Panthers Owner Fined $300,000 For Throwing Drink At Fan From Owner's Booth | Pat McAfee Reacts

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[@cody9732]

Imagine the NFL recieving a $300k payment for a billionaire throwing a drink on you while you recieve nothing.

[@ChilleBruh]

“Justice”

[@TheyCallMeGator]

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if the fan sues him. That would be a quick & easy settlement.

[@mdrew9234]

​@@TheyCallMeGator why settle? The billionaire can drag this out and cost you tens of thousands.

[@doubler8579]

Settle because it’ll cost him so much more with the negative press . His image would also take a massive hit

[@Dabolina916]

@@mdrew9234that’s an easy case for lawyers they know they would get paid

[@Cbow406]

It would hurt his ego a lot more if he had to send that check to the fan and not the NFL.

[@jspres86]

The guy's got $20 billion (that we know of). $300k is couch change to him. What really would've hurt his ego is if the NFL suspended him, putting him in timeout like you would your kids if they acted up.

[@davidlrogers]

the fan will definitely get a settlement.

[@minksopro]

@@jspres86suspend him from what? He owns the franchise what can you suspend him from? He doesn’t play in games. Ban him from going to games? That’s HIS team and HIS stadium

[@Veritasvincit333]

⁠@@minksoprobro, it’s literally happened before. A quick google search will give you examples that the owner being suspended from attending games.

[@vincenthammons-kd9du]

@@minksopro its actually the city's stadium not his

[@Eric-qk3bk]

A rich guy throws his drink into some guys face, and he must now give a truckload of money to rich guys.

[@MGAF688]

$300,000 to be divided equally between 29 billionaires. Gotta tip those sky waiters.

[@flansburgh1100]

$300k is roughly 1/68,667th of his net worth. To put it in perspective, if you had $20,600 in the bank, this is a thirty cent fine. He didn't even notice it.

[@fmbbeachbum8163]

Yup, should've been a 10 million fine, that would've been closer to a $10 equivalent

[@lukebalek946]

Tepper is clearly a charitable man.

[@curtisg4817]

Free drink on Tepp!

[@recklssabndon]

The audacity of throwing a drink at a person PAYING YOU for the tickets you are practically failing to sell to anyone… that’s just insane

[@patrickeast6926]

..however buying a ticket does NOT give you the right to say whatever you want! Read the bailment on the stub! Our country has lost all civility...

[@tonykeo7009]

This happen in Jacksonville and not in Charlotte.

[@jkallday52]

@@patrickeast6926and not one word in the world makes it okay to throw anything at anybody

[@recklssabndon]

@@tonykeo7009 it doesn’t matter, teams share revenue for games (unless they’re run by Dan Snyder)

[@Rowsy91]

i mean im sure the fan was being a dick lets be fair haha

[@jefferythompson3235]

As a Panthers fan I’ll say what the organization and team can’t. Tepper is a clown and an embarrassment to the NFL. I wish the NFL didn’t shut down the group of respectable investors and force him on us when the team was for sale… what did we do as fans and players to deserve this…? We were never the best but respected the league and are a very proud organization of our success in the short time we’ve been in the league

[@MrGT3]

Stop cheering for him. That's what I did.

[@BIG_ump]

Here here. Some dark days ahead

[@edbrown7919]

Bring back the original owner

[@edwardlovatt425]

@@edbrown7919I’m pretty sure Jerry Richardson is dead so that would be difficult

[@sway_9803]

@@edbrown7919 Get a shovel

[@TyB_23]

Tepper just wants to own the team for 30 years and cash out. Hes an investor, not a sportsman.

[@_BigTimer85]

A large majority of owners have that mentality. It's a business first and foremost

[@marknicolich5789]

like 60% of baseball owners

[@bmoremusic4768]

Owners don't buy teams these day's to make money. They all have billions already. They buy teams for status.

