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What's more, Jones has had an impact on the entire NFL. He is an influential voice on league matters, as influential as any owner. He was on the executive committee for the NFL management council when the collective bargaining agreement was extended. He was on the broadcast committee when the new television deal was struck. And he is one of the few owners to ever hold a seat on the competition committee, which suggests rules changes.
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JERRY JONES is a veteran broadcast professional who has been a successful voice talent for over 36 years. He began his career as a radio journalist in 1971, at the age of 18, becoming the youngest radio news director in the nation for the legendary KUDL AM/FM in Kansas City. He went on to work as a freelance reporter for the ABC and CBS Radio Networks. In those days, radio reporters weren't allowed to have their voices on commercials. Jerry was frequently being requested by clients to do spots, so he switched to the entertainment side of the business, and has been a popular morning show personality for radio stations in the Shamrock, Murdoch, Sinclair, Entercom, and other top broadcasting companies ever since.
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Quite apart from Parcells's coaching skills, Jones has solicited his help on those salary-cap machinations and other management matters. It seemed to have had a calming effect. Trader Jerry is usually wheeling and dealing on draft day, but in 2003 the Cowboys just picked 'em and played a pat hand. Had a pretty darned good draft, by consensus, too. "We haven't had a lot of outside influence," Jones admits. "This has allowed us to get some perspective from someone who's been with three NFL organizations."
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"Look at Comcast's stock," Jones told the Philadelphia Daily News on Thursday in an interview from his plane. "It's gone down because of the subscriptions they've lost. If they're saying they're just losing them because of competition, then the people are probably going to satellite or some other form that does carry the NFL Network.
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"I'm talking to various markets and asking them to cancel out Comcast, cancel out Time Warner and go with the other people," Jones, who chairs the NFL owners' TV committee, said during a news conference here. "I think it will be very effective."
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Jones chairs the NFL Network committee while Richardson is a member of the same group. For Jones, a man Forbes declared "the greatest owner in the history of the modern NFL," the standoff between the NFL and the major cable operators -- including Time Warner Cable, the dominant carrier in the Carolinas -- represents a showdown the league must fight.
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