Report: Jerry Jones threatens to sue NFL over Goodell contract negotiations
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is threatening to sue the NFL as well as some of his colleagues if they continue negotiations to extend commissioner Roger Goodell's contract, Ken Belson of the New York Times reports, citing sources.
Jones has reportedly hired lawyer David Boies - currently being criticized for his legal work involving Harvey Weinstein - and revealed the news to the six team owners on the league's compensation committee last week.
Goodell has drawn Jones' ire due to Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott's suspension for violating the league's personal conduct policy.
Jones informed the owners of the Kansas City Chiefs, Atlanta Falcons, New York Giants, New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Houston Texans that they'll be served with legal papers Friday if the compensation committee does not cancel plans to extend Goodell's tenure, Belson reports.
The committee was reportedly closing in on a five-year extension that would have kept Goodell as league commissioner through 2024. However, Jones was apparently holding up such talks back in September.
"If not for Jerry, this deal would be done," ESPN reporter Adam Schefter said Sept. 17.