News: Fox: Cam Newton says the Cowboys 'are not America's Team anymore'

[Reality]

 

[speedkilz88]

This has been said thousands of times over the years but look at the tv ratings.

 

[superonyx]

Well Cam said it so it must be true.

Yet we are the most valuable sports franchise in the world and bring in the highest tv rating.

But Cam said we aren't.

 

[jwitten82]

This has been said thousands of times over the years but look at the tv ratings.

Exactly, the people who make this statement never realize that

 

[VACowboy]

And we care what a mental giant like Cam Newton thinks...why?

 

[MoistMayonnaise]

They are absolutely America's team. Love them, hate them, no one in between.

 

[stiletto]

The standard USED to be Winning+Ratings that made the Cowboys, America's Team. Now it is just Ratings that puts them in the living room off of past history. It's not because they are actually "GOOD" anymore.

 

[Praxit]

...lol.....this statement just fortifies it even more.

They get represented, without much effort.

 

[Bagman]

Cam Newton. I didn't know he was still IN America. Talk about yesterday's news.

 

[nightrain]

Cowboys are not even top 5 in that category.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Say anything to stay as relevant as possible.

 

[Whyjerry]

He is 100% correct.

 

[RoboQB]

It's a nickname. Not a nationwide concensus.
People who make this argument are either ignorant, envious or just plain wanting to start an argument.

The team is worth more than $5Billion!
The most value of any sports franchise on the planet.

Now, with that being said, the fans generally suck.

 

[gtb1943]

No team is worth more; and no team gets better TV ratings
no team sells more jerseys
no one sells more merchandise
so tell me what definition is the idiot using?

 

[DoctorChicken]

I wish I had as much confidence in my fashion choices as Can Newton does in his.

 

[bewp7]

its a nick name not a title

 

[Cowfan75Lives]

Ever notice how EVERYTHING any sports "expert" on tv says is something any number of fans have said years prior? Sports talk is dead.

 

[JoeKing]

Cam, you're not even an NFL player anymore so shut up. Just because you're a hater doesn't mean millions of Americans aren't fans of "Dem Boys"

 

[shabazz]

Are gonna believe a dude that wears ladies hats?

 

[Sydla]

Two way to look at this. One, we still get the best ratings, we still have the largest fanbase, we are the most valuable franchise in sports. So from that perspective, sure, call us America's Team.

But on the flipside, it was success on the field that made us the most watched team in the NFL and got us the name America's Team. Over the last 25+ years, we've actually been just a run of the mill franchise, with some quality regular seasons always followed by early playoff flame outs. When you look at our peers in terms of playoff success over the almost three decades, it's not exactly a slate of whose who in NFL history. So from that perspective, I can see how some would say we no longer own that moniker.