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Having trouble reading this email? View it in your browser 69° Clear Forecast News ​ ​ Obituaries ​ ​ Sports ​ ​ Events ​ ​ Classifieds ​ ​ E-Edition Contentious Hillcrest Drive extension likely budget priority • Extension part of city's long-term plans Read more Study shows double voting in short supply in Colorado • Colorado was 1 of 5 states to precipitate in study Read more BOCC delays Laursen release decision • Davis says he had vehicle problems Read more Altrusa gears up to crown 'The Voice' By Arlyn Macdonald editor@montrosepress.com • $1K prize for the winner Read more Appreciating my front-row seat By Paul Hurschmann "Photojournalism is like having a front-row seat in life." ~ unknown Read more Indians force draw against Demons By Andrew Kiser andrewk@montrosepress.com • Team's record is now 5-2-1 Read more 'American Assassin' proves worthy By Oscar Chavez Castaneda  "American Assassin" is a 2017 action film directed by Michael Cuesta and stars Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton and Taylor Kitsch. Read more National Stories It doesn't take a number of great sources to know that Roger Goodell isn't Jerry Jones' favorite Facebook friend right now, but it is tough to determine where a once-solid working relationship went so wrong. The Way We Hear It, even those closest to Jones aren't certain whether he's really upset about how much money Goodell is making, or is he mad because Goodell has shown the audacity to treat one of his misbehaving players the same way he would treat a player on any other team? It doesn't take a number of great sources to know that Roger Goodell isn't Jerry Jones' favorite Facebook friend right now, but it i… Read more In spite of denials from both sides of the story, it is well documented at this point that the NFL was ready to give Goodell a five-year extension on his contract — which expires in 2019 — until Jones stepped in and started participating with the compensation committee of which he is not a member. While none of the actual numbers are available to the public, reports that Goodell has been paid as much as $200 million since the current collective bargaining agreement was reached in 2011 have Jones seething. Other sources, however, tell me that what Jones is really upset about is the six-game suspension the commissioner handed his star running back, Ezekiel Elliott, just when Jones believed his Cowboys were ready to enjoy their first real postseason success since the owner forced Jimmy Johnson out of Texas in the mid '90s. Yes, we know Jones won his third Super Bowl with Barry Switzer in 1995, but that was with Johnson's team. In spite of denials from both sides of the story, it is well documented at this point that the NFL was ready to give Goodell a five-… Read more Left to his own devices, Jones and his Cowboys have made nine playoff appearances in the 21 seasons since that last Super Bowl —not really bad, by the way — but they are 3-9 in the playoffs since the Switzer Super Bowl and just 2-8 since 1996. In many respects, Goodell can be viewed as the CEO of the NFL. While the league is reported to be generating over $14 billion in revenue annually today, Jones' team alone is valued at about $4.5 billion, and the total values of the 32 NFL franchises easily exceed $65 billion. There is nothing unusual about a CEO of a $65 billion business, or even a $14 billion business making $30 million or $40 million a year these days, so what would be Jones' gripe? I'm also hearing from multiple sources that Jones first inserted himself into the compensation committees work on Goodell's deal late last winter, a number of months before Goodell handed down Elliott's six-game ban. Left to his own devices, Jones and his Cowboys have made nine playoff appearances in the 21 seasons since that last Super Bowl —not … Read more In the other corner . . . remember it was Jones who confronted NFL Special Counsel Lisa Friel in a hotel bar last fall with angry accusations about her work on the Elliott case, and it is alleged that Friel barred NFL investigator Kia Roberts – who was the only one to interview Elliott's girlfriend and is said to have recommended against a suspension of Elliott – from testifying in Elliott's hearing in front of Goodell. Perhaps Jones is upset about Goodell's compensation, perhaps he's upset over the treatment of his star player or perhaps it's both. According to multiple sources, this much is clear. Jerry Jones expects to get his way all the time, and the only person in the NFL with close to the power and influence Jones has amassed is Goodell. The Way We Hear It, that may be the real reason Jones is taking on the commissioner on both fronts. In the other corner . . . remember it was Jones who confronted NFL Special Counsel Lisa Friel in a hotel bar last fall with angry ac… Read more

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