PALM BEACH, Fla. — Jerry Jones conceded the conversation was fair.
After decades owning the Cowboys, decades drawing attention and fans to what’s been dubbed America’s Team, allegations of a former executive’s voyeurism and the discovery of a confidential settlement will not simply disappear without discussion.
So Monday morning at the NFL’s annual meeting, Jones fielded questions from local reporters for the first time since news of the Cowboys’ $2.4 million settlement with team cheerleaders became public. The settlement followed allegations that a team vice president took photos in the cheerleaders’ locker room in 2015.
Rich Dalrymple, then the-Cowboys’ senior vice president of public relations and communications, retired in February two weeks before ESPN released its report. He denied wrongdoing.
“When you spend going-on-30-something years, saying, ‘Look at us, hey, wait, you’re looking away, look at us, we’re the Cowboys’—when you go that way, then when you…