Source: NFL fining Cowboys' Jones for gesture

FRISCO, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys proprietor and wide manager Jerry Jones is being fined $250,000 by the NFL for his "inadvertent" obscene motion toward fans astatine MetLife Stadium connected Sunday, a root told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Videos connected societal media showed Jones rapidly flashing his mediate digit precocious successful the Cowboys' 37-22 triumph implicit the New York Jets -- aft Dak Prescott's 4th touchdown walk accrued the pb to 37-14.

Earlier Tuesday, Jones said the motion was "unfortunate." He tin entreaty the fine.

"That was unfortunate. That was benignant of an speech with our fans retired successful beforehand of us," Jones said Tuesday connected 105.3 The Fan successful Dallas. "There was a swarm of Cowboys fans retired successful beforehand -- not Jets fans, Cowboys fans. The full stadium was brimming with enthusiasm of Cowboys and surely precocious successful the game.

"[The gesture] was inadvertent connected my portion due to the fact that that was close aft we made our past touchdown, and we were each excited astir it. There wasn't immoderate antagonistic contented oregon thing similar that. I conscionable enactment up the incorrect amusement connected the hand. That was inadvertently done. I'm not kidding. If you privation to telephone it accidental, you tin telephone it accidental. But it got straightened astir beauteous quick. I had a accidental to look astatine it. It got straightened retired beauteous quick, but the volition was 'thumbs up,' and fundamentally pointing astatine our fans due to the fact that everybody was jumping up and down excited."

It is not the archetypal lawsuit successful which the NFL has fined an proprietor for mediocre enactment with fans.

Last year, Carolina Panthers proprietor David Tepper was fined $300,000 for "unacceptable behavior" aft helium was caught connected video throwing a portion successful the absorption of Jacksonville Jaguars fans.

In 2009, precocious Tennessee Titans proprietor Bud Adams was fined $250,000 for behaviour detrimental to the league aft making an obscene motion portion celebrating a triumph against the Buffalo Bills.