[@MrJohansen]

Exactly what I always say as a Panthers fan - tepper is a great businessman but an awful football team owner

[@STSGuitar16]

If that was the case, he would sit back in the shadows and collect his check for doing nothing. He wouldn’t be micromanaging every aspect of the football team if he is nothing but an investor. I can’t stand the man and believe he has ruined my team. He is an idiot who doesn’t know anything about running a football team but believes he actually knows best. He is an awful sportsman, but he is attempting to be a sportsman. He is abysmal at it, but it does seem that he actually does care about the team, despite what his actions would suggest. His arrogance and hubris blinds him and will prevent him from being successful in the football world, but unfortunately for us fans, it seems that he does actually care about the team for reasons other than money (whatever those may be). I’d love nothing more than for him to be forced to sell the team tomorrow, but that ain’t gonna happen.

[@tleoipl37]

“Temper “ is the now the worst owner in the nfl rn

[@Lmfaojesse6969]

I think the bum with multiple DUIs😊 prolly still is

[@dr.brycebanner5676]

Irsay? @@Lmfaojesse6969

[@codystrom8708]

Nah still Jim Irsay 😂 😂 he’s got a lot more years of bad ownership under his belt

[@carlospacheco9229]

Colts fans love Jim Irsay he throws money at people not drinks 😂

[@AttilatheThrilla]

@@carlospacheco9229That’s what he has to do to be liked..

[@BrokeSpike]

They should make him have to fight the fan in a locked caged

[@CocaColaDude]

David Tepper is the new Dan Snyder of the NFL

[@tleoipl37]

Based af

[@markantony9038]

As a Washington fan I'm so glad those days are behind us. Hopefully Carolina fans will know that joy some day soon.

[@rve420]

Tepper also converted one of the few remaining natural grass stadiums to turf.

[@malekiththeeternityking5433]

That 300,000 needs to be given to THAT fan. You don't get to abuse others cause you have more money

[@williamcroson7387]

i mean more thank likely the fan will be sue him and get more than 300k

[@brianbolanos4627]

Don’t run your mouth then simple

[@gmailuser5461]

​@@brianbolanos4627 come say that to my face big man

[@TonyTonychoppa420]

​@@brianbolanos4627running your mouth doesn't excuse what he did 🙄

[@Tom_bradys_unretirement]

@@brianbolanos4627he’s gonna get paid for it cry more

[@formerfloridaman6968]

I actually heard that a man slipped on the ice cubes from Tepper's drink and rolled down 78 flights of stairs and may never recover to work again at his factory job. Very sad scene.

[@sr-ty7gb]

Not true at all, he actually slipped on the liquid and not ice...furthermore he only fell down 51 stairs and landed on and crushed a 97 year old WW2 veteran.

[@Dukethunders]

10:31 did he really just say that? 🤣 🤣

[@drose212]

That’s a good lawsuit and some good money for the person 😂

[@xAGiiL3UnTiTL3D]

Ez emotional trauma suit

[@brianalex5083]

@@xAGiiL3UnTiTL3Dno lawsuit is easy it shows you have no background in law

[@brennan-]

@@xAGiiL3UnTiTL3Dor just assault, who knows what diseases teppers germs carry

[@hhaste]

@@brianalex5083 Lol.. there's video evidence, not to mention the national news attention.. That's as easy as it gets.

[@sgtbaker81]

20 bucks and dry cleaning bill

[@northofnashira2575]

$300k for legitimate assault when an owner got a $250k fine for the double bird salute a few years ago? Fine should've been a minimum $2 million.

[@maxrice6990]

With inflation, the double bird probably cost more!

[@SkidogMedia]

legit assault? this country has got so soft

[@noahfyan9617]

​@@SkidogMedia bro according to the law it is assault don't like it change the law but you can't selectively enforce laws because someone has money

[@northofnashira2575]

@@SkidogMedia Ask any lawyer, like your next public defender.

