Football Multiple Owners Considering Forcing Jerry Jones to Forfeit Cowboys Franchise - Page 3

RunKC · 11-13-2017, 07:39 AM

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On Sunday, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk cited a league source who said "multiple owners already have been discussing the possibility, which flows from Article VIII of the NFL's Constitution and Bylaws."

One of the sections of the article allows the commissioner to essentially force the forfeiture of a team if the owner "has been or is guilty of conduct detrimental to the welfare of the league or professional football" and a $500,000 fine is deemed "not adequate or sufficient."

http://ble.ac/2jmehKE

I know I know..."Florio article" but goddamn would this be awesome and hilarious all in one.

displacedinMN · 11-13-2017, 04:05 PM

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The Clippers, a 50 year old team that’s spent most of its history as a laughing stock of the NBA, was sold for $2.5 billion almost immediately after Sterling was forced out.

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Sterling was a racist and outright despicable person, on top of essentially tanking year after year to pocket as much money as he could.

All true. Yet, to get him to sell the franchise, they gave the racist ass 2.5B so he and his family will never have to work again. Way to stick it to the man.

Chief Pagan · 11-13-2017, 04:58 PM

I don't think that this will happen, but I wouldn't be so sure about it.

The league absolutely has the power to kick an owner out. As has been mentioned, this has happened before.

Yes, Jones is a very powerful owner, but that works both ways. If you were an owner that was tired of Jones lording it over everyone, here might be a chance to get rid of him.

If any owner (I"m looking at you, Alex Spanos), would like to move a team, or at least be able to threaten to move a team, to San Antonio, getting rid of Jones would help, a lot.

**wazu** · 11-13-2017, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by sedated

The hatred for Goodell kind of confuses me. He is nothing but a mouthpiece for the owners, a fall guy for all the greedy and hypocritical decisions they make. Anyone hating the commish is really hating the owners.

Then they need a new fall guy, this one has already fallen and can’t get up.

**DaneMcCloud** · 11-13-2017, 05:55 PM

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/s...odell-nfl.html

Group of N.F.L. Owners Warns Jerry Jones and Threatens Penalties

Several fellow owners of N.F.L. teams have given Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones a cease-and-desist warning, threatening to punish him over his efforts to block a contract extension for Commissioner Roger Goodell, according to several people with knowledge of the situation. The warning to Jones, which was issued by the six owners on the N.F.L. compensation committee after the group held a conference call Monday, comes less than two weeks after he threatened to sue the league and the owners on the committee who have been working for months on a new contract for Goodell.

The league could take a range of steps, including fines, docking draft picks and even suspending Jones.

Jones’s maneuvers have escalated one of the worst fissures in decades in the normally clubby ownership group. Jones, who had been a nonvoting member of the committee, was immediately thrown out of the group after he threatened to sue the six other owners. Those owners and Jones have since communicated through lawyers. “The committee is continuing its work towards finalizing a contract extension with the commissioner,” the compensation committee chairman, Falcons owner Arthur Blank, said in a statement on Monday. “The negotiations are progressing and we will keep ownership apprised of the negotiations as they move forward. We do not intend to publicly comment on our discussions.”

Jones’s efforts to derail the five-year extension for the commissioner, which has been in the works for months and is nearly complete, has annoyed a growing number of owners, who are angry that Jones has tried to hold Goodell’s compensation hostage as a way to punish the commissioner for his decision to suspend Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott. Jones also has been accused of pushing the chief executive of Papa John’s, a pizza chain and a league sponsor, to discredit the commissioner and of leaking false information about the details of Goodell’s contract negotiations. Two weeks ago, John Schnatter, the Papa John’s chief executive, claimed that player protests during the national anthem had hurt his company’s sales.

Jones has denied that he is seeking revenge for Goodell’s decision to suspend Elliott for six games for violating the league’s personal conduct policy. Rather, Jones has said that he is trying to make Goodell’s contract talks more transparent in light of what he calls recent missteps by the league office, including how it has handled the protests by players. Jones wants all owners to be able to sign off on the details of Goodell’s new contract, which would begin in 2019, even though the owners voted unanimously in May to allow the compensation committee to negotiate the specifics of the deal.

The six people on the committee — the owners of the Chiefs, Falcons, Giants, Patriots, Steelers and Texans — have spoken regularly with other owners about the status of the negotiations, and Blank briefed all owners on the contract talks at leaguewide meeting in mid-October. Suspending an owner for conduct detrimental to the league is an extraordinary step, but it has happened. Major League Baseball forced Marge Schott and George Steinbrenner to give up control of their clubs for periods of time. More recently, the N.B.A. forced Donald Sterling to sell the Los Angeles Clippers after he was heard making racist remarks on an audiotape.

The commissioner would have to impose the penalties, and is reluctant to do so without a groundswell of owners pushing him to take action, according to several people with knowledge of the situation. Punishing Jones might prompt lawsuits and an even messier public fight.

GloucesterChief · 11-13-2017, 06:38 PM

If they try it will be tied up in the courts for years.

Frazod · 11-13-2017, 06:49 PM

It would also be another PR disaster. To me, Roger Goodell is synonymous with the pussification of the sport, coddling the scumbags who disrespect the flag and country, Thursday night games that nobody wants, hot pink uniform accessories, and ****tarded overseas games where everybody EXCEPT the golden boy teams like New England forfeit home games. And now he wants $50 MIL per year and a jet? **** him.

jjjayb · 11-13-2017, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Pestilence

This.

