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‘Don’t F*** With Me’: NFL Owners Reportedly Go At Each Other’s Throats During League-Wide Meeting
Daily Caller ^ | October 19, 2022 10:35 PM ET | SETH ROY, CONTRIBUTOR

Posted on 10/20/2022 6:31:54 AM PDT by Red Badger

Two of the NFL’s wealthiest owners had a fiery back-and-forth during a league-wide owners meeting on Tuesday.

The 32 NFL owners voted 31-1 for the compensation committee to reconstruct the contract of commissioner Roger Goodell. His contract is said to be up after the season ends, according to ESPN.

With the way the votes went, the NFL owners appear to be pleased with the job that Goodell has done since he took over the position from Paul Tagliabue in 2006, according to Bleacher Report. The one outlier who voted against the motion to reconstruct Goodell’s deal was none other than Dallas Cowboys owner, Jerry Jones.

Jones and New England Patriots owner, Robert Kraft, reportedly got into a heated exchange during the meeting, according to ESPN. Jones reportedly told Kraft, who voted with the overwhelming majority ,”don’t f— with me,” to which Kraft replied, “excuse me?”

As the motion passed, the boisterous Cowboys owner told Kraft, “don’t mess with me,” ESPN reported. Why Jones went at Kraft so hard is unknown but when two of the richest sports owners in world spar with verbal jabs at one another it makes for an interesting work day.

As the lone voter against the motion, Jones seems just completely unsatisfied with the job Goodell has done. A league source close to Jones told ESPN that the Cowboys owner believes that Goodell needs to do more to earn his new deal. The source said, “he is sensitive to awarding a big bonus to Roger before he performs and earns it.”

There may not be anyone as respected in the NFL as Jerry Jones is, but to put Kraft in check like this is a bush league move.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Music/Entertainment; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: cowboys; goodell; jerryjones; nfl; patriots; pats; robertkraft
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To: Allegra

My wife thinks that Goodell is the reason the Cowboys are the most flagged team in the NFL. She believes the Refs are under orders from Goodell to throw flags for any and everything, no matter how minor, they can possibly think of just to get back at Jerry...............


41 posted on 10/20/2022 7:12:59 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger
Jones has always put the Cowboys brand ahead of the NFL brand. Goodell has been pretty good at negotiating some enormous TV contracts, which have enriched every owner in the league.

Thus the 31-1 vote.

42 posted on 10/20/2022 7:13:01 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: NWFree

Jerry tried and failed to get the bastard fired back then................


43 posted on 10/20/2022 7:14:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: bigdaddy45
Oh please. Knock off the Democrat talking points. The NFL is a business run by a bunch of rich guys and subsidized heavily by taxpayers. They make tons of money off of it, and it entertains millions of people. The Alpha male owners go at each others throats. Which provides additional entertainment. Fun all around.

There -- I fixed that for you. It might explain why many of these sports owners are so highly despised here on FR.

44 posted on 10/20/2022 7:16:49 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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To: BipolarBob
"Don't you just hate it when multi-mBillionaires go at each other?"
45 posted on 10/20/2022 7:28:31 AM PDT by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: Alberta's Child

Yep; these rich owners talk local governments into subsidizing (or building) their stadiums for them. Whose fault is that? Oh and the the way Karen, there’s a game tonight. The Thursday night games usually suck, but I’ll crack open a beer and enjoy a quarter or two.


46 posted on 10/20/2022 7:34:23 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: V_TWIN
As for reassessing my lifes priorities, football is not on my priority list.
47 posted on 10/20/2022 7:34:31 AM PDT by Jolla
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To: Red Badger

National Felons League. Not my circus, not my monkeys.


48 posted on 10/20/2022 7:36:22 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: bigdaddy45

I guess some people are just born to be customers. :-P


49 posted on 10/20/2022 7:39:31 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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To: Red Badger

Kraft is stupid... after what Goodell did to Brady over bogus deflategate he should be in favor of running him out of town not giving him a pay raise.


50 posted on 10/20/2022 7:47:00 AM PDT by rwilson99 (How exactly would John 3:16 not apply to Mary?)
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To: Red Badger

Many years ago Rush L predicted that there were plans afoot to destroy the nfl, I believe he was right and we are seeing the seeds of that destruction coming into bloom.


51 posted on 10/20/2022 7:49:02 AM PDT by The Louiswu (If your child requires validation from Chuck E. Cheese you have failed as a parent. )
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To: rwilson99

We do not know what went on behind closed doors.................


52 posted on 10/20/2022 7:53:54 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Alberta's Child

Lots of businesses do that. It’s funny both sides decry when a sports team nudges a city into buying them into a new stadium. But hardly anybody blinked at the bidding war for Amazon HQ2. Or for Toyota plants. Or so many other things. Part of running a business well is not paying for anything you don’t have to. And when cities line up to build you buildings that’s not really on you, just good business.


53 posted on 10/20/2022 8:04:26 AM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: woodbutcher1963

Thing is had they not gone woke they would be incredibly more richer!


54 posted on 10/20/2022 8:09:49 AM PDT by sarge83
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To: Jolla

“A request for others here is not to attribute words to me that I do not write. I make a great effort to say the words I mean and mean the words I say. Feel free to copy and post MY comments but please, do not paraphrase and attribute your words to me.”

Any idea who wrote that?


55 posted on 10/20/2022 8:17:17 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: bigdaddy45
While you are watching, consider how many millions of dollars Amazon paid the NFL to get that Thursday night game on their network.

This is why the owners are willing to pay Goodell a $100 million. It's all about the Benjamin's.

IF the voters/tax payers in Erie County(Buffalo) or Nashville want to pay for a 2 billion dollar stadium, that is their business.

56 posted on 10/20/2022 8:24:33 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: woodbutcher1963
While you are watching, consider how many millions of dollars Amazon paid the NFL to get that Thursday night game on their network.

LOL, so far most of the Thursday Night Games have been snoozefests, and field goal kicking contests.

57 posted on 10/20/2022 8:25:39 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: woodbutcher1963

Please, for the love of all that is holy, do not have the Broncos on Prime Time anymore this season.


58 posted on 10/20/2022 8:26:08 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: sarge83

Maybe and maybe not.
I suspect more African Americans buy more NFL merchandise per capita than middle aged and old white guys.

I am not saying I agreed with the kneeling crap. I did not.
But the owners were kind of in a pickle. The majority of the players are Blacks(80% or more). However, their fan base is white middle class men.


59 posted on 10/20/2022 8:29:27 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: dfwgator

Yes, the Thursday night and even the Monday night games all have sucked.

The best games are now the 4:30 EST and 8:30 EST Sunday games.

This past weeks Bills/Chiefs game was probably the best of the season. They will most likely meet again in the AFC Championship game. This COULD finally be Buffalo’s year.


60 posted on 10/20/2022 8:32:38 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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