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Cowboys owner Jones fined $25K for ref comments

By Chris Mortensen
ESPN.com

Sunday, September 28, 2008

New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton's pending appeal of a $15,000 fine for his criticism of game officials may have lost some momentum, because Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has been fined $25,000 by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for the same offense. Jones was fined last week after he criticized referee Ed Hochuli for his overall performance following Hochuli's gaffe in Week 2 against the San Diego Chargers. "Maybe the answer is to tell people like that, 'Keep that whistle out ...

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