[@SkidogMedia]

@@noahfyan9617 ya soft ass country and tf you telling me about selective force? has nothing to do with what i said

[@robhicks81]

How about the GM standing there not even surprised by his behavior...makes you wonder what he has seen...

[@TheyCallMeGator]

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if the fan sues him. That would be a quick & easy settlement.

[@itsDarkDream]

So if someone sprays you with a water gun do you think ur gonna win a lawsuit. God y'al softer than butter

[@CaptainTrips560]

@@itsDarkDreamthat does fit the definition of civil battery, but you’re not gonna win much of a settlement

[@TheyCallMeGator]

I feel for you Panthers fans. As a Die Hard Bengals fan, I understand your anger. Our organization with Mike Brown as an owner has been horrific until we lucked into drafting a stud known as Joe Burrow. Burrow singlehandedly turned our franchise around. And I feel like it's gonna take a miracle of this sort for you guys, too. Best of luck.

[@chrisbrittain4554]

Mike brown just didn't want to spend money. This guy is throwing 300k out the window. I wish we would have seen Mike Brown throw a drink and show some passion.

[@Scolof99]

He seems like an unpleasant person to work for. This isn't a good look for someone looking to hire a football coach after the season.

[@jspres86]

Neither does firing 3 coaches midseason during your 5 years of ownership. Not a lot of incentive for coaches to go there.

[@MrJohansen]

​@@jspres86 yes there is. Tepper is the richest owner in the nfl. $$$$$$$$$$$

[@donaldroman2717]

The fan needs to sue because that punishment is equivalent to a slap on the wrist and a verbal warning for us normal people

[@huchlvr]

He should also fille assault charges. Nothing he said deserves having someone's backwash & germs thrown on you.

[@wildcavemann]

dude its a drink, he shouldnt be fined anything imo. this will make it so all owners go nowhere near fans ever and makes the sport worse.

[@donaldroman2717]

Exactly and if it would have been us who have done something like that in public caught on camera they're likelihood of us even making it back to our house and not being in the cell that night is pretty slim

[@Skategoodmen]

​@@wildcavemann if someone did that to an owner they'd be in jail and end up a felon

[@xAGiiL3UnTiTL3D]

@@Skategoodmenfactsssss

[@SinisterLynch]

Why is the nfl getting this 300k, this money should go to the fans who had the drinks poured on em

[@TCC62]

How you gonna call a billionaire throwing a drink at an average Joe entertaining? Elitism brother. Billionaire considered a fan to be less than garbage and threw a drink at them cuz he knows there will be no consequences. That ain’t passion, it’s disgusting. Passion would be if he got his head out of his ass and actually helped the panthers be a good team. Our football should be entertaining not the embarrassing owner.

[@kennybell5108]

Also I think the world is done assuming someone is smart because they are a billionaire, as Lombardi still does.

[@MusMasi]

@@kennybell5108 Most Billionaires are Billionaires because of which beef curtains they parted, doesn't take any scrap of genius to do that.

[@bmoremusic4768]

This owner needs to be forced to sell the team. The people of NC deserve better!

[@freedomfox8183]

Ok Karen 😂

[@bmoremusic4768]

@@freedomfox8183 So original, I'm sure your boyfriend is very proud of you!

[@austinkeithgrant]

NC and SC!! We're fucked.

[@MrGT3]

​@@austinkeithgrantSC shouldn't claim the NORTH Carolina Panthers. They don't pay taxes here and don't do anything for SC.

[@austinkeithgrant]

do whatever feels right to you.. we're all fucked as I previously stated.@@MrGT3

[@kjsdpgijn]

Michael Lombardi is absolutely right about Tepper and other owners. Jimmy Haslam learned this the hard way in Cleveland, but at least he finally DID learn his lesson.

