If the NFL doesn't want the Cowboys to be successful, why not?

[NotForLong]

Interesting take

Thank you

I usually get. . . . Tin Foil Hat Wearing Conspiracy Theorists

 

[Doomsday101]

Thread for all who think the NFL and its officiating is prejudiced against the Cowboys (or not):

Why do you think the NFL wouldn't want Dallas to succeed? The Cowboys have the biggest fan base, generate the most revenue and draw the highest ratings. Wouldn't Dallas going deep in the playoffs (and a Super Bowl appearance every few years) be exactly what the league would want? It would fatten the league's pockets.

If the NFL is prejudiced, then this is claiming that the league is prejudiced against its own interests.

I do not nor have I ever believed the failure of the Cowboys are anyone fault except for the team in general. When Dallas has played great we have gone to SB and won SB and when we have played poorly we have failed to make post season. No one is out to get the Cowboys, and the only people who have stopped the Cowboys from success has been the Cowboys themselves.

 

[Diehardblues]

The conspiracy theories are all baseless with no evidence to investigate . Not one single whistleblower.
Just some fans whining cause calls didn’t go our way.

They should watch more games around the league . Officiating errors and inconsistencies is league wide. It’s all part of the game . Has it increased? Of course it has as more rules requiring subjective decisions have been implemented.

https://www.sharpfootballanalysis.com/analysis/does-the-nfl-have-a-penalty-problem/#:~:text=Offensive penalties have seen a large increase of,same period. Multiple factors come into play here.

 

[bewp7]

league have nothing to do with it

the refs is just bad a lot of time there is way too much money on the line for there to be a conspiracy lol

i am also not let jerry off the hook because every thing is his fault since he want all the credit he can have the blame

 

[nate dizzle]

Why don't they want the Bears to have success seems like a more relevant question.

 

[ESisback]

They can ride the Cowboys’ rating$ train all the way to the NFCCG. After that, the league can manufacture a wide audience without them, plus the HUMUNGOUS demo of ABD’s will LOVE LOVE LOVE watching Dallas lose on the big stage. They CAN have their cake and eat it too!✊

 

[ESisback]

This doesn't make sense. Playoff ratings would only be HIGHER with Dallas in the mix than without. Why would the league settle for, say, an NFC championship game with the small-market Cardinals in it when the Cowboys could bring in 20 million more viewers for the SAME game than the Cards?

Not sure about the NFCCG, but the Super Bowl can manufacture plenty of money making drama. With two weeks of billions of dollars in promotion to make an epic event, they can either pit THE GOAT or Aaron Rodgers against a couple of different teams. Put new episodes of the top shows on each end, play a crapload of special funny commercials, get a high profile artist to perform at halftime, have primo giveaways, air trailers for big movies, etc., etc.—make it a big event! Hell, they could even do a snarky segment on why Dallas failed, AGAIN! The ABD’s would love it!

 

[Jake]

Thread for all who think the NFL and its officiating is prejudiced against the Cowboys (or not):

Why do you think the NFL wouldn't want Dallas to succeed? The Cowboys have the biggest fan base, generate the most revenue and draw the highest ratings. Wouldn't Dallas going deep in the playoffs (and a Super Bowl appearance every few years) be exactly what the league would want? It would fatten the league's pockets.

If the NFL is prejudiced, then this is claiming that the league is prejudiced against its own interests.

There's no logic to it. Some fans just need to blame someone, other than the Cowboys, when they're frustrated.

 

[Aviano90]

The NFL would be scripting the Cowboys to make deep playoff runs annually if they were smart.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Thread for all who think the NFL and its officiating is prejudiced against the Cowboys (or not):

Why do you think the NFL wouldn't want Dallas to succeed? The Cowboys have the biggest fan base, generate the most revenue and draw the highest ratings. Wouldn't Dallas going deep in the playoffs (and a Super Bowl appearance every few years) be exactly what the league would want? It would fatten the league's pockets.

If the NFL is prejudiced, then this is claiming that the league is prejudiced against its own interests.

It's a conspiracy, bloke!
The NFL, the Tri-Lateral Commission, The Covenant of Evil and Cowboy haters worldwide are, as we blink, plotting against us!
Be vigilant!

 

[Hypotenoose]

The NFL would love for the Dallas Cowboys to be in every other Super Bowl. It’s peak revenue, ratings and publicity. They are America’s Team because of how polarizing they are. A huge swath of NFL fans love the Cowboys. A huge swath hate the Cowboys. It maximizes NFL interest when they play nationally. I don’t see how this is even controversial.

 

[5Stars]

Thread for all who think the NFL and its officiating is prejudiced against the Cowboys (or not):

Why do you think the NFL wouldn't want Dallas to succeed? The Cowboys have the biggest fan base, generate the most revenue and draw the highest ratings. Wouldn't Dallas going deep in the playoffs (and a Super Bowl appearance every few years) be exactly what the league would want? It would fatten the league's pockets.

