[5Stars]

Originally Posted by Reality

I think its unwise to confuse current youth and their tendencies with those of our own when we were their age. Today's youth is all about winning and they latch on to today's winners. They will shift teams, sports, etc. regularly to follow winners. Of course they will say "I was always a fan" whenever one of their previous so-called "favorite teams" returns to being good again. Even if the Cowboys had won the Super Bowl this year, if they were to go sub-.500 for the next 2-3 years, most kids would be wearing different jerseys, hats, etc. then.

I don't know why it is so important to prove that Dallas area fans are losing interest in the Cowboys. The team is worth more today than yesterday and that will continue and any temporary fan absence, whether locally to Dallas, nationally or globally, will have little effect on how the Cowboys operate. Fans in Cinci griped for years and years about their ownership and it made no difference.

[View Full Quote]I guess there is an underlying hope that if you get enough people griping, it will eventually reach a point that it causes an impact of some kind. I realize the internet allows vocally angry fans to amplify their voice, but the bottom line is that none of that really matters. Fans suffered through three 5-11 seasons, but we still had Campo every year for those three years. Admittedly, the internet and the media were less powerful and unable to whip fans into a frenzy like they can these days with negative article after negative article.

Personally, I don't care who is a fan, who isn't a fan or who is a bandwagon fan. I know that I am a Cowboys fan now, have been my whole life and will continue to be one no matter who owns the team, who coaches the team or who plays for the team. When the Cowboys win their next Super Bowl, I don't care if it's 20 years from now, I will be able to say I was a fan the whole time. That's enough for me.

/reality