[@Nite2012Mare]

He's lucky that was someone with more control than the owner has...there is a BIG window to climb through. 😂

[@CalderOnOne]

Friendly reminder that Tepper shot down the coaches wanting to draft C.J. Stroud and is the reason they drafted Bryce Young.

[@itsDarkDream]

Not true. Stop making stuff up dude

[@jarretthoogerhyde1633]

A billionaire owner dumping a drink on a fan is a terrible look. Edit: he didn't even apologize. Pretty sad tbh

[@ThaOfacemaker]

Who cares? lol honestly, who really really cares?

[@davidlrogers]

@@ThaOfacemakerhere you are tho lol

[@LoopHoleLeeRoy]

@@ThaOfacemakershut up tepper burner account.

[@2kg.o.a.t569]

@@ThaOfacemakerHe won’t share his $20B with you defending his honor goofy 🤡

[@ThaOfacemaker]

@@2kg.o.a.t569 it’s not defending his honor, the story is the TMZ of sports

[@nnjjee1]

And Tepper fled scene immediately, coward

[@swnick8467]

Honestly would LOVE it if he made it a home stadium tradition and he did this every time they lose

[@noahfyan9617]

Funniest thing is most states recognize spitting or throwing drinks as assault now so dude could be hit with a felony technically

[@wh1skeybud]

yeah okay what fairytale land are you living in that an NFL owner gets hit with a felony 😅 when robert kraft was getting handies from massage therapist and just got away with it and no one talks about it

[@dabaers3194]

That'll be settled behind the scenes. He will never see a charge. Dude should get his money for the drink throw tho.

[@itsDarkDream]

For pouring water on someone dude? More damage has been done in wet T-shirt contests. I bet you live in Cali huh..

[@JustTheFlecks]

Technically it’s a battery which is a misdemeanor. I can’t see a DA filing criminal charges, but civilly it’s probably going to get the fan a settlement.

[@itsDarkDream]

@@JustTheFlecks true. I think people over overreacting a tad. Anyone else hear that person recording knows the person who was talking to tepper and also curious why there Is no audio... Odd

[@cmacblue42]

Oh my goodness Jim Harbaugh to Carolina would be INSANE

[@DrakathDrago]

"Burger King crowns" they weren't on a plane though ✈

[@alexmyers3000]

99% sure it’s Cincinnati that is called the “Queen City”…edit*…somehow we have two “Queen Cities”…Cincy and Charlotte both are called it

[@marvinshenk]

Justice would be the fan that had the drink thrown on him receiving $300k and an apology from David Temper.

[@fmbbeachbum8163]

That will never happen.

[@bodhi1462]

Yea, he'll sue and talk about how he doesn't have full use of his limb, anymore, and find a doctor to say that lol

[@LoopHoleLeeRoy]

We’re already working on it.

[@hahaha9678]

That is an embarrassment for my team and our fan base

[@richh650]

The product on the field is nothing to be proud of either, unfortunately.

[@michaelrana9634]

That T.C. Willams shirt is awesome.

[@spookyboi8446]

Its easy to disrespect someone from a safe and protected space.

[@DonTrumpF2024ever]

🤣😂$300K... FOR him is like finding a penny on the ground! He should give a public televised apology and hand a check to the big mouth victim of $5 million and 20% stake in the team!

[@Benw3790]

Absolutely disgusting. This is the only reason we are in the media at all. Literally, literally the laughing stock of the nfl. Laughing at our owner. Laughing at having nobody in the stands. I live 35 minutes from the stadium and the tickets were like $10 that day we played the falcons.. but I didn’t go because of the weather. Good on all the fans who didn’t go, simply to hurt teppers pockets though. I’m so embarrassed. We’ve actually had success in this league as an expansion team. I do not want to see this franchise crash after Dan Snyder 2.0… it’s sad and a little scary too, to be honest.

