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The biggest contract dispute in Dallas Cowboys history had the happiest of endings

One has to wonder what the 1990s Dallas dynasty looks like if this dispute had never gotten resolved.

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Contract disputes are nothing new to sports and certainly nothing new to Jerry Jones, who's been involved in plenty of them since purchasing the Dallas Cowboys in 1989, most recently with Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, and, of course, Micah Parsons.

For the most famous contract dispute in Dallas, however, one has to travel all the way back to 1993 to the saga involving Jones and the man who turned out to be the best running back in team history, Emmitt Smith, whose rookie deal had expired following the Cowboys' 52-17 victory over the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl 27.