GRAPEVINE, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones counts Robert Kraft as one of his closest allies among NFL ownership, but in the wake of Deflategate Jones maintains his belief in commissioner Roger Goodell.

“I think he’s doing a great job, and I’m a big supporter of his,” Jones said Wednesday at Cowboys Golf Club in Grapevine, Texas, for the team’s sponsorship golf tournament. “I’ve certainly had the benefit of his role as commissioner and being penalized in the past. But I’m a big supporter of his. I know one of his best qualities is fairness.”

Jerry Jones supported Roger Goodell's body of work as NFL commissioner. AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez

In 2012 and 2013, the Cowboys were docked $10 million in salary-cap space for how they structured contracts in the uncapped 2010 season. The Cowboys appealed the ruling and lost, taking a $5 million hit over those two seasons.

Jones publicly backed Goodell last year in the wake of domestic violence incidents involving Ray Rice to Greg Hardy.

Tom Brady was suspended four games for his involvement in the deflation of footballs as well as a failure to fully cooperate with the investigation. The Patriots were docked first- and fourth-round picks as well as being hit with a $1 million fine.

“I’m very aware that I’m one of 32 teams in the league, but I’m satisfied with it being handled on a league basis as it pertains to the Patriots,” Jones said. “I haven’t found very good reception relative to other teams and league members giving input and for them to handle some of their issues with the league. I haven’t found that to necessarily be something you do. So that’s between the league and the Patriots.”

As a member of the competition committee, Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said he expects they will address how the league handles the footballs before and during games.

“Obviously our staff does a great job of making changes on the move when they’re issues that pop up,” Stephen Jones said. “I’m sure that they’ll have some very good recommendations but if there’s anything the competition committee needs to have its hand in then we’ll certainly take a look at it. Whether that’s something we’ll get into a lot of detail on next week or not or something that we’ll wait and address at another time, I think we’ll do a good job of getting it right and doing the things we need to do to continue to protect the integrity of our game.”

Stephen Jones said the organization will re-emphasize the importance of following the league’s rules to all involved.

“I don’t think it’s fair to pinpoint one player, one organization on anything,” Stephen Jones said. “Roger, our commissioner, and our staff of the NFL, they have a job to do and that’s to make sure they protect the integrity of the game. There’s some things that come up all the time that they are accountable for. We certainly talk to people within our organization, out coaches, our scouts, out players and that’s understanding that if you cross the line that you’ll be accountable to it. Certainly we’ve been in that situation as well so we’re not one to point a finger. We want to worry about what’s going on in our house and we’ll move forward from there.”