NFL vice president Joe Lockhart confirmed on Thursday that Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has threatened to sue the league in hopes of blocking a planned contract extension for commissioner Roger Goodell.
Lockhart said the threatened litigation is why Jones was removed from the compensation committee working on the Goodell extension.
He said suit has not yet been filed and he expects the extension to be approved by the six-man competition committee soon.
More important, Lockhhart doesn’t believe Jones’ suit has any legal standing because all 32 NFL owners voted unanimously in May to give the six-man committee authorization to extend Goodell.