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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones dressed up as a blind referee for Halloween


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Head of Dallas Cowboys honcho Jerry Jones couldn’t help himself. Keep your mouth shut, interfere with your coaches, and do the opposite of what the scouts suggest in the draft. Jones may have stepped into it again after dressing up as a blind umpire for Halloween.

Jones decided it would be funny to poke fun at officials working for the Unhappy League. 80-year-old Jones even indicated he could set himself a fine but hopefully the NFL can laugh this off at everyone else. Jones has gone so far as to commend the heaps of referrals and talk about his admiration for their decision making, which sounds like a bunch of crap. To be sure, Jones respected the official’s decision in 2014 after the “Dez no-catch” playoff against Green Bay. Sure is not.

“I am being very careful here because I am going to be fined. It shows how I like how they dress…how much I respect their decision,” Jones said of her outfit on Sunday. “I had the cane and everything. And I’ve used it on a number of people, too.”

The NFL doesn’t take kindly to players, coaches or executives defaming their referees. Blind introduction jokes have been around for decades and are not usually a term for endearment. This is not the right time for Jones to do this, because Dallas is coming hot start at 6-2. They play the Packers in Green Bay after week 9 bye, so it will be interesting to see how many close calls don’t go Dallas’ way. Officials are also human. I’m pretty sure not all of them were left out of Jones’ Halloween costume.

Over the next three games, the Cowboys will face the Packers, Vikings, and Giants. Dallas is in the NFC East title hunt and is considered by some as the second-best team in the conference. Now isn’t a good time to get on the bad side of referees, with some big games on the horizon.

For an organization that hasn’t had the best postseason fortune over the last two-plus decades, you’d think Jones would want the refs on his side. Or, at the least, he shouldn’t be poking fun at them intentionally. Especially since the league is sensitive when it comes to their officials. Refs can be wrong because there is a human element to making many of the calls on the field. Still, if team personnel publicly call out their shortcomings, they’re usually reprimanded promptly.

Jerry has risen to the level of the most powerful owner in the NFL since buying the team in 1989. But he’s also the team’s general manager, which makes this a difficult situation. Commissioner Roger Goodell can hand down whatever punishment he feels necessary, but he also works for the owners, a fraternity in which Jones plays a significant part.

I’d be shocked if anything comes of this because it’s Jones, and he wields so much power in the NFL. It’s already been reported that Jones wants Goodell out of the tournament, so this is another case where Goodell will turn a blind eye. No pun intended.

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