Goodell to fine Jerry Jones millions of dollars

[soxhop411]

It looks like Roger Goodell is firing back hard against Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.

According to the New York Times, Goodell is expected to fine Jones millions of dollars for his efforts to derail negotiations to renew Goodell’s contract, as well as for being so outspoken in his defense of Ezekiel Elliott following the NFL suspending him this past season.

The report says the punishment will come down in the coming weeks and Goodell will say Jones’s actions were detrimental to the league. In addition, Jones will be ordered to pay the legal fees for Goodell defending himself in regards to his status, as well as the legal expenses the NFL spent defending its decision to suspend Elliott.

Both the Cowboys and NFL didn't issue comment for the story.

http://www.weei.com/blogs/ryan-hannable/roger-goodell-reportedly-will-fine-cowboys-owner-jerry-jones-millions-dollars

With the support of many N.F.L. owners, Commissioner Roger Goodell is prepared to escalate his public feud with Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys and long one of the most influential people in the league, by fining him millions of dollars for his efforts to derail negotiations to renew Goodell’s contract and for his outspoken defense of a star player who was suspended, according to five league officials with direct knowledge of the situation.

The punishment will be issued in the coming weeks by Goodell, who will declare that Jones’s actions were detrimental to the league, which rarely shows such acute signs of acrimony among owners and the commissioner’s office. Goodell has been reluctant to be seen as exacting retribution for the way Jones tried to sabotage his contract talks, but he was urged to bring the penalties by several owners who believed that Jones had crossed an unspoken boundary by threatening his colleagues.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/26/sports/football/roger-goodell-jerry-jones-nfl.html
This back and forth between Goodell and JJ is constantly entertaining

 

[InstaFace]

First they came for the handsy, loudmouthed dinosaurs, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a handsy, loudmouthed dinosaur...

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

Rooting for injuries here.

 

[Oil Can Dan]

Where's that popcorn emoji thing when I need it?

 

[Dr. Winston O'Boogie]

As The World Turns....

 

[SMU_Sox]

Can’t wait to put on the Ticket on the way home. Dallas sports radio hot takez! Is this on your mind today, Mike?

 

[Jimbodandy]

Wake me up when they take away a first rounder. Twice.

 

[soxhop411]

Can’t wait to put on the Ticket on the way home. Dallas sports radio hot takez! Is this on your mind today, Mike?

They will tell JJ to pay the multi million dollar fine in pennies.

 

[Reverend]

Rooting for injuries here.

Oh my God this is funny.

Do hurt feelings count? Because that’s what this is about, right?

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

Injured feelings count. Bruised egos count double.

 

[ItOnceWasMyLife]

It's about a strong man (term used loosely here) pushing his weight around, while everyone around them falls in line. It's all the craze these days.

 

[DJnVa]

He's being fined for being outspoken in his defense of Elliot and his holding up Goodell's contract?

The commissioner serves at the behest of the owners, doesn't that imply that owners, if they are so inclined, can push for a change? If so, how can Jones wanting that being a finable offense?

Of course this is great theater.

 

[biff_hardbody]

If I'm the lawyers I'm licking my lips because no way Jones backs down, right?

 

[dcdrew10]

Wake me up when they take away a first rounder. Twice.

Seriously. Part if me is happy that Jones is getting hit, with all his "'ranking member" bullshit and moralizing during Ballghazi, but man they are playing into the Ginger Hammers hands and legitimizing his Pope act. The owners are so damn short sighted on this one. I would feel better if Kraft wasn't on board with the Jones punishments, it'd seem at least a little less hypocritical.

 

[edmunddantes]

Steph Stradley
So, I guess when a future team has serious concerns about a poor NFL investigation, the model to follow is Patriots one and not Cowboys one. End result is the same, just no extra fine. You cooperate, write a “context report” not a rebuttal, and don’t overtly help player in court

 

[Reverend]

The fact that the Elliot decision was utter bullshit forms an impressive consistency in the league’s moral bankruptcy.

 

[m0ckduck]

He's being fined for being outspoken in his defense of Elliot and his holding up Goodell's contract?

