“Not a Democracy, but Dictatorship”: Cowboys Legend Issues Warning to Troy Aikman About Taking Front Office Role Under Jerry Jones’ Ownership

Troy Aikman’s contract situation has him weighing his next move, and a front office job with the Cowboys might be on the table. Nate Newton warns it could backfire. Newton, who won three Super Bowls with Aikman and the Cowboys, alleged that the Cowboys’ top brass was a dictatorship rather than a committee. “Ownership would eventually clash with Troy,” Newton said on the Cowboys Country Football podcast. “You got to understand, Troy has one tree; that’s the Jimmy Johnson tree.