Cowboys CB Jones down to last strike

Nov 24, 2008 - 2:31 AM BRISTOL, Connecticut (Ticker) -- One more false step and it may be game over for Adam "Pacman" Jones.

The controversial Dallas Cowboys cornerback will face a lifetime ban from the NFL if he runs afoul of the league's personal conduct policy again, according to a report by ESPN on Sunday.

Jones must strictly adhere to the terms of his reinstatement, which Commissioner Roger Goodell granted Friday after consulting with the clinical specialists who oversaw Jones' 30 days in a rehab facility.

Under the terms of the reinstatement, Jones can return to practice on Monday and is scheduled to return for the December 7 matchup against Pittsburgh.

Jones was suspended for four games on October 14, one week after his latest off-the-field incident - an altercation with his bodyguard at a Dallas-area hotel.

That incident came just seven weeks after he was reinstated by Goodell following a 17-month suspension that caused him to miss the entire 2007 season.

Since alcohol was involved in the October incident, Jones' actions violated terms of his previous reinstatement.

Goodell had suspended Jones for a minimum of four games and said he would determine the final length of the ban following the Cowboys' Week 11 game against the Washington Redskins.

A history of legal problems - including six arrests - has plagued Jones since entering the league as a first-round draft choice in 2005.

The most serious incident took place at a Las Vegas strip club in February 2007 during the NBA's All-Star Weekend, when a disturbance led to the shooting of a bouncer who became paralyzed from his wounds.

Jones accepted a plea deal, pleading no contest to a single charge of conspiracy to commit disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor. He was given a suspended one-year prison sentence and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service.

Jones was suspended for the entire 2007 season for multiple violations of the NFL's personal conduct policy.

He was reinstated by the league on August 26 - four months after the Cowboys acquired him in a trade with the Tennessee Titans.

However, following the fracas with his bodyguard at a downtown hotel in Dallas, Jones earned another suspension from Goodell, who called the cornerback's behavior "the continuation of a disturbing pattern of behavior and clearly inconsistent with the conditions I set for your continued participation in the NFL."