It looks like the NFL is about to break out the heavy artillery when it comes to taking a stance politically.

In April, it was revealed the Dallas Cowboys are the frontrunner to land the NFL's offseason Super Bowl, and owner Jerry Jones wants to make it happen -- having officially placed a bid to hold the event. It would be done in a dual-capacity between The Star in Frisco, TX and AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

That could depend greatly on what happens in the Texas Legislature in July, though.

Per David Moore of The Dallas Morning News, multiple sources state the NFL has their eye on the coming resolution of the "bathroom bill" -- House Bill 2899 -- a law that determines who can use what restroom facilities. Moore goes on to note the league is in no rush to make the call on who'll host the draft next season, giving them time to see how things land first.

Things could hit next level in the near future, however, as the league could pull out a proverbial nuke against the State of Texas going forward, should HB 2899 pass -- per Mike Freeman of Bleacher Report.

I've been told, and McCarthy intimated to the Chronicle, that the NFL is prepared to withhold any future Super Bowls from being played in the state. In response to the league's ominous tone, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told talk show host Glenn Beck that the NFL "is walking on thin ice" and "needs to concentrate on playing football and get the heck out of politics. For some low-level NFL adviser to come out and say that they are going to micromanage and try to dictate to the state of Texas what types of policies we're going to pass in our state, that's unacceptable. We don't care what the NFL thinks and certainly what their political policies are."

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Texas has been home to four Super Bowls in the history of the NFL -- including Dallas' $1.2 billion AT&T Stadium housing Super Bowl 45 and, more recently, NRG Stadium in Houston playing host to the now-legendary Super Bowl 51.

Houston was also the site of Super Bowl 8 as well as Super Bowl 38.

The Cowboys have been drooling for another crack at it, with EVP Stephen Jones confessing as much on the heels of the 2019, 2020 and 2021 hosts being named as Atlanta, Miami and Los Angeles, respectively. He even alluded to the bathroom bill issue being a potential reason they opted to not throw their hat into the last round of bidding.

“We certainly hope to be in the next bidding process,” Jones said, via the team's official website. “We totally understand that we had business we needed to clean up here from the previous Super Bowl, which was unfortunate, but hopefully that’s coming to an end this summer and hopefully we’ll be in the hunt.”

Remaining on the sideline in this situation is not likely to happen for a multi-billion dollar company that preaches inclusiveness, much like both the NBA and NCAA do. The state of North Carolina knows firsthand exactly how financially damning passing a bill like this can be, after both the 2017 NBA All Star Game and the 2017 ACC Championship were both moved out of the state due to the ratification of HB2 -- North Carolina's version of the "bathroom bill".

After a national backlash and the loss of hundreds of millions in revenue, they eventually repealed the legislation. Losing the NFL Draft would have the same fiscal impact on Texas, but losing future Super Bowl nods

The Cowboys won't offer any new comment on either matter, but owner Jerry Jones has already made it clear he keeps a keen eye on any and everything that could negatively impact the organization.

"Any time social issues have the consequence of impacting what we're doing at AT&T or what we're doing with our team, then that gets my attention,'' Jones said just ahead of the 2017 NFL Combine. "I hope how that is ultimately resolved is a nonevent and not impactful on what we do with our events.

"That's the best I can do there."

The Cowboys getting the nod would be a historic feat should it occur, as there has never been an NFL Draft held in the state of Texas -- with the large majority being held in either New York City or, most recently, Chicago.

This year's draft was in a place the Cowboys know all too well: The City of Brotherly Love, where there isn't a ton of that lying around for Dallas fans. That fact was solidified by the all-out nuclear attack launched towards Eagles' fans by Dallas Ring of Honor inductee Drew Pearson, at the behest of commissioner Roger Goodell himself.

Philadelphia remains a contender to grab next year's draft as well, with Kansas City, Green Bay and Denver all challenging the Cowboys for the NFL's attention.

"We expect to have a decision on the location of next year's draft later this summer/early fall," said Brian McCarthy, VP of NFL communications regarding the location of the 2018 NFL Draft.

When it comes to that matter or even potentially instituting a Super Bowl-level boycott of Texas, the NFL sounds locked-and-loaded to do whatever necessary to prevent the alienation of any portion of its worldwide fanbase.

Even if that means upsetting some others.

"We can't win," said high-ranking league official. "If we do the right thing, no one believes we're sincere. If we screw up, we're called evil.

"So might as well just do what we have to do."

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