The NFL’s owners are clearly beginning to work against each other if a New York Times report is correct about Jerry Jones’ recent behavior.
The New York Times reported this week that Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, is a man on a mission. It’s a mission that has reportedly set him at odds against his fellow NFL owners, including Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt.
At the center of all of this controversy is the future of Roger Goodell as the commissioner of the National Football League. Just six months ago, NFL owners voted to extend Goodell’s current contract, due up at the end of next year, but Jones has had a change of heart since that moment. He’s currently powerless to do much about it unless he’s able to sway owners in more influential positions who are situated on the right committees to actually shift such gears.
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In Jones attempts to change fellow owners’ minds about Goodell’s ability to do his job, Jones reportedly arranged a conference call with six other owners, a group that included Hunt along with Robert Kraft of the New England Patriots, Bob McNair of the Houston Texans and more. Per the New York Times, it was a call that ended up backfiring on Jones as the owners not only failed to see his perspective but decided to give Jones even less power than before.
"After Jones spoke to the committee by conference call last week, the six owners revoked Jones’s status as an ad hoc member of the compensation committee, which decides on pay packages for the top league officials."
All of this vitriol and effort center around the NFL’s treatment (read: Goodell’s treatment) of Dallas Cowboys star running back Ezekiel Elliott. Despite never being formally charged with any crime after initial allegations of domestic violence were leveled against Elliott, the NFL decided to go ahead and punish him anyway with a six-game suspension. Elliott has maintained his innocence throughout the investigation and subsequent appeal process of his suspension, but Goodell has refused to back down or even alter the initial punishment.