If you're still spending money on this franchise you're the problem

[America's Cowboy]

I think I’m pretty much at that point i skipped last weeks game entirely and really have no plans on watching another game all year so yea they broke me it sucks I’ve been a fan since I was a kid and I’m 40 now ugh

Sorry for being so rough. In reality, stick around. Just don't let this Jones family owned team get to you. We can only hope things improve.

 

[grgnfg420]

Sorry for being so rough. In reality, stick around. Just don't let this Jones family owned team get to you. We can only hope things improve.

But you know it’s never going to improve it’s wishful thinking but we’re all lying to ourselves if we think things are going to get better anytime soon

 

[Captain-Crash]

But you know it’s never going to improve it’s wishful thinking but we’re all lying to ourselves if we think things are going to get better anytime soon

thinking like that will get you beat up by the homers in here. Buy the "gear" prance around like a unicorn jumping rainbows and everything will be good.

 

[amame25]

Trust me theirs a ton of blame to go around this franchise but as fans we can only control our impact on the cowboys and that’s giving Jerry jones our money.

It needs to stop! We have enabled this man for far too long making this mediocre franchise the most valuable in all of sports and what have we gotten in return for that?

Embarrassment and dissapointment for 20+ years.

We need to start speaking with our dollar because in this world money talks and sometimes it’s the only way for us fans to make our voice heard.

signed…

A 30+ year cowboys fan

and yet you're on here giving them attention. As if that doesn't matter at all.

 

[grgnfg420]

and yet you're on here giving them attention. As if that doesn't matter at all.

I’m here venting wondering if I’m the only cowboys fan that feels this way

 

[zrinkill]

Last time i bought a ticket ....... it was to Texas stadium

Last time I bought a Jersey is was Roy Williams 31

 

[fivetwos]

Just now saw this thread. Not reading through every post so I’m sure it’s been said…but while tickets, and merch and beer and hot dogs aren’t nothing, the TV deals are the money machine. Even shutting yours down won’t change anything.

The salary cap is based on a percentage of total revenue. It’s close to a 50/50 split. The owners don’t have to pick up the tab themselves if things go south and no one ever buys a ticket (PSLs essentially guarantee that won’t happen) or a hat or a jersey or whatever.

Jerry Jones helped build a lot of what the league has going on now. He is not some dummy by any means, he just isn’t good at talent evaluation and/or putting a winning team together. The environment doesn’t help but that’s part of the utopia going on in his brain.

It is what it is and I’m accepting it more and more each day.

 

[DallasEast]

I’m here venting wondering if I’m the only cowboys fan that feels this way

This self-perception is always wrong. And it is true for fans of every team in every sport around the world. It just *seems* that it isn't.

The following are two generalizations. Some Cowboys fans ignore Jerry Jones' management or understand only that he can make changes to his management of the team, and do not choose to talk about it (often).

Likewise, some Cowboys fans talk about Jones' management. They choose talking about him over not talking about him.

Dallas' fanbase numbers in the eight digits. Fan forums, like CowboysZone, are microcosms of the team's fanbase. That means hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of fellow Cowboys fans do not feel like you do and do feel like you do.

You are not alone. You never will be. Voice your thoughts about Jerry Jones if that is your choice.

 

[Spottswoode]

I have been doing and exhorting others to just stop spending money on this mediocrity for more than five years. But the fans in Dallas are sheep to Jethro’s border collie tactics. Jethro knows all the lies and the hype will keep the so called fans over paying for a product that now has reached well below lousy. There is a sucker born every day, said P T Barnum. Dallas seems to have way more than their fair share to support this garbage of a franchise. We are the joke of the NFL. This year alone the team traded their best defensive player and drafted a very average o lineman instead of taking Tyler Warren. This came after they hired Schottenheimer, the second coming of the Res Clapper. Schotty has never been considered head coach material by any other team, except your Dallas Cowboys. I turned last nights game off after seeing Ferguson fumble away the ball. This after repeatedly dropping catchable passes. He and Schoonmaker are awful. This team is awful yet Jethro continues to spin his hypnotic blather and the fans fall in line sending their hard earned dollars straight to Jethro’s bank account. You all deserve what you are getting because you don’t demand more.

