The NFL has determined a fan didn’t intentionally spill a drink on Bengals running back Chase Brown following Cincinnati’s victory in Carolina on Sunday.

Video showed a fan appeared to pour a drink on Brown as he left the field and entered the tunnel at Bank of America Stadium.

“The league’s review of the matter determined that portions of a drink were accidentally spilled on the Cincinnati player as Bengals’ fans attempted to catch the gloves he tossed to them,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said in a statement Thursday. “The league analyzed video of multiple angles from stadium security cameras and also social media.”

If the league believed the fan purposely spilled the drink, a lifetime ban from the stadium could’ve been part of a punishment.

The incident

Brown described the moment as one of joy, tossing his gloves to fans above the visiting team’s tunnel in celebration of the victory. While he chose not to confront the fan directly, Brown made it clear that he hopes similar incidents can be avoided in the future, calling for respect and sportsmanship.

“I was walking in [and] I felt the liquid or whatever, and then when I saw the video back, I’m like, ‘Damn, that’s really what happened,'” Brown said.

Interestingly, this isn’t the first time that a drink-throwing episode has been linked to the Panthers organization. Back in January, team owner David Tepper faced a fine after being caught on video tossing a drink in the direction of a fan during a matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars.