{"id":209058,"date":"2025-10-08T12:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/209058\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T12:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:26:09","slug":"jerry-jones-nfl-fines-dallas-cowboys-owner-250000-for-inadvertent-obscene-gesture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/209058\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Jones: NFL fines Dallas Cowboys owner $250,000 for \u2018inadvertent\u2019 obscene gesture"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n The NFL<\/a> has fined Dallas Cowboys<\/a> owner Jerry Jones<\/a> $250,000 for making an obscene gesture which Jones said was \u201cinadvertent\u201d and meant to be a thumbs up at MetLife Stadium following a game against the New York Jets on Sunday.\n <\/p>\n

\n The news was first reported<\/a> by NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero on Tuesday and confirmed by the NFL to CNN Sports on Wednesday.\n <\/p>\n

\n In a video which was widely shared on social media, Jones could be seen giving a thumbs-up to the crowd from a box before raising his middle finger and pointing lower in the crowd while mouthing a few indiscernible words. The gesture occurred late in the Cowboys\u2019 37-22 road win over the Jets.\n <\/p>\n

\n Jones has until Friday to appeal the decision and, though neither the Cowboys nor Jones have yet formally done so, it is likely he will, according to Pelissero<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n

\n CNN Sports<\/a> has reached out to the Cowboys for comment.\n <\/p>\n

\n The three-time Super Bowl-winning owner offered his explanation for the \u201cunfortunate\u201d fan interaction on Dallas radio show 105.3 The Fan<\/a> on Tuesday.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI just put up the wrong show on the hand, but that was inadvertently done,\u201d Jones said. \u201cThe intention was thumbs up.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n When asked about the exchange, Jones said it occurred in front of Cowboys fans, not Jets fans, amidst the excitement after quarterback Dak Prescott threw a four-yard pass to Javonte Williams for Dallas\u2019 final touchdown of the game.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThere was a swarm of Cowboy fans out in front, not Jets fans, Cowboy fans,\u201d Jones emphasized. \u201cThat was inadvertent on my part because that was right after we\u2019d made our last touchdown and we were all excited about it.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThere wasn\u2019t any antagonistic issue or anything like that.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n This is not the first time Jones has faced a fine from the league. He faced his first fine in 2008<\/a> for criticizing a referee and another in 2009<\/a> for violating an order from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to stop executives and owners from discussing league labor issues.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL has fined Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones $250,000 for making an obscene gesture which Jones said…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-209058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}