NFL: Owners unanimously approved offering Goodell extension through 2024

The NFL is expecting commissioner Roger Goodell to be signed to a five-year extension soon, despite Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones' reported attempts to block the move, league spokesman Joe Lockhart said on a conference call Thursday.

Lockhart did not confirm a date for the contract to be finalized.

"The owners voted unanimously to authorize the compensation committee to enter into negotiations and offer the commissioner an extension of his contract through 2024," Lockhart said, according to ESPN, though he did not specify when the vote happened. "The 32-0 vote gives them the authority to enter into a contract extension."

Jones is reportedly threatening to sue the NFL if the contract negotiations, which Lockhart described as "amicable," are successful. Jones has reportedly become annoyed with Goodell as of late due to the league's six-game suspension of Ezekiel Elliott. Lockhart says the NFL has not been made aware of a lawsuit being filed by Jones.

Goodell has been the league's commissioner since 2006.

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