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TexasTowelie

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Mon Feb 26, 2018, 11:24 PM Feb 2018

Roger Goodell plans to demand millions of dollars from Jerry Jones, report says

The public feud between Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell could soon take another turn.

The New York Times reported Monday that Goodell plans to "demand millions of dollars" from Jones and to label his actions last year as detrimental to the NFL.

The root of the discipline was Jones’ challenging of Goodell’s contract extension and public opposition to the six-game suspension for Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott for violating the league’s personal conduct policy.

Jones will be ordered to pay the legal fees that the league's compensation committee incurred defending itself over Goodell's contract, as well as the legal expenses the NFL spent defending its decision to suspend Elliott.

Read more here: https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/article202232854.html

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