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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has threatened to sue the National Football League if a contract extension for commissioner Roger Goodell is approved by the league's compensation committee, sources told Outside the Lines.

A team owner and a team executive told Outside the Lines that Jones has hired David Boies, the famed New York lawyer who represented Vice President Al Gore in the deadlocked 2000 presidential election -- and who led the NFL's court case during a dispute over the 2011 collective bargaining agreement negotiations. Boies has previously represented Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, who now faces numerous sexual assault allegations.

The New York Times first reported the development on Wednesday.

The sources told Outside the Lines that Jones has been exploring the lawsuit option through Boies, if Goodell's contract is extended after the 2018 season as is being considered. Boies also represents DraftKings, the daily fantasy company in which Jones was an early investor.

Jones has not identified the grounds of such a lawsuit, but one source said Jones is exploring whether a requirement that two-thirds of owners must approve a commissioner's contract could be increased to three-fourths of owners. Another source said that Boies also might be asked by Jones to produce a report showing the negative economic impact that Goodell's major decisions, including player discipline, have had on clubs.

thunderspirit wrote:I can't say who I dislike more, Jones or Goodell.

mshu7 wrote:Doesn't Goodell technically work for the owners?

Moriarty wrote:

thunderspirit wrote:I can't say who I dislike more, Jones or Goodell.

I can.

Jones is a mega-douche and what he trying to pull off is terrible for the NFL.

If Jones manages to remove the commissioner for daring to try and discipline one of Jones' players, then the rule is set - commissioners need to give special treatment to the most powerful and influential owners and don't dare dish out any discipline to them.

It would be a lot like a defendant appearing before a judge and telling the judge in open court 'if you find me guilty, you'll never sit on the bench anywhere again' - and having the ability to make it happen.

pus wrote:Jerry Jones is truly a world class prick, an asshole's asshole.

He's the "somebody" who always has to fuck up a good thing for everybody else.

The NFL's Compensation Committee will hold a conference call Monday to discuss and further push ahead the proposed extension for commissioner Roger Goodell, sources confirmed to ESPN.

The conference call, first reported Saturday by The New York Times, comes after Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones voiced his displeasure about the contract extension that the committee has been discussing. The call also gives the committee a chance to do what it believes is right.

The committee will address Goodell's salary and compensation package. The last written counterproposal from Goodell, which was around the first of August, was seeking about $49.5 million per year, as well as the lifetime use of a private jet and lifetime health insurance for his family, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.