This was the moment Jerry Jones could have cleaned the slate on his reputation as a brilliant businessman, Foghorn Leghorn tribune act, mirror addict and gaseous faildad, and as you may have guessed given his résumé, he duffed it. We all had such high hopes for him too.
In order, Jones flipped off New York Jets fans who were heckling him after his Dallas Cowboys dumpstered the Jets, 37-22, on Sunday. Then the NFL, a gaggle of billionaires that Jones largely steers, decided to fine him $250,000 for flipping off said fans. This is the standard fine for this sort of thing as established 16 years ago, when Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams flipped off Buffalo Bills fans from his suite during a 41-17 Titans victory; it is, for the record, $50,000 less than what Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper got dinged for throwing a drink at Jacksonville Jaguars fans during a 26-0 beating two years ago. Then Jones decided for some reason to say he never meant to flip off Jets fans, and in fact was trying to make his hands form a celebratory thumbs-up when the bird was accidentally released. Worst of all, he is appealing the fine.