The commissioner serves at the behest of the owners, doesn't that imply that owners, if they are so inclined, can push for a change? If so, how can Jones wanting that being a finable offense?

Of course this is great theater.

Yeah, I don't fully understand this. It would be like if I considered firing a financial advisor... and then the advisor turned around and sued me for conduct detrimental to the estate that he's been hired to manage. I get how the players have left themselves exposed to this kind of humbuggery, but I didn't realize the owners were also over the barrel.

 

[Doug Beerabelli]

It would be fun if Jerrah shared some inside shennanigans by the NLF offices from Deflategate as part of his defense of this. Assuming there was any, of course.

 

[Ralphwiggum]

I hate all sides on this thing, and it would not surprise me if Goodell is overstepping to exact revenge or whatever. But there has to be some mechanism spelled out somewhere (in the Franchise agreements maybe) for how the owners will select a commissioner, and I'm 100% sure that it doesn't require unanimous approval of all 32 owners. It may be as simple as delegating that authority to the Committee that Jones is not a part of. Assuming the decision to negotiate a new deal with Goodell was done appropriately in accordance with that procedure, then Jones actually does need to shut the fuck up about it and probably is subject to discipline for trying to hold it up.

Now I need to go take a shower for defending the league, but in a situation like this you can't have one rogue owner vetoing a decision made by the other 31.

 

[Reverend]

Yeah, I don't fully understand this. It would be like if I considered firing a financial advisor... and then the advisor turned around and sued me for conduct detrimental to the estate that he's been hired to manage. I get how the players have left themselves exposed to this kind of humbuggery, but I didn't realize the owners were also over the barrel.

These arrangements happen all the time. Like, if you want to work in much of finance, you have to sign away your right to sue and instea submit to NASD arbitration instead (ornsuch used to be the case).

That’s just one example, but the only thing that’s weird here is seeing it happen to a big shot.

 

[Gash Prex]

On one hand seems like this will be a messy fight and totally unproductive (and just make things - on the other hand, I don't think the league wants its owners acting like Jerry.

 

[Reverend]

On one hand seems like this will be a messy fight and totally unproductive (and just make things - on the other hand, I don't think the league wants its owners acting like Jerry.

They also want to shore up the power to maintain it for the next commissioner.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Conduct detrimental lol! Owners fought so hard for this and now one of the guys doing so takes it.

CHOO CHOO

 

[CoffeeNerdness]

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

Boy oh boy I sure hope Jerry destroys his phone.

 

[DJnVa]

So it's not what it was called and that actually makes a huge difference? Oh.

 

[Ale Xander]

" Goodell is expected to fine Jones millions of dollars for his efforts to derail negotiations to renew Goodell’s contract"

Wiat, what?
Is this RL?

Talk about entitlement

 

[mauf]

My take is different: I think Goodell would have preferred to let this go and other owners forced his hand. And I think those other owners are right — you can’t tolerate people leaking confidential deliberations because they got outvoted on an issue.

Sanctioning Jones for criticizing the Elliot decision seems out-of-place with precedent. I’ll bet they’re citing that just to make the whole thing look less like a personal vendetta, and also to smear Jones in the court of public opinion (most people will be more sympathetic to his maneuvering around Goodell than his defense of Elliot).

 

[InstaFace]

It would be fun if Jerrah shared some inside shennanigans by the NFL offices from Deflategate as part of his defense of this. Assuming there was any, of course.

I haven't laughed this hard in a while. Well done.

 

[Marciano490]

Do some people just have no dirt on them? Like Goodell never did blow, broke a law or uttered a slur. I always expect billionaires to be able to just ruin/Trump people if they want.

 

[Reverend]

Do some people just have no dirt on them? Like Goodell never did blow, broke a law or uttered a slur. I always expect billionaires to be able to just ruin/Trump people if they want.

I’m not sure Goodell is a person.

 

[InstaFace]

You wouldn't back Jerry Jones to have top-shelf PIs in his address book, nor the (senile) Tom Benson, but you'd think if dirt was out there, Jonathan Kraft would have retained the people who'd have found it.

 

[Van Everyman]

 

[Sportsbstn]

Jerry reimbursing the league 2 million for legal fees. I guess we can move on now.