One reason I think fans always say, “It will never work” is they can’t believe enough people will stop buying jerseys and tickets. But all a fan should worry about is himself.
I can’t control anyone but me. But each of us have tremendous power over this situation. But it’s just on an individual basis. I haven’t bought Cowboys merchandise in many years. I’m just one person. But it makes me feel good. I’m in charge of my sports dollar.
I go to Mavs, Stars and Rangers games because I believe there is a sincere attempt to win at each of those organizations. They have all either won a championship or been to championship games multiple times over the last 20 years while we watched the Cowboys do nothing. I’m in control my sports dollars.
The Cowboys are still my favorite because that’s my first sports team I remember loving. I’ll be damned if I let the Jones cartel hold me hostage. I refuse to surrender my fandom because of the Jones. Where I can exercise my power and still remain a fan is until there are changes at the top- as in Jerry steps aside- My sports dollar avoids buying Cowboys products.
I’m still a fan and I still want them to win. But I don’t think it happens without changes at the top. So my resistance is just part of me being a Cowboys fan- part of me expressing my loyalty to the Star on that helmet, not the rich fool running it.
Good post.
I feel the same. For myself I have not bought any merchandise for years, I think it was 2, maybe 3 years ago, maybe 4. I bought a new coffee mug and another glass to drink out of.
Anything new I got, I received as a gift, for Christmas, fathers day, birthday.
But for me to not buy anything, going to games, that is my part, I can't control what someone else does. For every person like us, that refuses to do so, there will be another fan that will, until they too get tired of spending money on them.
For every fan that stops going to games, there will be a fan going in their place.
I sold my PSL's and season ticket rights in 2016, and never regretted it for a second. However, someone did buy them of course.
Now that person was from Seattle, or that is where I had to mail the tickets, as I had the actual tickets in hand. Now were they moving here, had friends and family here to go, where they buying them to resell for profit, I don't know, and did not care. All I know I was getting out at break even.
Some will always go to games, and it will take years for the attendance level to make anything happen. However, since most of the seats are season tickets, then Jerry already gets his money. Fans will still sell them if they give up on going. What it will take is people giving up on paying for their PSL's or give up on that investment, stop paying for the tickets as well. But there are complications to that, people will not do that unless other reasons are involved.
As I tell myself all the time, I am so glad I dumped the PSL's.