Add another award to Jerry Jones’ already-accomplished resume, one that has been bolstered here recently.
On the heels of his Pro Football Hall of Fame announcement, which will officially take place in August, Jones has also been named the recipient of the SportsBusiness Journal/Daily Lifetime Achievement Award for 2017. He will be officially honored May 24 at he Sports Business Awards in New York City.
In a recent article on sportsbusinessdaily.com to announce the award, Jones was described as “An avowed wildcatter who spent his early years in the NFL as an outlier, only to emerge at the core of its power structure after decades of against-the-grain innovation.