Cowboys last in the league in cash spending for 2022 season

[Risen Star]

 

[Coogiguy03]

Make big money, but spend money like they'll never have it again!!!

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Championship.

 

[Cowboysheelsreds058]

You will always spend less shopping at the Thrift stores compared to shopping at Macy’s and Saks Fifth.

 

[DandyDon1722]

Remember the good 'ole days when Jerry would at least spend money on a Victoria's Secret store in the stadium?

Yeah - go ahead and defend him. Idiot.

 

[Risen Star]

I knew it was low but not last in the league.

 

[Carson]

I knew it was low but not last in the league.

I’m sure about $145 million of that was our own guys

 

[maryquality]

No surprise.

 

[NeathBlue]

I’m assuming this is because it doesn’t take into account signing bonuses that would have been payed upfront previously??

 

[Diehardblues]

Jethro Jones and Cheapskate Son are very effective in running the business side of the Cowboys .

Unfortunately building a championship caliber team isn’t as much of a priority.

And as long as the record revenue continues no reason to change .

 

[Mr_437]

The Jones Way.

 

[ThatJerryKid]

In the comment section:

What's the point of this? If every team is required to spend the same amount over the long term, single year cash flow is meaningless. If a team didn't spend much this year, it just means their spending is higher the year before or after. It's impossible for a team to be "cheap".

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

I’m assuming this is because it doesn’t take into account signing bonuses that would have been payed upfront previously??

Yeah, it’s only dollars spent from March 15th 2022 to March 14th 2023

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

A lot of times I wish I had the ability to switch my favorite team.

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

In the comment section:

What's the point of this? If every team is required to spend the same amount over the long term, single year cash flow is meaningless. If a team didn't spend much this year, it just means their spending is higher the year before or after. It's impossible for a team to be "cheap".

This is very true, but it may be indicative of “windows”. A team pumping out a lot of signing bonuses and restructures in a certain can mean they’re trying to short term push their cap to fit more talent in, and it’d show a bloated number on this report

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

A lot of times I wish I had the ability to switch my favorite team.

Sucks that the Texans are so mismanaged. That would seem like a natural fallback

 

[USArmyVet]

One (aka Jerry) could argue that he was able to be last in cash spending yet saw the team go 12-5 in back-to-back seasons thereby being 'relevant' yet coming up short in the playoffs yet again.
There are many teams listed that seemingly spent much more than failed to do anything.If you look at Carolina for example they supposedly spent $50M more than Dallas and their return was to finish with the #9 overall draft pick, which they just traded up to #1 and had to mortgage not only their #9 pick this year but also their #61 pick this year as well as their 1st round pick next year, their 2nd round pick in 2025, and their #1 WR......so you could argue that spending more does not equal team success and at times (in the case of the Panthers) spending more has cost them their future.

 

[JW82]

Sure..But who sold the most gear?? In your face KC!!! We dem boyz!!!

 

[Sydla]

I’m assuming this is because it doesn’t take into account signing bonuses that would have been payed upfront previously??

It kind of does.

These things can be timing issues more than anything. If you pay a player a massive signing bonus one year and then his base is low the next year, it would show low cash in that year.

So this number for the Cowboys is both in part timing and also general cheapness on the Jones' part because they eschew paying bigger FA contracts that often involve fairly large cash signing bonuses.

 

[Hawkeye19]