If the NFL is prejudiced, then this is claiming that the league is prejudiced against its own interests.

Because they grew the history...now it's just some thugs..

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Can't answer. Not permitted to talk politics

"The terror is in this room."
~"Goodnight and Good Luck"

 

[Beast_from_East]

The other thing that not a lot of people know about is the lawsuit that Jerry WON vs the NFL - they actually settled, but it was a massive win for Jerry because it allowed him to create merchandise apart from the NFL’s licensing agreements. This is huge because the NFL is losing out on tens [if not hundreds] of millions of dollars by not being able to capitalize financially on a lot of Cowboys merchandise. We haven’t won a Super Bowl (or even got close) since.

Coincidence?

Who knows… but we are definitely not in the good graces of the NFL and there are a lot of ‘mysterious’ calls that have taken place in the last 2 1/2 decades. That merchandise and stadium lawsuit is a big reason why the Cowboys are worth more than any other team in sports.

Here’s an article if you guys want to read about it:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciajessop/2013/11/29/jerry-jones-1995-risk-allows-the-dallas-cowboys-to-become-leaders-in-the-growing-womens-sports-apparel-market/amp/

Good research.

Bottom line is that Jerry has pissed off a lot of other owners and league executives over the years, he even tried to block Goddell's contract extension.

That makes the Cowboys an easy target, thus questionable calls, cap penalties even though it occurred during a non-cap season, players getting suspensions with little or no evidence of actual guilt, ect...

 

[ultron]

Good research.

Bottom line is that Jerry has pissed off a lot of other owners and league executives over the years, he even tried to block Goddell's contract extension.

That makes the Cowboys an easy target, thus questionable calls, cap penalties even though it occurred during a non-cap season, players getting suspensions with little or no evidence of actual guilt, ect...

Oh yea, good point! I forgot him voting against extending Goodell - I can’t imagine that helped us out at all lol.

 

[Bullflop]

I think the NFL, as a whole, prefers that all teams do as well as possible, since success and the money it brings is known to be so essential. I'm sure Roger Goodell doesn't appreciate Jerry attempting to exempt him from being re-elected a while back, although, it's difficult to assume he's doing all that he can to cause the Cowboys pain, when they are vital to the NFL's success. I think there are a number of NFL teams that might be prone to having issues with Jerry and his rebellious ways. Jerry has been highly preferential to his team's individual welfare, a bit to the chagrin of some other owners. There's no question but what that has stirred a measure of controversy in the past.

 

[DogFace]

Claims of bias doesn’t equal a claim of a conspiracy.

Illegal huddle or delay of game on a defensive, tripping, false start on long snapper, lineman for shifting. Those calls were out of a refs butt and you won’t see them against any other team.

 

[kskboys]

The Cowboys for the last 20 years have been perfect for the NFL. Just good enough to keep advertisers happy but never a serious contender to win the whole thing…which would annoy most of the owners. The other member said it best in that the league can have its cake and eat it too. I do think Dak gets us a superbowl before he retires.

Depends. If we continue to build the DLine and shore up the OL, quite possible. If we go back to acquiring CB's and WR's profusely, he will not.

 

[jnday]

Thread for all who think the NFL and its officiating is prejudiced against the Cowboys (or not):

Why do you think the NFL wouldn't want Dallas to succeed? The Cowboys have the biggest fan base, generate the most revenue and draw the highest ratings. Wouldn't Dallas going deep in the playoffs (and a Super Bowl appearance every few years) be exactly what the league would want? It would fatten the league's pockets.

If the NFL is prejudiced, then this is claiming that the league is prejudiced against its own interests.

With the Cowboys huge fanbase and popularity, the NFL would be doing cartwheels if Dallas could win a Super Bowl. The added revenue that would come with a Cowboy’s championship would even gain the support from the owners of other teams since they get a share of the profits. If the league got into financial trouble, a Cowboy championship would go a long ways towards getting the league out of that trouble. If there is any chance of games being fixed , it would be in Dallas’s favor due to financial reasons.

 

[Red Dragon]

the Cowboys are a bigger cash cow for the entire league and all the networks as an "almost had it" than they are as annual champions.

But the Cowboys are not an "almost had it." They haven't even come close to winning a Super Bowl since 1995. Dallas, Detroit and Washington are the only three teams in the NFC to have never even advanced beyond the divisional round since 1995.

If the league were really rigging games so that the Cowboys would be a tantalizing "almost" tale, an "always the bridesmaid but never the bride" story, then here's what they would do: they would let Dallas advance to the conference championship game and even the Super Bowl but never actually get ahold of the Lombardi itself. That way they could max out their ratings and revenue while still cruelly denying the Boys a ring.

But that's not what has happened. The Cowboys haven't even come close to a Super Bowl. If the league were remotely competent in rigging things, don't you think they would be wise enough to switch things up once in a while for variety's sake?