Tuesday brought word of a contentious exchange between Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, and Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, during an owners’ meeting scheduled to examine the remuneration of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Jones reportedly told Kraft “don’t f— with me” during the meeting right before the owners voted to start talks for a new contract with Goodell, according to ESPN’s Seth Wickersham and Don Van Natta Jr.
Jones spoke about the conversation and how it was leaked during an interview with 105.3 The Fan, a sports radio station in Dallas.
Jones told Kevin Hageland of 105.3: “I’ve just gotten used to the knowledge that, when [I] am saying something, it’s quite likely that it may be recorded.” “I’d say it’s probably accurate that I did express myself in a way that’s maybe not in good taste in this particular circumstance,” the speaker said.
It has been speculated that the owners were at odds with one other over the commissioner given that the altercation between Jones and Kraft took place during a meeting concerning Goodell’s contract. On 105.3 The Fan, the Cowboys owner also addressed these reports and expressed his opinions on the league’s leadership under Goodell.
Jones declared, “Let me be very clear, I’m a real supporter of Goodell as the commissioner. “I think he’s amazing, and he’s been commissioner with a really special framework and governance,” the author said. It differs from a typical corporate structure. It resembles a family structure more. What you heard was a structural problem with how we were going to deal with the commissioner or his replacement.
Jones continued by claiming that he was the one who first proposed Goodell for a contract extension. Jones declared he disapproved after learning the method the league intended to use.
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