Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys, renewed his threat of suing the N.F.L. to derail efforts by the league’s compensation committee to extend Commissioner Roger Goodell’s contract, further escalating a bitter battle among some of the most powerful owners in country’s most powerful sports league.
The most recent threat came in a letter sent on Wednesday, the same day The New York Times reported that Jones had hired the high-profile and controversial lawyer David Boies and had told the six owners on the committee that he would sue them and the league if they did not alter the commissioner’s pay package.