Lifting this from a Darren Rovell question:
In the battle between Roger Goodell and Jerry Jones, who are you rooting for?
In the battle between Roger Goodell and Jerry Jones, who are you rooting for?
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Alex P Keaton
Footballguy
I voted "neither" even though my hatred of Goodell is greater than that of Jones.
This topic made me think of the GnR song "Get in the Ring."
This topic made me think of the GnR song "Get in the Ring."
BoltBacker
Footballguy
I don't even like Jerry Jones, but what a gangster goodell is turning into....
"Report: NFL to fine Jerry Jones 'millions'
The New York Times reports commissioner Roger Goodell is planning to fine Cowboys owner Jerry Jones "millions of dollars" for conduct detrimental to the league.
That conduct was Jones' "efforts to derail negotiations to renew Goodell’s contract," as well as his "outspoken defense" of Ezekiel Elliott. Per reporter Ken Belson, Goodell has been "reluctant to be seen as exacting retribution for the way Jones tried to sabotage his contract talks," but was "urged to bring the penalties by several owners who believed that Jones had crossed an unspoken boundary by threatening his colleagues." Jones has indeed spent most of the past year publicly bellowing about the league's boss. Expect a torrent of lawsuits and recriminations to follow.
Source: The New York Times
Feb 26 - 3:26 PM"
Countdown until goodell is calling for a military parade in his honor? JFC, this guy. Go back to "fixing" the catch rule..... that wasn't broken before you were anointed pope of the NFL.
"Report: NFL to fine Jerry Jones 'millions'
The New York Times reports commissioner Roger Goodell is planning to fine Cowboys owner Jerry Jones "millions of dollars" for conduct detrimental to the league.
That conduct was Jones' "efforts to derail negotiations to renew Goodell’s contract," as well as his "outspoken defense" of Ezekiel Elliott. Per reporter Ken Belson, Goodell has been "reluctant to be seen as exacting retribution for the way Jones tried to sabotage his contract talks," but was "urged to bring the penalties by several owners who believed that Jones had crossed an unspoken boundary by threatening his colleagues." Jones has indeed spent most of the past year publicly bellowing about the league's boss. Expect a torrent of lawsuits and recriminations to follow.
Source: The New York Times
Feb 26 - 3:26 PM"
Countdown until goodell is calling for a military parade in his honor? JFC, this guy. Go back to "fixing" the catch rule..... that wasn't broken before you were anointed pope of the NFL.
RUSF18
Footballguy
You stopped bolding at the important part: but was "urged to bring the penalties by several owners who believed that Jones had crossed an unspoken boundary by threatening his colleagues."
Goodell does the owners' bidding. He's the public face who gets the honor of being paid tens of millions to be the guys the fans hate, when the owners are the ones calling the shots.
Goodell does the owners' bidding. He's the public face who gets the honor of being paid tens of millions to be the guys the fans hate, when the owners are the ones calling the shots.
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Bronco Billy
Footballguy
Of course he does. He works for them.
Jones looks to have seriously overstepped here. It’s been quite a while since he’s cared about anything more than his ego, his own holding and enriching himself above and beyond the league, and it looks like he’s finally painted himself into a corner where he can’t avoid getting curbstomped.
modogg
Footballguy
ehh kind of. As an Eagles' fan, I think I would root for the Devil over Jerry Jones. Lots of dislike for that guy (but in somewhat of a good way, like a really good heel for Pro Wrestling). Always good when Jerry Jones is on the losing end
BoltBacker
Footballguy
I guess I don't understand how one multi-billionaire owner "threatens" another multi-billionaire owner. "At the next owner meetings.... I'm a gonna bogart all that Grey Poupon and you'll be stuck with the French's the commoners are forced to use!" Just seems like retribution to me. Apparently this cabal of abused owners want to remain nameless and apparently don't actually want to make a single grievance known.... just as long as Sir Roger protects them.
And I think you stopped reading the bolded part where one of the reasons Jerra' is getting dinged millions is because of his "outspoken defense" of Ezekiel Elliott. You stick up for your players and it's now a multi-million $ fine? Well, it's America and you're my boss.... just don't be "outspoken" when defending your other employees.
BoltBacker
Footballguy
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
Tip: Read the actual NYT article and not the garbage summary from Rotoworld. It will give a lot of the specifics that you seem to think weren't provided.
BoltBacker
Footballguy
Ah, I haven't done that. I will before I comment further. I guess I assumed at least the important points were touched upon if there were some concrete reasons he was getting fined.
But if any owner is fined millions for defending a player on his team it had better be a very, very long read.
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
I don't think they care that he defended his player. They care that they racked up a ton of legal bills when Jones threatened to sue the NFL and individual owners over Goodell's contract negotiations because he was upset about his player being suspended. And his very public trashing of Goodell, other owners and the how the league was handling its business arguably damaged the brand and was certainly against the interests of the league as a whole (whether he was actually right or wrong).
Bronco Billy
Footballguy
Based upon the article that you posted that Jones is going to get fined millions plus court costs.
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
The clarification seems to be that the NFL isn't really fining Jones, just forcing him to pay for the $2M in legal fees they racked up dealing with his threats to sue.
https://twitter.com/EdwerderRFA/status/968246687373422599
Bronco Billy
Footballguy
Well, that plus the actual court decisions certainly paint Jones as the loser in all this. Looks like the league has elected to avoid a public curbstomping of him.
Bojang0301
Omar4Heisman
Boy, is that strike that is coming down the pipe going to be fun
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
Updating a previous item, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is not planning to fine Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
The New York Times reported Goodell planned to fine Jones "millions of dollars" for conduct detrimental to the league. Instead, Goodell is asking for a "reimbursement of costs incurred by member clubs" of "more than $2 million," and that the "resolution has been on the books for more than 20 years." The rest of the NFL owners also believed this would be Goodell's best approach to deal with Jones. It's a convoluted situation that will hopefully soon have more clarity.
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Bronco Billy
Footballguy
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
The follow-up on this is that the NFL is looking for reimbursement from Jones of ALL of their legal fees related to the Ezekiel Elliot matter.
As much as I loathe Jones, that's just stupid. Unless the league has evidence that Jones was secretly funding Elliot's appeals (he wasn't, the NFLPA was), there is no reason he should be on the hook for those fees.
As much as I loathe Jones, that's just stupid. Unless the league has evidence that Jones was secretly funding Elliot's appeals (he wasn't, the NFLPA was), there is no reason he should be on the hook for those fees.
Snotbubbles
Footballguy
Kinda hoping for a Quentin Tarantino type ending to this one.
