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6 years ago

The NFL is demanding reimbursement in excess of $2 million from Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones for court costs related to star running back Ezekiel Elliott's suspension and Jones' threatened litigation over commissioner Roger Goodell's contract, sources told ESPN's Dan Graziano.

The owners are citing a rule that has been on the books for more than two decades, that says if an owner participates in bringing litigation against other owners, he must reimburse them for the legal fees.

An earlier report by The New York Times characterized the reimbursement as a fine to be levied on Jones by Goodell.

The league will order Jones to pay all fees that the compensation committee incurred while legally defending itself from the longtime Cowboys owner's threats to sue over the extension of Goodell's contract. The Cowboys never followed through on that suit. Jones will also have to compensate the NFL for all its legal fees spent defending the Elliott suspension.

The reimbursement action was generated by fellow owners, not Goodell, and has been approved by the league's finance committee, sources told Graziano.

Jones clashed with Goodell and the league on multiple issues in 2017. Jones was a vocal advocate of delaying a contract extension for Goodell and proposed on Dec. 1 to implement a six-month moratorium on finalizing the deal. Jones also threatened to sue the league if the compensation committee approved Goodell's extension, and was publicly critical of Elliott's six-game suspension.

The Cowboys did not offer a comment when contacted by ESPN.



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I find it all quite amusing. Jones and Goodell use to be quite buddy buddy. Not so any more.
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Zero2Cool
6 years ago
The NFL is just asking for reimbursement of legal fees from the Dallas Cowboys. That's all this is and its really annoying how its being billed as Jones vs Goodell. This is something the OWNERS wanted and has been on the books since the late 90's. I really wish these non-football stories would die. The NFL feels more and more like a soap opera since the CBA lockout and less about football.
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Agreed. But Jerry isn't going to want to cough up the money and it is retribution for his antics so it is the NFL Inc. v. Jerry's World.

I wonder how much the legal fees will be to get reimbursed for their legal fees.

The fact is that while we would have a very merry Christmas with that kind of money, this is chump change for both sides in this dispute. Jerry can probably find this under his sofa cushions
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Zero2Cool
6 years ago

Agreed. But Jerry isn't going to want to cough up the money and it is retribution for his antics so it is the NFL Inc. v. Jerry's World.

I wonder how much the legal fees will be to get reimbursed for their legal fees.

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Ross Tucker said when playing for Cowboys they took lunch money and deducted helmet costs from their paychecks. So, yeah, I'm sure this will be another fight from the Cowboys. And we'll get to read about 40 variations of the truth while actual football stories get bottom paged. Can't wait!
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6 years ago
The NFL is in its lull period. The media is looking for stories to cover.

Let's face it out of desperation the NFL and the media have turned the Combine into a major event even though 99% of the fans can't translate what the numbers of a specific player mean to the scheme their favorite team plans to utilize.

We get gross generalization. A guy is fast or can jump high. He has long arms or big hands.

It doesn't mean a DB can turn his hips and run with the WR. It doesn't mean the WR will run his route correctly or catch the ball. It doesn't mean the lineman will protect the QB any better.
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Zero2Cool
6 years ago

The NFL is in its lull period. The media is looking for stories to cover.

Let's face it out of desperation the NFL and the media have turned the Combine into a major event even though 99% of the fans can't translate what the numbers of a specific player mean to the scheme their favorite team plans to utilize.

We get gross generalization. A guy is fast or can jump high. He has long arms or big hands.

It doesn't mean a DB can turn his hips and run with the WR. It doesn't mean the WR will run his route correctly or catch the ball. It doesn't mean the lineman will protect the QB any better.

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I would like the NFL to do a combine for all players, every year. Then we get to see update to date statistics on players annually. It could be another money grab for the NFL.
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Cheesey
6 years ago
Millionaires trying to take money from other millionaires.
I don't really care.
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6 years ago

Millionaires trying to take money from other millionaires.
I don't really care.

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They are Billionaires.
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beast
6 years ago

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I find it all quite amusing. Jones and Goodell use to be quite buddy buddy. Not so any more.

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They used to be cons working together... to manipulate the rest of the NFL... making others Owners want revenge to get back at Jones. Other owners were given a chance when a star players actions and Goodell's position, allowed them to twist/force Goodell into punishment action on the star player and Jones felt betrayed and wants revenge on Goodell now.

And the other owners are still digging into Jones, since he took his punishment like a huge cry baby, including making it public and going back at them, including one of their own in the Falcons owners (Blank?).

It's really a lot more complex than that, but it's the basics, and I do find the inner owners politics interesting.
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6 years ago

I would like the NFL to do a combine for all players, every year.

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That would be awesome . . . right up until some overpriced veteran pulled a hammy on the 40-yard dash or tore a knee up on the long jump.

But yes, I agree more than not. Lump the NFL Veterans Combine in with their annual readiness physicals. I might be the only one, but I'd watch it.

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