Further complicating the dilemma created by the latest bad publicity at the hands of Pacman Jones is reports that fellow cornerback Terence Newman may be facing sports hernia surgery that could keep him out of the Dallas Cowboys' lineup for six weeks or more.

Per Ed Werder of ESPN.com, results of Newman's medical tests have been forwarded to a Philadelphia specialist for confirmation before determining whether surgery is necessary. If he indeed does have a sports hernia, he would undergo the required surgery immediately. Newman has already missed two of the Cowboys' games this year, and in his absence, Jones has emerged as probably the best defensive back on the team.

The Cowboys have already announced that Jones will not face disciplinary action from the team regarding the scuffle he was in Tuesday night, but the league office isn't through investigating the situation. If by chance league commissioner Roger Goodell should hand down some sort of sanction that puts Pacman out of the lineup, it would leave Dallas very thin at the cornerback position. Especially considering the somewhat disappointing play of Anthony Henry up to this point.

With the aerial attack of the Arizona Cardinals up next, this isn't a good time to have a depleted secondary!

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- The Cowboys say no rules were broken during Pacman's little scuffle Tuesday night and he won't be disciplined for it.

- The NFL isn't so quick to close the book on this latest incident, however.

- How many people thought Kyle Orton would have more passing yards and touchdown passes, and have a higher passer rating at this point in the season than Peyton Manning?

- Apparenty Brett Favre gets a kick out of sticking dead animals in other players' lockers.

- Seems Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco and Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter have something in common.

- Even NFL franchises are directly affected by the severe downturn in the economy.

Has Pacman Jones been making a fool out of Dallas Cowboys' owner Jerry Jones? Randy Galloway of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram certainly seems to think so.

The hot news Wednesday evening had the younger Jones involved in a fracas at a party in a Dallas hotel. Details are sketchy, but it appears some sort of confrontation did occur between him and one of the bodyguards (babysitter is probably a more accurate term) assigned by the team to keep him out of places he shouldn't be. In itself, the incident doesn't really seem like a huge deal.

According to Galloway's sources, though, Pacman has been hitting the town and enjoying the nightlife on a regular basis despite being ordered by the elder Jones to keep a low profile.

If that truly is the case, Jerry has a tough decision to make. At this point, his defensive secondary is beat up and just not playing very well. Losing Pacman would further weaken the area. But then again, if Pacman is out painting the town on a regular basis, there's a good chance he will further embarrass the Cowboys before long. And in the process make the Cowboys and NFL look stupid for handing him yet another chance to rebuild his football career.

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Generally it's not really huge news when a football player gets in a fight. But when the football player is Pacman Jones, who has been ordered by the Dallas Cowboys to keep a low profile because of his past troubles with the law, it is significant news.

According to a CBS affiliate in Dallas/Ft. Worth, Jones got into a fight with a member of his own security detail on Tuesday night in the bathroom of a Dallas hotel. Per the report, the confrontation was violent and patrons could clearly hear that a fight was occurring. At least one mirror in the bathroom was broken.

Making matters worse, Jones allegedly went outside following the fight and left the hotel without paying his tab.

There was no police report filed, and it's unknown at this time whether Jones will face disciplinary action from the NFL or the Cowboys. It is known, though, that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell warned Jones at the time he was reinstated from a year-and-a-half suspension to stay out of further trouble or risk ruining his NFL career.

The troubling part of this is not just that Jones is creating more bad publicity for the league, but that it only took five weeks into the NFL season for some sort of negative incident to find him. Jones appears to be a magnet for trouble, and the Cowboys probably shouldn't rely too heavily on his services because they very well could find themselves without him before the year is over.

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