PFT: Jerry Jones requests special meeting of owners

[links18]

Jerry really doesn't appear to have a ton of support among the other owners here.

 

[Floatyworm]

Al Davis 2.0

Jerry has hit a new level of crazy. I hope Stephen takes control of the franchise soon.

Maybe so...but in the end...Al was right...and beat the NFL. I think in this case...Jerry is right. And needs to spearhead this fight.

I find it very disturbing...that of the 6 teams on the competition committee...all of them seem to be playoff regulars...getting preferred treatment from league officiating. Just saying.

 

[dragon_mikal]

Jerry really doesn't appear to have a ton of support among the other owners here.

Based on what?

 

[Bleedblue1111]

Jerry really doesn't appear to have a ton of support among the other owners here.

Link?

 

[Idgit]

Jerry really doesn't appear to have a ton of support among the other owners here.

I think it's a case where most of them agree with him, but don't want to side with him because he's got the capacity to be the Dark Lord of the NFL.

 

[links18]

Based on what?

32-0 vote (including Jerry) to extend Goodell in May, now he changes his mind after one of his players gets suspended? Probably looks like sour grapes and pettiness, regardless of the substantive points Jerry is raising--of course, these points were no less salient in May.

 

[Idgit]

32-0 vote (including Jerry) to extend Goodell in May, now he changes his mind after one of his players gets suspended? Probably looks like sour grapes and pettiness, regardless of the substantive points Jerry is raising--of course, these points were no less salient in May.

32-0 doesn't mean anything other than they didn't have 17 against at a time when they weren't looking to oust him anyway. The owners are going to show a united front for their commissioner. If Kraft didn't vote against, you know that was a cosmetic move.

 

[xwalker]

I'm starting to think Stephen won't be much better.
Mark Davis 2.0

Stephen has a better haircut...

 

[Rockport]

I don't see how anyone can not agree with what Jones is saying.

Is there any question the NFL is having issues right now?

Does any owner think things are "fine"?

Disregard the other factors for why Jerry Jones might be leading the charge on this and focus instead on the message.

Any owner who thinks the same status quo should continue is one that should be charged with "conduct detrimental to the league", along with its Commissioner.

I'd like to see stats on the TV ratings.

 

[xwalker]

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is no longer laughing about the possibility of being disciplined for conduct detrimental to the interests of the NFL.

Via Andrew Beaton of the Wall Street Journal, the latest missive in the letter-writing campaign comes from Jones. The letter requests a special meeting of the owners to address the extension of Commissioner Roger Goodell’s contract.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/11/16/jerry-jones-requests-special-meeting-of-owners/

I think the request was already denied with the reason that they are already meeting in December anyway.

 

[CowboysRule]

32-0 vote (including Jerry) to extend Goodell in May, now he changes his mind after one of his players gets suspended? Probably looks like sour grapes and pettiness, regardless of the substantive points Jerry is raising--of course, these points were no less salient in May.

It wasn't a vote to extend him, it was a vote for the committee to hash out the details of any possible contract extension.

 

[Limey]

32-0 vote (including Jerry) to extend Goodell in May, now he changes his mind after one of his players gets suspended? Probably looks like sour grapes and pettiness, regardless of the substantive points Jerry is raising--of course, these points were no less salient in May.

They voted to extend Goodell via the Competition Committee. It has now been shown that the support was bought by the agreement to put Jerry on as an unofficial 7th member of the committee so he could represent the rest of the owners. Now it is known that agreement was defaulted on, as usual, by the powers that be and that the process has been corrupted.
This invalidates the original may agreement and is the basis for what Jerry's case is arguing about.

 

[LoneStarDawg]

Worried about tv ratings for NFL? Then they should televise that meeting!

 

[MileyDancer]

Stephen has a better haircut...

This is true. Very true.

 

[ThreeandOut]

32-0 doesn't mean anything other than they didn't have 17 against at a time when they weren't looking to oust him anyway. The owners are going to show a united front for their commissioner. If Kraft didn't vote against, you know that was a cosmetic move.

Very true. If for example some Harvey Weinstein allegations had come out against Goodell in the past couple of months, nobody would care about that 32-0 vote in May.

 

[links18]

They voted to extend Goodell via the Competition Committee. It has now been shown that the support was bought by the agreement to put Jerry on as an unofficial 7th member of the committee so he could represent the rest of the owners. Now it is known that agreement was defaulted on, as usual, by the powers that be and that the process has been corrupted.
This invalidates the original may agreement and is the basis for what Jerry's case is arguing about.

OK, but its just not clear how much support Jerry actually has here. You would think there would be some more owners speaking out. It would seem to be in Jerry's interest here to find a couple and let them do a little talking as well--so its not seen as just one angry owner crying about an unfavorable decision. In any event, it really looks like the problems with the league run much deeper than Goodell (even if its clear to me he should go). One article has even suggested that even owners angry at Goodell want him leading the next contract negotiations with the players. There is a lot going on.

 

[Kaiser]

God I want transcripts of that meeting

Roger Goodell:

Thanks for coming everyone, here is the agenda.

Item 1 is reducing health care costs for the players

Item 2 is suspending Ezekiel Elliott because John Mara told me to.

Item 3 is my contract request for 50 Million a year and a Lear Jet for life, plus Health Care for life that none of our players get even though they play the most violent sport in America.

Item 4 is trying to crush the Cowboys, our biggest cash cow.

Shall we begin?

 

[Stash]

I'd like to see stats on the TV ratings.

I don't know about you, but plenty of fans I know personally have stopped watching, or greatly cut down on how much they watch. I've never heard of that before.

What's your own experience with that?

 

[Stash]

I think the request was already denied with the reason that they are already meeting in December anyway.

As long as they have a productive conversation I'd be happy.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Jerry better oust Goddell, because if he gets his extension we are not getting any calls for a hell of a long time