Been a fan all my life. Spent time around a lot of the ‘70’s Cowboys as my father did promotional work with them.

The last game I went to was at Texas Stadium.
The last (and only) jersey I owned was Roger Stauback and I didn’t buy that.

You don’t have to spend money to be a fan.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

I think I’m pretty much at that point i skipped last weeks game entirely and really have no plans on watching another game all year so yea they broke me it sucks I’ve been a fan since I was a kid and I’m 40 now ugh

Imagine being 62!

These times get harder and harder. I don't like being less and ;less enthusiastic....not drastically just chipping away at it.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

This self-perception is always wrong. And it is true for fans of every team in every sport around the world. It just *seems* that it isn't.

The following are two generalizations. Some Cowboys fans ignore Jerry Jones' management or understand only that he can make changes to his management of the team, and do not choose to talk about it (often).

Likewise, some Cowboys fans talk about Jones' management. They choose talking about him over not talking about him.

Dallas' fanbase numbers in the eight digits. Fan forums, like CowboysZone, are microcosms of the team's fanbase. That means hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of fellow Cowboys fans do not feel like you do and do feel like you do.

You are not alone. You never will be. Voice your thoughts about Jerry Jones if that is your choice.

It's very amusing to me ...when people think Dallas Cowboys fans are a different breed than the rest of humanity / sports fans.

I try to not say to much to them when they say it...I suppose they have every right to their own opinions too.

 

[Spottswoode]

Been a fan all my life. Spent time around a lot of the ‘70’s Cowboys as my father did promotional work with them.

The last game I went to was at Texas Stadium.
The last (and only) jersey I owned was Roger Stauback and I didn’t buy that.

You don’t have to spend money to be a fan.

Roger Stauback was a Roger Staubach impersonator in the 70’s.

 

[DanTanna]

I get all my Cowboy gear from Temu. They probably don't pay Jerry very much...

 

[DallasEast]

Been a fan all my life. Spent time around a lot of the ‘70’s Cowboys as my father did promotional work with them.

The last game I went to was at Texas Stadium.
The last (and only) jersey I owned was Roger Stauback and I didn’t buy that.

You don’t have to spend money to be a fan.

I have always wanted the forum to discuss this further. It is 100% true. It is not mandatory for any fan to spend money on the franchise. Not one red cent.

It is also true that fans can fan like they want. This is what Jerry Jones has corrupted so badly. He is not the franchise. He has been and will be a temporary owner of it. The franchise itself will outlive us all.

Some fans (not you necessarily) guilt-trip their fellow fans about the money they put into Jones' pockets. Another fan wants others to see a Cowboys cap on their head. Guilt-trip. Another fan wants to wear a player's jersey. Guilt-trip. Another fan (not someone just visiting, but an individual who actively follows the team) wants to watch their team in person. Guilt-trip.

The examples go on and on. In my opinion, there is zero need to browbeat fellow fans for their fanship of the team--no matter what their views and convictions are, for which Jones remains an intractable management liability.

Jones will make billions regardless of whether he is the owner and general manager or simply an owner. There is nothing wrong with anyone expressing their discontent with his management by not spending anything on merchandising, etc. That said, the world will not suddenly go cold turkey and not contribute to his bottom line either.

Some fans feel good wearing a Dallas cap, jersey, and/or rooting within the confines of AT&T Stadium. They enjoy repping their fanship for the team. In my opinion, that is a positive feeling anyone should embrace within an unending, three-decade-long, Jerry Jones management bubble.

 

[Ranching]

That's the funny part of this whole 'stick it to Jerry' thing. Even if the entire state of Texas stopped watching the Cowboys games he still makes money because of the shared revenue. So why bother?

Jerry will stop making money soon enough when nature does it's thing and sends him to his eternal dirt nap. When that time comes it won't matter if he's worth $5 or $500 billion.