[@coleeto2]

The Dan Snyder allegations are a lot worse than this (so far at least). Glad the community is banding together over there on voting with your wallets

[@iponce2]

I'm not laughing at you bro ❤

[@Benw3790]

@@coleeto2 you’re right. We don’t have poor conditions or anything but man. Tepper has made himself the “terrible owner” of the league though.

[@sillkthashocker]

He doesn't seem like a calm and reasonable person 🙁

[@godofthunder9379]

Someone is entering the new year with some good money

[@melvinsmiley5295]

I hope the fans that got the drinks thrown on them get the $300K fine money.

[@StephanieDasher.]

I LOVE JJ as a guest 😂😂😂😂

[@donaldgampe5656]

apparently the protocol on fines dont pertain to wives and little brothers in kansas city SMH

[@donharper7759]

Better to ask for forgiveness than permission 😂😂😂

[@florianritter]

Possibily the most expensive Bud light to be ever drunk or spilt.

[@Heisenberg-ch8gj]

The fan should file a lawsuit... that's assault with a beer 😂😂😂😂😂

[@robf7100]

The check made out to Goodell 😂

[@videogames9829]

Man's suffering with that sorry team he owns. NFL must've realized owning the Panthers is punishment enough.

[@motherhubbard3428]

I remember when Brittany Mahomes sprayed champagne on fans. Freezing cold outside and she is spraying champagne out her vip booth window on fans and laughing about it.

[@TB-ni4ur]

What would stadium "security" have done? Stop someone from heckling? LOL grow up silly Kid...

[@maxrice6990]

"a professional sniper" lmfao

[@mychaeljones7526]

David "Temper" Tepper 😂😂😂

[@NanuqoftheNorth]

Tepper Tantrum

[@scruffd0g193]

That panthers job has to be one of the worst openings ever. Tepper has no patience, Young has nothing to work with.

[@rocketscience777999]

As bad as it was, throwing the drink is no where near as bad as forcing the team to trade up and draft Bryce Young if your a Panthers fan.

[@georgecoull1883]

Not in my house! I'm a yin'zer and I'm fine with this! He pays the bills 😂

[@benmecha01]

Tepper will have a Rams-like championship team and then he will ruin it one day

[@markdalton55]

Have to shoot out to your guest expert! Love the JJ attitude and intelligence!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️

[@travondascarr6206]

So what nobody is actually saying is. Throwing a drink on somebody because they said something to you and you maliciously threw that drink on them. That is actually simple assault. He should be more than just fine. That is literally jail time because it's a misdemeanor. If there are anybody else and that happen that person would have had the right to press charges on him.

[@dragonmagick2176]

The largest personal injury firm is based out of Jacksonville Florida. They boast about $20B in wins. If the fan called him, this could get ugly.

[@hhaste]

He should be forced to sell the team. The Panthers and their fan base deserve a new owner, he's single handedly ruining the entire franchise, in more ways than one.

[@HH-le1vi]

Gonna take way more than 1 incident to do that

[@tonykeo7009]

I betcha the other owners high five Tepper for his despicable behavior. They need one owner who need to snap back at NFL fans and Tepper is the man to do it.

[@carolinagirl7596]

100% agree. Tepper has not been good at all for the Panthers franchise, not at all.

[@TraJonR3D]

That had better be one hell of a drink for 300k.. word..

[@michaelcorson3688]

That fine should go to the fan, not the league

[@mrt3206]

He should have been suspended for the rest of the season because money is nothing to a team owner.🤷‍♂️ This just shows there are rules for thee but not for an owner in the organization.🤣

[@ABDLAZ]

Tepper redefining hold my beer.

[@andrewburns3952]

Your date says it’s March! 😂

[@athisio836]

The burger King remark had me spit out my coffee

[@andervanburren4980]

JJs mind is perfect for this show hahaha

[@jehudson1133]

Proof that all the money in the world can’t buy you a an ounce of class (panther fan 🙁)

[@WALTRIPFLAIR]

Tepper could hire Metta Sandiford-Artest as a bodyguard.

