The latest Adam "Pacman" Jones incident raises a question.

This event occurred in the Dallas area with one of the principals being a bodyguard hired to essentially babysit Adam Jones and protect the player, it would seem, mostly from himself.  When word quickly spread that there was an altercation between Jones and the team-hired security man, the Cowboys organization rushed in with its best damage-control whitewash saying the incident was blown out of proportion. At that point, the Dallas front office -- and we all know that's owner Jerry Jones -- decided that no disciplinary action was necessary and that Jones, quite conveniently, could go ahead and play in place of injured starting cornerback Terrence Newman against the Cardinals.

Now the NFL comes along and with the same sources available to it, one would presume, finds that Adam Jones' actions rise to the level of a minimum four-game suspension.  It could could be longer, who knows?  There may be a violation of a Georgia probation, too.  Yesterday, owner Jones was agreeing with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell that player Jones needs help with alcohol-related issues.

OK, so here's the question, does the Cowboys' action or inaction regarding this "Pacman" Jones incident required some scrutiny and if there was an attempt to minimize it just to allow the player to squeeze in one more game, should the organization be penalized, say with the loss of a draft pick?

I'm not trying to bash Jerry Jones or the Cowboys here.  Frankly, I like the fact that Jones is generally accessible and candid about a whole range of subjects. And whether you dislike his hands-on style or think he has been a pretty effective owner, he is undeniably a fascinating character on the NFL landscape who helps makes the league the compelling soap opera that it is.  But if Dallas tried to sweep this thing under the carpet, futile as such a thing would be in this day and age, there should be some recognition of that and, perhaps, some appropriate consequence.