Jerry Jones warns Robert Kraft during an NFL owners meeting. When you get together the 32 owners of the National Football League, there is never a boring moment. In the same room, which is particularly notable when one of those billionaires is Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys.
Jerry Jones And Robert Kraft Argued
According to Seth Wickersham of ESPN, Jerry Jones got into a heated exchange with Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, during an owners-only session of the annual fall league meeting on Tuesday.
The subject of discussion was Jones’s ongoing contract negotiations with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Kraft is also an owner of the Patriots.
The owners were getting ready to cast their votes on whether or not to give their pay committee permission to begin discussions on a new deal for Goodell.
According to the sources, Kraft joined the overwhelming majority in strongly supporting the resolution, with Jones being the sole dissenter in the owners-only session. Jones told Kraft, “Don’t f— with me,” in response to Kraft’s support for the initiative.
Kraft said, “Excuse me?”
Jones warned, “Don’t mess with me,” and meant it.
According to ESPN, the resolution was approved in the end with just one vote against it coming from Jones.
This dialogue demonstrates how Jones feels about Goodell, which is widely known. According to Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports, the National Football League has experienced tremendous financial success ever since Roger Goodell took over as commissioner in 2006.
Jones Thinks Goodell Is Just Cashing in On His Success
However, Jones believes that Goodell is merely reaping the rewards of the hard work put in by previous commissioners and owners (such as Jones). Goodell is compensated by the NFL as if he were a significant contributor to the league’s success.
New York Times reports that Goodell will get a total of $128 million in compensation for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 NFL seasons combined.
News from ESPN According to Jones, the incentives for Goodell’s large bonus pool under a new deal will not be close enough tied to the league’s financial targets.
“He believes in business good governance and wants accountability on the financial objectives related to Roger’s compensation,” said a league source familiar with Jones’ views.
“He believes in corporate good governance and wants responsibility for the financial goals tied to Roger’s bonus.”
“He is wary of giving Roger a sizable bonus until he has shown himself worthy of it by his performance,” The source went on to say that in the past, Jones has considered Goodell’s financial goals to be too “vague.”
The NFL Owners Meeting Has Been, Well, Interesting
The fact that one of the most powerful owners of the NFL yelled insults at another of the NFL’s most powerful owners over the pay of its commissioner was not the main topic of discussion at the owners’ meetings on Tuesday.
Although it would have been the main topic of discussion on any other day.
Before the conversation between Jones and Kraft was made public, Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay captured the attention of everyone in the area when he suggested that there was a case to be made for removing troubled Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder from the league’s ranks.
Snyder, who was never a popular figure in the NFL except among the teams who competed against him, is presently being investigated for sexual misconduct and has been mired in controversy for years over claims of wrongdoing in the workplace.
The situation became much direr a week ago when it was revealed that Snyder had “dirt” on the power brokers in the NFL, and he threatened that they would be destroyed via mutually assured destruction.
Even though both teams are competitors, the Cowboys, and Commanders both have owners that subscribe to the philosophy of “don’t f*** with me.”