[@bentorrey12]

So whats the equivalent to a normal person, 5 bucks

[@naimk5002]

Yep it’s chump change to them. Should have been suspended from team involvement for a year. It would be better for the panthers fans if he wasn’t their owner.

[@Urmomsaredpanda]

I believe it’s the equivalent of one percent of one cent

[@MyMonsterguy]

The median house hold net worth in the US is roughly $192,900. If I did my math correctly to an average house hold this would turn into a fine of about $2.81.

[@jefferythompson3235]

If you cut a penny into 30,000 pieces and fine him one piece

[@user-nh6wo6uo1o]

Love the shirt JJ!

[@yo_hippie1326]

Send that money to the fan!

[@joeanderson444]

It was a Bears fan saying thanks for Marvin Harrison Jr. and D.J. Moore!

[@CactusJackIV]

Give 10% of that to those fans.

[@RonJunk]

They should have cracked him with a game check or the equivalent of 1/17th of his yearly salary.

[@purplepidgin]

Fan should get half the fine.

[@Carrollavirus]

He should get all of it.

[@jjmmanagement4909]

Get that man a drink.

[@77Samuel75]

Wow a multi-millionaire, possibly a billionaire gets fined $300k for assaulting a fan. Now that's what I call justice...NOT. LMAO.

[@rppoker8541]

I know it must be hard to pay that 35 cent fine . We all can’t afford to pay bubblegum

[@flaffel57]

And ppl couldn’t understand why Ben Johnson turned down the Carolina job! 🤣🤣🤣

[@thisnewnamesystemisdumb]

Last i checked that's called assault and he can be sued over it.

[@Mike-cv9rr]

I noticed his ass ran away real quick before he got the 2 piece

[@alexcika9906]

Imagine the out of court payout to the dude that got the drink thrown at him , damn why can't I be that lucky

[@sr-ty7gb]

The fan should sue him.

[@tomadamo3226]

Should suspend him from a couple of games

[@ChilleBruh]

Did Michael Lombardi just throw his name into the hat for Carolina GM? Tepper could a LOT worse.

[@carsonenglhardt9824]

Only way that Harbaugh goes to Carolina is if he gets paid like $25 million a year

[@Colorado_Chris]

How about assault charges? Tepper is such low class…

[@folumb]

The best case scenario for an owner like tepper is to end up like Jerry Jones at the helm of the 97-present day Dallas cowboys. Can’t get out of the way enough for winning but also will usually have some regular season success. Take that as you will.

[@theheeter9181]

Needs to ve removed from ownership.

[@brianwalden5734]

Harbaugh to Carolina. Calling it this early

[@arianprofit]

Bright times for Houston, Cal and Hannah McNair. Demeco with CJ. Poor Bryce. He has no Nick Caserio to build players around him.

[@tonykeo7009]

Being a Panthers fan and witnessing Tepper short reign as the Panthers owner I can see he is trying everything but the traditional way of building up a successful NFL team. He try hiring a college coach that have no NFL experience to a massive contract. He gave Rhule three season to make it work. It didn't work out. He should have retain Steve Wilks and made him a HC of the Panthers because he was actually successful at getting the team in the right direction. Then Tepper hired Frank Reich as HC and decided that he wasn't going to wait three season to see if Reich can built a foundation for the Panthers. Reich was fired halfway through the 2023 season. Now its back to first base with finding a HC that somehow Tepper will have to give chance to actually have time run the Panthers. My head hurt just thinking about next season as a Panthers fan.

[@fmbbeachbum8163]

Tepper is like Jerry Jones, he thinks he knows football.

[@marvinshenk]

When compared to Dan Snyder, David Temper said "Hold my Beer", then took the beer back and threw it at a Jags fan.

[@gmjr30]

300k is a expensive ass drink. lol

[@wilholsomback5415]

Yup