The N.F.L. has rebuffed a request by the Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to call a special owners meeting in less than two weeks to discuss the current negotiations to extend Commissioner Roger Goodell’s contract.
The request for an emergency meeting was the latest gambit by Jones to derail the negotiations, which have gone on for nearly six months and are largely complete. Jones had been a nonvoting member of the compensation committee, which is handling the contract discussions, but he was removed two weeks ago because he threatened to sue the N.F.L. and the other six committee members if they did not halt the negotiations.