Jerry Jones doesn’t believe in paperwork. What he trusts is a “ handshake .” Classic ’80s business, if you ask him. After all, it’s the same move, he says, that landed him with the Cowboys back in the late ’80s. “ I bought the Dallas Cowboys with a handshake ,” he told NFL Network’s Jane Slater. “ It took about 30 seconds. I gave the number, shook hands, and the details we worked out later .”

That was then, when $140 million could buy the entire franchise. Today, the Cowboys are an over $10 billion empire. The names have shifted from Troy Aikman to Dak Prescott , from Jimmy Johnson to Brian Schottenheimer . But Jerry? He hasn’t changed a bit. At 82, he still thinks the future of the franchise’s best defensive player, Micah Parsons , should be settled the same wa

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