other fingers.
On Tuesday, Oct. 7, the NFL hit the Dallas Cowboys owner with a $250,000 fine after he was seen giving New York Jets fans the middle finger following his team’s 37-22 win at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, according to CBS Sports.
In a video circulating online, Jones was seen standing in his suite, looking down on fans. He held up his middle finger and then quickly switched to his index finger in a pointing gesture.
For Jones’ part, he maintains that he got his fingers mixed up, and intended on flashing a thumbs-up.
"That was unfortunate," Jones, 82, said in his weekly guest spot on 105.3 The Fan radio in Dallas. "That was an exchange with our fans out in front of us. There was a swarm of Cowboy fans out in front — not Jet fans, Cowboy fans — and the entire stadium was brimming with the enthusiasm of Cowboys and certainly late in the game.”
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Jerry and Gene JonesHe continued, “And that was inadvertent on my part. That was right after we'd made our last touchdown and we were all excited about it, there wasn't any antagonistic issue or anything like that, I just put up the wrong show on the hand. But that was inadvertently done — and I'm not kidding, if you want to call it accidental, you can call it accidental.”
Jones added that he eventually “got straightened around pretty quick.”
"I got the chance to look at it, it got straightened around pretty quick but the intention was thumbs-up and then basically pointing at our fans because everybody was jumping up and down excited,” Jones said.
The polarizing owner — whose ongoing legacy took center stage in the recent Netflix docuseries America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys— can appeal the penalty, according to Pro Football Talk.
Jones is not the first owner to face the same penalty. In 2009, the late Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams was hit with a $250,000 fine when he flashed both middle fingers to Buffalo Bills fans during a game.
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