Contract talks of a new five-year extension for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell reportedly are being slowed down by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
Jones has slowed down, if not impeded, negotiations aimed at an extension for Goodell, sources familiar with those talks told ESPN's Adam Schefter and Chris Mortensen.
"If not for Jerry, this deal would be done," one person familiar with the contract negotiations told ESPN this weekend.
Jones has interjected himself on to the NFL's six-man compensation committee, becoming the unofficial seventh member, according to ESPN.
Goodell's current deal as commissioner expires in 2019, and it was reported last month that he and the NFL were close to a new five-year extension that would run through the 2024 season.