The most powerful person in the NFL is being challenged by the most famous owner.Commissioner Roger Goodell has increasingly pushed the idea of international expansion, which would be highlighted by having at least one NFL team permanently based overseas.Roger Goodell has turned the NFL into the richest sports league in the worldgettyBut Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones strongly pushed back against Goodell’s proposal and made it clear that he’s not a fan of having a team based in London or Europe.“I don’t know about an expansion. I see the games continuing like they are,” Jones told 105.3 The Fan. “And I see the ethos, if you will, of the game, the story of the game really expanding all over the world. But fundamentally, to have an expansion team, probably is pretty far. If it’s here, it’s in the future.”Goodell hasn’t made any guarantees about when an NFL team could be based overseas.But the 67-year-old commissioner has regularly teased the idea of making American football fully global.“At some point, there will be NFL teams outside the USA,” Goodell recently told RTL/ntv. “I have no doubt that this will happen one day.”Jones’ Cowboys are set to play Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday at Maracana Stadium in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.The marquee Week 3 matchup has been shadowed by questions about the quality of the playing field.Dallas is the NFL’s highest-valued team with an estimated worth of $17bn.Jones’ net worth is estimated at $23bn and he’s owned the Cowboys since 1989, when he controversially bought the team for $140 million.Jerry Jones needs to be convinced that international expansion is a win for the NFLgettyThe NFL took over Dublin last year but isn’t coming back in 2026GettyThe NFL is playing a record nine international games this season, with contests in London (three games in two stadiums), Paris, Melbourne, Madrid, Munich, Mexico City and Rio. Goodell has also floated the idea of holding an international Super Bowl based outside the United States.“There are definitely international cities that could host something like that,” Goodell said. “But we would like to see an NFL team in such a city first.”The NFL could eventually place two teams in London, or add one in London and base a second franchise in Europe.A four-team United Kingdom/European division has also been proposed as an expansion theory.The NFL is eyeing an 18th regular-season game that would allow all 32 current teams to play one home or away international contest per season. But Jones is already pushing back against having an NFL team permanently located outside the USA, which means that Goodell has a powerful voice to convince if American football is truly going to become a global sport. NFL's Greatest......Ranking the top 10......Quarterbacks of all-time – Can anyone better Tom Brady?Wide receivers of all-time – Does Randy Moss or Jerry Rice come out on top?Running backs of all-time – Stacking Jim Brown, Barry Sanders, Walter Payton, Emmitt Smith and moreTight ends of all-time – How does Travis Kelce compare?Join talkSPORT’s dedicated US Sports YouTube channel The S* Word every Tuesday and Thursday for our brand new NFL shows.On Tuesdays, Will Gavin and US senior reporter Brian T. Smith will debate the biggest talking points from the NFL weekend. On Thursdays, Efe Obada joins the crew to talk to players past and present and break down what to look for across the league.