The NFL has fined Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper $300,000 for tossing a drink at fans in Jacksonville toward the end of a game on Sunday.
>> WRAL, SPORTS STARTS NOW. WATERED BY EASTER AUTOMOTIVE. >> THIS WILL PROVE TO BE ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE DRINKS EVER. PANTHERS OWNER DAVID TEPPER WAS FINED $300,000 THROWING THIS DRINK AT A FAN AFTER THE PANTHERS GAME AT THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS THIS PAST SUNDAY. NOW SINCE AND A TEMPER HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF LOTS OF SCRUTINY, NOT ONLY FROM PANTHERS FANS AND PANTHERS REPORTERS, BUT ALSO FROM THE NATIONAL MEDIA AS WELL AFTER THE NEWS OF TEMPERS FINE. HE RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING, QUOTE, I'M DEEPLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS TEAM AND REGRET MY BEHAVIOR SUNDAY. I SHOULD HAVE LET NFL STADIUM SECURITY HANDLE ANY ISSUES THAT AROSE RESPECT NFL'S CODE OF CONDUCT AND