News: Here's what makes Jerry Jones and Cowboys front-runners to host 2018 NFL draft

[CCBoy]

Here's what makes Jerry Jones and Cowboys front-runners to host 2018 NFL draft
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/h...nt-runners-host-2018-nfl-draft-024047042.html


It appears the Dallas Cowboys are closing in on being named the official host of the 2018 NFL draft. Despite some looming logistical and financial hurdles, the Cowboys’ bid is the leading candidate to host the event, two NFL sources told Yahoo Sports. The sources added that the process of naming a 2018 host has been slowed by the two-venue pitch of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who is aiming to split the festivities between AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas and the Cowboys’ multibillion-dollar training facility in Frisco. The training facility is located about 40 miles north of the stadium, creating additional financial considerations for the league and its broadcasting partners such as ESPN.

...While the NFL is unlikely to say as much publicly, awarding the draft to Dallas would be a kickback of sorts to Jones for moving some financial mountains in recent years. Most notably, helping broker a lucrative return to the Los Angeles market and building his own state of the art stadium and practice facility in Texas. In a grandiose way, Jones has been pace-setting infrastructure strides that will likely impact the NFL for decades to come – not to mention the league’s financial bottom line. The league owes Jones for both deal-building and some standard-setting moves...

...As of now, none of those realities have guaranteed Jerry Jones and his Cowboys the 2018 bid. But they have apparently placed Dallas at the top of the list of considerations. And if money and logistics are the only things standing in the way, Jones has shown an undeniable ability to master those realms in recent years. Barring something remarkable, that will likely place the next draft stages in Arlington and Frisco next year.

 

[AmericasTeam81]

The "Great Negotiator" Jerry Jones.

 

[CCBoy]

The "Great Negotiator" Jerry Jones.

Some say Jimmy Johnson thought he was full of crap...

 

[Bullflop]

It's all about marketing the NFL product. While Philly set the bar very high for ongoing draft day sites, it's extremely tough to outdo Jerry for the pomp and pageantry that he manages to produce. Selling his NFL product is something that Jerry was born for, bar none.

The league office and the NFL in general, is always thrilled to give their blessing to anyone able to help augment the bottom line ($$$).

Obviously, the Cowboys' organization offers an extremely tempting presentation to host the 2018 NFL Draft. It's looking good.

 

[CCBoy]

It's all about marketing the NFL product. While Philly set the bar very high for ongoing draft day sites, it's extremely tough to outdo Jerry for the pomp and pageantry that he manages to produce. Selling his NFL product is something that Jerry was born for, bar none.

The league office and the NFL in general, is always thrilled to give their blessings to anyone able to help augment the bottom line ($$$$). Obviously, the Cowboys' organization offers an extremely tempting presentation to host the 2018 NFL Draft. It's looking good.

Good post, guy.

 

[FLcowboy]

Jerry would have some work to do at AT&T Stadium to build the stage although I'm sure it could be done. I don't know what the Frisco training complex has to offer in terms of facilities but it seems to me the Arlington site has everything needed to host the draft.

 

[AmericasTeam81]

Some say Jimmy Johnson thought he was full of crap...

Jimmy Johnson was a great football coach. Understood very well the psychological aspect of the sport/life/humans.

 

[cowboyblue22]

I am sure jerry will get the draft as pay back for all the hundreds of millions of dollars he has made the league their is usually payback for these type of deals that's usually the way things work

 

[plasticman]

Meanwhile, I wonder what other NFL GM's are focusing all their efforts on.

I'm sure there is one GM designing a new NFL uniform while still another is researching the use of artificial intelligence for officiating.

It's not like any GM would be wasting their time by dedicating it entirely to the purpose of creating championship teams. No, the accolades for an NFL GM are reserved for the ones that that discover innovative methods of making more money for all the NFL owners. That's yhe kind of "contribution" to football that earns entry into the Hall of Fame.

 

[jazzcat22]

Meanwhile, I wonder what other NFL GM's are focusing all their efforts on.

I'm sure there is one GM designing a new NFL uniform while still another is researching the use of artificial intelligence for officiating.

It's not like any GM would be wasting their time by dedicating it entirely to the purpose of creating championship teams. No, the accolades for an NFL GM are reserved for the ones that that discover innovative methods of making more money for all the NFL owners. That's yhe kind of "contribution" to football that earns entry into the Hall of Fame.

And some GM's are in title only, and let the people named Will McClay find the players to create that championship team. You know, like other owners giving the GM title to other guys to find players in which the other 31 teams last year didn't win the SB either.

 

[jazzcat22]

Jerry would have some work to do at AT&T Stadium to build the stage although I'm sure it could be done. I don't know what the Frisco training complex has to offer in terms of facilities but it seems to me the Arlington site has everything needed to host the draft.

Stages were built, assembled and removed for a SB half time show, as well as all the concerts that have been held at the stadium. I think it can be done for a measly old NFL draft....

And it is centrally located in the Metroplex, as Frisco is far North of everything.

 

[haleyrules]

It's all about marketing the NFL product. While Philly set the bar very high for ongoing draft day sites, it's extremely tough to outdo Jerry for the pomp and pageantry that he manages to produce. Selling his NFL product is something that Jerry was born for, bar none.

The league office and the NFL in general, is always thrilled to give their blessing to anyone able to help augment the bottom line ($$$).

Obviously, the Cowboys' organization offers an extremely tempting presentation to host the 2018 NFL Draft. It's looking good.

