After a failed attempt to ensure that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's contract is not renewed, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has reportedly hired the services of high-powered attorney David Boies to look into the possibility of suing the league.
Reports that have come out of a conference call that was held between the owners of six teams (Chiefs, Falcons, Giants, Patriots, Steelers and Texans) last week, which allege that Jones warned that his legal team was readying papers to serve the compensation committee handling Goodell's contract negotiations, should members fail to abort plans to extend the commissioner a deal that will keep him in power beyond 2018. It is reported that Jones promised to take action this coming Friday, November 10, if the committee doesn't follow through on his ultimatum. The owners apparently didn't take kindly to Jones' threat, as they've since moved to revoke his status as an ad hoc compensation committee member.
Jones' stance on Goodell's future has evolved since he included himself as one of the owners to vote him back earlier in the year. It is said that his change of heart has been triggered by Goodell's persistent pursuit to see to an Ezekiel Elliott suspension. Jones insists that Goodell's ruling is an "overcorrection". He is also unhappy with Goodell's handling of the National Anthem protests, as are a host of other owners around the league, although most continue to support a Goodell extension.
Source: nytimes.com
