Panthers Owner David Tepper Fined $300K for Throwing Drink on Fan

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00:03 And not a happy 2023 NFL season and maybe beyond for the Carolina Panthers.

00:08 A two win football team with the number one overall pick in Bryce Young.

00:13 The worst record in all of the National Football League.

00:15 They fired their head coach Frank Reich after only 11 games.

00:20 And then on Sunday, in a loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars,

00:23 David Tepper, the owner of Carolina, tossed a drink onto a fan.

00:29 He was fined $300,000 yesterday by the NFL League office.

00:34 His response, I am deeply passionate about this team and

00:38 regret my behavior on Sunday.

00:41 I should have let the NFL stadium security handle any issues that arose.

00:45 I respect the NFL's code of conduct and

00:48 accept the league's discipline for my behavior, end quote.

00:52 Rick, what is the punishment?

00:54 What is the reaction among the NFL League office and

00:57 other owners of Tepper's behavior?

00:59 >> Well, first of all, there is now a mandate at Bank of America Stadium that

01:06 there will be raincoats issued for the first row right below the suite.

01:10 At least for the first six games until the team can actually be competitive again.

01:16 Owners are incredibly intense and passionate, they all are.

01:20 They choose to show it in different ways.

01:23 One of the things that I do with the owners that I know is that I wish them

01:29 a happy season and I do it at the beginning of every season, game one.

01:35 Cuz I don't wanna deal with the half of the owners that lost day one and

01:39 every week, half of them are really, really, really upset.

01:43 And there's a cooling off period.

01:44 If they weren't passionate, these guys are, they'll do it for the money,

01:47 obviously, but it's a significant investment.

01:50 They wanna hand it down to their kids and

01:51 stop making excuses for a guy who, by the way,

01:54 is more accurate with the glass than his quarterback was for

01:57 the last five weeks of the NFL.

01:59 But they've gotta figure out how to control behavior and show it internally.

02:05 So go into the bathroom and

02:07 throw a glass of water on your face yourself or something.

02:10 But there's temper, you get carried away with it.

02:15 If you and I were fined $300,000 for throwing something on somebody,

02:20 we'd never have any dollars to spend anywhere.

02:22 So it's a fairly significant, here it is and here's what we're doing.

02:27 We'll just have to see how it plays out long term.

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