Maybe you'll get there first and send him a scouting report

 

[Ranching]

I have always wanted the forum to discuss this further. It is 100% true. It is not mandatory for any fan to spend money on the franchise. Not one red cent.

It is also true that fans can fan like they want. This is what Jerry Jones has corrupted so badly. He is not the franchise. He has been and will be a temporary owner of it. The franchise itself will outlive us all.

Some fans (not you necessarily) guilt-trip their fellow fans about the money they put into Jones' pockets. Another fan wants others to see a Cowboys cap on their head. Guilt-trip. Another fan wants to wear a player's jersey. Guilt-trip. Another fan (not someone just visiting, but an individual who actively follows the team) wants to watch their team in person. Guilt-trip.

The examples go on and on. In my opinion, there is zero need to browbeat fellow fans for their fanship of the team--no matter what their views and convictions are, for which Jones remains an intractable management

Jones will make billions regardless of whether he is the owner and general manager or simply an owner. There is nothing wrong with anyone expressing their discontent with his management by not spending anything on merchandising, etc. That said, the world will not suddenly go cold turkey and not contribute to his bottom line either.

Some fans feel good wearing a Dallas cap, jersey, and/or rooting within the confines of AT&T Stadium. They enjoy repping their fanship for the team. In my opinion, that is a positive feeling anyone should embrace within an unending, three-decade-long, Jerry Jones management bubble.

I like to wear my swag, especially after a loss....I don't remember, ever getting a negative comment, at least not from a stranger. They are my team, win or lose. My crying amd temper tantrums didn't work when I was a kid, and they wouldn't work now, so why bother. Like a former governor of Texas, once said....just sit back and enjoy it. Poor choice of words for what he was talking about, but they fit when it comes to a game.

 

[Ranching]

Is it okay if I buy something that alludes to the Dallas Cowboys, but isn't licensed merchandise?

Gee, thanks!

Buy some azzless chaps and a hat

 

[Ranching]

I remember when I was in the 3rd grade, we had the big kid in our class, I think he was like 15 or 16, and when the teacher left the room, she would say, "Rockport, you're in charge, you're the class monitor." I remember it to this day.

We had a guy like that, his name was coogs, I'd give him a wedgie and take the desert from his lunchbox as soon as the teacher left. Some kid named @dupree89 would feel sorry and split his desert with him

 

[Runwildboys]

Buy some azzless chaps and a hat

Again?

 

[Spottswoode]

I have always wanted the forum to discuss this further. It is 100% true. It is not mandatory for any fan to spend money on the franchise. Not one red cent.

It is also true that fans can fan like they want. This is what Jerry Jones has corrupted so badly. He is not the franchise. He has been and will be a temporary owner of it. The franchise itself will outlive us all.

Some fans (not you necessarily) guilt-trip their fellow fans about the money they put into Jones' pockets. Another fan wants others to see a Cowboys cap on their head. Guilt-trip. Another fan wants to wear a player's jersey. Guilt-trip. Another fan (not someone just visiting, but an individual who actively follows the team) wants to watch their team in person. Guilt-trip.

The examples go on and on. In my opinion, there is zero need to browbeat fellow fans for their fanship of the team--no matter what their views and convictions are, for which Jones remains an intractable management liability.

Jones will make billions regardless of whether he is the owner and general manager or simply an owner. There is nothing wrong with anyone expressing their discontent with his management by not spending anything on merchandising, etc. That said, the world will not suddenly go cold turkey and not contribute to his bottom line either.

Some fans feel good wearing a Dallas cap, jersey, and/or rooting within the confines of AT&T Stadium. They enjoy repping their fanship for the team. In my opinion, that is a positive feeling anyone should embrace within an unending, three-decade-long, Jerry Jones management bubble.

Completely agree.

I don’t begrudge anyone for spending their money however they want. Memorabilia is not my thing and I prefer pro games on TV v. live. But it doesn’t change my perception of those who prefer memorabilia or live games or fandom. I would be much more likely to have a negative impression of those whose impressions are so easily influenced.

FWIW, my original comment was a little inaccurate. I should have said Texas Stadium was the last time I paid for a ticket.