New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is seething at commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL for their ruling Tom Brady.
The ever powerful owner reportedly wants Goodell ousted. The commissioner need not worry, because he has the most powerful owner on his side.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told reporters Wednesday that he thinks Goodell has done a good job and supports his decision to uphold the four-game suspension of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.
“He’s got obviously a very tough job,” Jones said. “Now I see some people doing that, that’s that old violin that’s not feeling too sorry for him because that’s why you pay the big bucks is to deal with the big problems. But he’s doing an outstanding job. I can tell you firsthand that in his spot you have to with people that you are counting on to help build and to help excel as far as the National Football League, I’m talking about the owners, you have to know that you’re going to make some decisions that are very unpopular with that particular group. This is the case.
“I can speak to that because on a personal basis as well as for my franchise and our Dallas Cowboys franchise, we’ve had that happen to us. I’m sitting there living with the result of the commissioner’s decision still today that I didn’t agree with when it happened. And so some of the very people sometimes that have the biggest complaints, they’re the ones who give you a phone call and say, ‘Hey let’s be a team player now and let’s all get in here and realize that this happens to everybody and let’s go on and compete. We’ve got a great league and a great game.'”
Jones just echoed the sentiment of the majority of the owners in the NFL, who’ve grown tired of Kraft and the Patriots being coddled by the league.