With the support of many N.F.L. owners, Commissioner Roger Goodell is prepared to escalate his public feud with Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys and long one of the most influential people in the league, by fining him millions of dollars for his efforts to derail negotiations to renew Goodell’s contract and for his outspoken defense of a star player who was suspended, according to five league officials with direct knowledge of the situation.
In November, Jones hired the high-profile lawyer David Boies and said he was prepared to sue the six owners on the league’s compensation committee, which had been working for months on extending Goodell’s contract. Jones also lobbied loudly for running back Ezekiel Elliott not to be penalized, and reportedly tried to influence league officials deciding his case. Elliott had been suspended by the league for six games before the season after the N.F.L. investigated domestic-assault allegations.
Jones will be ordered to pay the legal fees that the committee incurred defending itself, as well as the legal expenses the N.F.L. spent defending its decision to suspend Elliott....
The compensation committee includes some of the most powerful owners in the league, and close confidants of the commissioner. The members are the owners of the Chiefs, Falcons, Giants, Patriots, Steelers and Texans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/26/s...jones-nfl.html
Serious payback by Roger, with the apparent support of old school owners of the Steelers, Chiefs and Giants who are tired of Jerry's bullshit
Since I doubt this would have happened if Bob Kraft was not on board I guess Kraft hates Jones more than he hates Roger
The NFL ownership relations and league office are a mess - I never thought the NFL would stop being the #1 U.S. sport but with bad management and CTE the NBA may pass it sooner than I would have ever thought possible until recently