Report: Jerry Jones heads group of owners trying to stop Goodell's extension

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was one of 17 league owners involved in a Thursday conference call to discuss if there's anything the group could do to hijack commissioner Roger Goodell's pending contract extension, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter and Chris Mortensen.

The extension is done, according to CBS Sports' Jason La Canfora, despite this group's efforts to negate it.

The deal was originally reported as being close to done back in the summer. This group of 17 owners pushed hard against it.

"You don't get to have this many messes over the years like Roger has had and survive it," one owner said.

However, the NFL needed 24 owners to approve Goodell's dismissal, making the group skeptical it could happen.

Issues against Goodell range from the commissioner's performance, to NFL employees, to the Los Angeles situation highlighted by paltry attendance.

One of the owners in favor of the extension, Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank, was met with resistance.

"Maybe Arthur (Blank, the head of the Compensation Committee) and that committee think they're on track," an owner said about Goodell's proposed extension. "But they have a lot more resistance than they counted on -- and maybe they don't know how the resistance is growing as we speak."

The side favoring Goodell feels it would just be easier, if not better, to keep the status quo, with one owner not involved in the conference call saying, "I'd be very surprised about wanting to change Roger. I'd be shocked about that."