Dallas is the leagues showcase organisation as well and deserves to host the draft. That thing in Philly was overdone and the whole event needs to be toned down a bit.

 

[Section446]

Stages were built, assembled and removed for a SB half time show, as well as all the concerts that have been held at the stadium. I think it can be done for a measly old NFL draft....

And it is centrally located in the Metroplex, as Frisco is far North of everything.

It'll be Frisco, and it should be.

 

[Pants]

They need to get a SB back in that stadium as well...it would be fantastic if it were (someday) a situation where Dallas hosts the SB and is actually the "home" team as well?? Too much to ask? Not for good ol' Pantsy

 

[cowboy_ron]

When does Goodell and Mara make this decision, the week before? Seriously, Goodell should consider politics.....he's inept enough to really succeed.

 

[jazzcat22]

It'll be Frisco, and it should be.

Why should it be. It just make any sense at all. A centrally located venue will draw more fans.
I think in Frisco will be a bust. I still would probably go, only because who knows when it will be back.

 

[plasticman]

And some GM's are in title only, and let the people named Will McClay find the players to create that championship team. You know, like other owners giving the GM title to other guys to find players in which the other 31 teams last year didn't win the SB either.

No they don't.

Other GM's accept the responsibility and are held accountable for their decisions and actions. When they are highly successful then they are the ones who are honored. When they can't get to a championship level game within a 5-7 year span then they are fired, much less a period three times that long.

Jerry Jones is not a GM in name only, he still makes the final decisions and McClay is only one of several that are influential in the final decisions, again, made by Jerry.

Yes, 31 other teams didn't win the Super Bowl last season. However, 23 teams have played in a conference championship over the past 21 seasons and the Cowboys are not one of them. Yet, they are the only one of the nine remaining that that has had the same GM over that period of time.

 

[CCBoy]

No they don't.

Other GM's accept the responsibility and are held accountable for their decisions and actions. When they are highly successful then they are the ones who are honored. When they can't get to a championship level game within a 5-7 year span then they are fired, much less a period three times that long.

Jerry Jones is not a GM in name only, he still makes the final decisions and McClay is only one of several that are influential in the final decisions, again, made by Jerry.

Yes, 31 other teams didn't win the Super Bowl last season. However, 23 teams have played in a conference championship over the past 21 seasons and the Cowboys are not one of them. Yet, they are the only one of the nine remaining that that has had the same GM over that period of time.

Go ahead and lay it all out...you blame Jerry for all the losing and he and his team have done nothing right. (Meaning instead, you are unhappy for not being able to 'sacrifice' by just watching a Super Bowl)

You abused fan...

 

[CCBoy]

Jimmy Johnson was a great football coach. Understood very well the psychological aspect of the sport/life/humans.

Yea, that's why he was a Benedict Arnold and tried to give up his player and Jerry, the week of and immediately following the Super Bowl win. That's reflecting back on team unity and loyalty...you bet.

 

[plasticman]

Go ahead and lay it all out...you blame Jerry for all the losing and he and his team have done nothing right. (Meaning instead, you are unhappy for not being able to 'sacrifice' by just watching a Super Bowl)

You abused fan...

You are abused too but you just don't realize it.

You are abused every time you pay for a ticket or dedicate your time to watch a Cowboy game because the guy in charge of putting the highest quality product on the field is not focused on that primary goal like every other GM in the NFL. Unlike them, he has other priorities. He has made decisions that detriment the ability of our, yes our, team to accomplish it's very purpose for existing.

This NFL and these teams exist because we are entertained by competition at it's highest level. The purpose of competition is to see who is best, that is the exciting nature of a professional sports league. Each team does what it can to be the best, a franchise that is not trying it's best is a franchise that has cheated it's fans who are paying a premium one way or another, for the "highest level".

It's bad enough that Jerry Jones assumed he could fill this role despite never being involved in any aspect of building a team, not as a scout earning his promotions to the top, nor as a player, one that has a proven record of knowing how to win. besides having no credibility earned with experience, he isn't even doing the job full time. The Dallas Cowboys are operating with a part time GM.

Is that fair to the fans? Especially, since the value of the franchise originates from a foundation built on an uncompromising commitment to excellence?

When Jerry Jones bought the franchise, he admitted that it wasn't his team. His franchise, yes, but the team is ours, and he promised to do everything he could to build on that history and he has not done everything he could or should have done. Marketing and selling has occupied his time. All well and good for an owner but not a GM. Wrong department.

Case in point:

Jerry Jones volunteered the Cowboys for the Hall of Fame game, an additional preseason game. That is an unnecessary risk to the health of this team. What if one of the Cowboy All-Pro linemen or dependable anchor player should be lost. And for what, a marketing opportunity for Jerry Jones to engage in besides the self adulation of watching his team play on the weekend he is Inducted

This isn't the first time Jerry Jones did this.

Jerry also volunteered the Cowboys for the 2010 Hall of Fame game. Remember that season? It started with the Cowboys switching training sites twice so that another area of the country could experience the Cowboys training camp.

After finally winning a playoff game the previous year, the Cowboys limped into game #1 against the Commanders minus three starting offensive linemen. It was the first of a tragic chain of losses culminating in the loss of Tony Romo for the season in game #6.

The sad irony is, the Super Bowl was being played in Cowboy stadium that season. A GM would have looked at this opportunity as once in a lifetime and dedicated everything he could to making this team as strong as possible and it certainly wouldn't have included an additional preseason game.