I watched maybe a total of 20 minutes of football this weekend. And that was only because I was waiting for the wife to get ready to go over to a birthday party. And I stopped because I remembered that I had to pick up dog shit on our side yard.

You watched 20 minutes more than I did. I haven't been watching any of the games besides the Chiefs games. And with those I don't watch them on TV anymore. I stream them illegally as a middle finger to the league.

**DaneMcCloud** · 11-13-2017, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by jjjayb

I stream them illegally as a middle finger to the league.

So cool

**Buehler445** · 11-13-2017, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by sedated

The hatred for Goodell kind of confuses me. He is nothing but a mouthpiece for the owners, a fall guy for all the greedy and hypocritical decisions they make. Anyone hating the commish is really hating the owners.

This. He's just there to take arrows.

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I hate Jerry, but I am applauding him for forcing the compensation committee to openly discuss Gooddell's contract talks with the rest of the owners. I'm also glad RD's demands leaked to the public. **** that man.

Why not force Spanos family out, and send that team back to San Diego or on to San Antonio. That would be more productive for the entire league.

Goodell is a cum bubble. But honestly, Who gives a **** what he makes? If he were making $0 the money would just go to the shitbird owners like Davis and Spanos.

**Tribal Warfare** · 11-14-2017, 01:36 AM

Jim Irsay would be in deep shit if they try this

Chief Pagan · 11-14-2017, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by GloucesterChief

If they try it will be tied up in the courts for years.

I remember co-workers arguing that the NBA would be tied up a long time getting rid of Sterling. I told them he would be gone before the next season started. I think I even won a beer bet on it.

With the support of 3/4 of the owners, I would imagine that the NFL could get rid of Jones just as fast. Jones could certainly sue over the price and that could drag on. But he wouldn't be the owner and he wouldn't be running things.

11-13-2017, 04:58 PM	#32
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11-13-2017, 05:55 PM	#34
DaneMcCloud Supporter Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Hollywood, CA Casino cash: $10053648	https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/s...odell-nfl.html Group of N.F.L. Owners Warns Jerry Jones and Threatens Penalties Several fellow owners of N.F.L. teams have given Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones a cease-and-desist warning, threatening to punish him over his efforts to block a contract extension for Commissioner Roger Goodell, according to several people with knowledge of the situation. The warning to Jones, which was issued by the six owners on the N.F.L. compensation committee after the group held a conference call Monday, comes less than two weeks after he threatened to sue the league and the owners on the committee who have been working for months on a new contract for Goodell. The league could take a range of steps, including fines, docking draft picks and even suspending Jones. Jones’s maneuvers have escalated one of the worst fissures in decades in the normally clubby ownership group. Jones, who had been a nonvoting member of the committee, was immediately thrown out of the group after he threatened to sue the six other owners. Those owners and Jones have since communicated through lawyers. “The committee is continuing its work towards finalizing a contract extension with the commissioner,” the compensation committee chairman, Falcons owner Arthur Blank, said in a statement on Monday. “The negotiations are progressing and we will keep ownership apprised of the negotiations as they move forward. We do not intend to publicly comment on our discussions.” Jones’s efforts to derail the five-year extension for the commissioner, which has been in the works for months and is nearly complete, has annoyed a growing number of owners, who are angry that Jones has tried to hold Goodell’s compensation hostage as a way to punish the commissioner for his decision to suspend Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott. Jones also has been accused of pushing the chief executive of Papa John’s, a pizza chain and a league sponsor, to discredit the commissioner and of leaking false information about the details of Goodell’s contract negotiations. Two weeks ago, John Schnatter, the Papa John’s chief executive, claimed that player protests during the national anthem had hurt his company’s sales. Jones has denied that he is seeking revenge for Goodell’s decision to suspend Elliott for six games for violating the league’s personal conduct policy. Rather, Jones has said that he is trying to make Goodell’s contract talks more transparent in light of what he calls recent missteps by the league office, including how it has handled the protests by players. Jones wants all owners to be able to sign off on the details of Goodell’s new contract, which would begin in 2019, even though the owners voted unanimously in May to allow the compensation committee to negotiate the specifics of the deal. The six people on the committee — the owners of the Chiefs, Falcons, Giants, Patriots, Steelers and Texans — have spoken regularly with other owners about the status of the negotiations, and Blank briefed all owners on the contract talks at leaguewide meeting in mid-October. Suspending an owner for conduct detrimental to the league is an extraordinary step, but it has happened. Major League Baseball forced Marge Schott and George Steinbrenner to give up control of their clubs for periods of time. More recently, the N.B.A. forced Donald Sterling to sell the Los Angeles Clippers after he was heard making racist remarks on an audiotape. The commissioner would have to impose the penalties, and is reluctant to do so without a groundswell of owners pushing him to take action, according to several people with knowledge of the situation. Punishing Jones might prompt lawsuits and an even messier public fight.
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Frazod Did you hear what I said? Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $-586615	It would also be another PR disaster. To me, Roger Goodell is synonymous with the pussification of the sport, coddling the scumbags who disrespect the flag and country, Thursday night games that nobody wants, hot pink uniform accessories, and **tarded overseas games where everybody EXCEPT the golden boy teams like New England forfeit home games. And now he wants $50 MIL per year and a jet? ** him.
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