Billionaire bust-up over NFL chief's $197m salary

Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones addressed his reportedly fiery speech with Patriots proprietor Robert Kraft during a caller NFL owners meeting.

All 32 owners convened to unfastened negotiations for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to person a caller contact, but Jones wasn't blessed with the wording successful the deal.

Jones and Kraft reportedly exchanged words with the Cowboys' prima proprietor the lone 1 against Goodell earning a caller declaration successful the owners-only assembly.

In his disapproval, Jones told Kraft "don't f--- with me." Kraft responded to Jones, saying "excuse me," earlier Jones doubled down connected his stance, saying "don't messiness with me," according to the ESPN report.

In an quality connected 105.3 The Fan vigor presumption successful Dallas, Jones said it was "not surprising" that his caller remark was leaked to the media and that helium could person handled the concern successful a antithetic manner.

"It's astir apt close that I did explicit myself successful astir apt a mode that's not successful bully taste," Jones said.

Goodell accumulated astir $128 cardinal ($197 cardinal AUD) implicit a two-year play from 2020 to 2021, according to the New York Times.