Jerry Jones can do whatever he wants. He paid $280 million for the team

[Plankton]

Actually, he paid $143 million for the team, Valley Ranch and the Texas Stadium lease. When he purchased the team, the Cowboys were losing around $1 million per month. While he was buying a great name, he was buying a poorly run business that was not selling out each week.

Now, it's one of the three or four biggest brands in the world. I give him credit for his business skill in accomplishing this.

I also blame him for his inordinately large ego and unbridled narcissism in how he views the organization and on-field operation. As the owner, he has the right to do it as he sees fit. Unfortunately, the fan base enables this behavior by buying merchandise by the truckload, selling out the games, having good nationwide ratings, and cheering this man like a rock star wherever he goes. It's insanity at its highest.

Again, the only way it changes is if he's incapacitated, passes away or if his bottom line takes a hit. The last 17 years have shown that the fan base's tolerance for his operating style is very high.

 

[EPL0c0]

You mean community ownership? That might fly in Green Bay, but it ain't on the agenda in Texas, I'm afraid.

the city owns the stadium, Cowboys lease it from the city. The City should threaten to evict the team unless Jerry steps down and promises to never ever again interfere with the operations of the team and/or to NEVER EVER do another TV/radio/internet interview ever again. haha

 

[DFWJC]

Actually, he cannot do whatever he wants.
It is an NFL franchise and there are limits.

 

[Fmart322]

Is the OP for real? Cowboys fans have been held hostage by Jerry Jones for 19 years, 7 months, 25 days now. It's been 7,179 days since Jerry wanted more say with player decisions. He had a head coach who DOMINATED the NFL landscape for 2 years and that wasn't good enough for him. He wanted to be seen as some important NFL man who could spot great players and make it all happen. What a joke. A bad joke. We've been paying the price for his foolishness since March 29th, 1994.

I haven't given him a nickel of my money in over a half a decade and I don't see that changing any time soon

 

[BoysFan4ever]

Is the OP for real? Cowboys fans have been held hostage by Jerry Jones for 19 years, 7 months, 25 days now. It's been 7,179 days since Jerry wanted more say with player decisions. He had a head coach who DOMINATED the NFL landscape for 2 years and that wasn't good enough for him. He wanted to be seen as some important NFL man who could spot great players and make it all happen. What a joke. A bad joke. We've been paying the price for his foolishness since March 29th, 1994.

I haven't given him a nickel of my money in over a half a decade and I don't see that changing any time soon

I approve of this post.

 

[Fmart322]

I approve of this post.

e="BoysFan4ever, post: 5311490, member: 34703"]I approve of this post. [/quote]



Seriously, people have served less time for murder then Cowboys fans have for putting up with Jerry the emperor. It's like he's our Caligula.

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

I had to read it again for the sheer brilliance. This is the type of hard-hitting insightful post that keeps people coming back to Cowboyszone.

 

[CaptainMorgan]

Im a fan of this team and I can do what I want to also including not giving them a dime of my money in merchandising and ticket sales.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it you drunk bastid.

 

[Hardline]

Free market capitalism at work.

 

[KJJ]

Actually, he paid $143 million for the team, Valley Ranch and the Texas Stadium lease.

The last I checked Jerry's team is now valued at 2.3 billion so if he can keep filling the seats at his stadium to watch a mediocre team that keeps going up in value he'll continue doing what he's doing. He's got to be feeling pretty damn good that he has the most valuable NFL franchise and a packed house for every home game despite having a 500 team every year and an incompetent puppet for a head coach.

 

[Everlastingxxx]

The fun part about being a Cowboys is getting to read, hear and watch Jerry Jones talk about the fact that this is his team and he does what he wants with it every single day. Thanks for the thread. I needed to be reminded of that fact, again.

 

[Beast_from_East]

He is is the owner. yes we don't like his decisions but he can do whatever he wants.

And in other news........................................"Water Is Wet".

 

[Beast_from_East]

Actually, he paid $143 million for the team, Valley Ranch and the Texas Stadium lease. When he purchased the team, the Cowboys were losing around $1 million per month. While he was buying a great name, he was buying a poorly run business that was not selling out each week.

Now, it's one of the three or four biggest brands in the world. I give him credit for his business skill in accomplishing this.

I also blame him for his inordinately large ego and unbridled narcissism in how he views the organization and on-field operation. As the owner, he has the right to do it as he sees fit. Unfortunately, the fan base enables this behavior by buying merchandise by the truckload, selling out the games, having good nationwide ratings, and cheering this man like a rock star wherever he goes. It's insanity at its highest.

Again, the only way it changes is if he's incapacitated, passes away or if his bottom line takes a hit. The last 17 years have shown that the fan base's tolerance for his operating style is very high.

Its like a bad relationship, but you dont want to end it because you can remember how great it once was (90s SuperBowls) and you keep irrationally thinking it can get back to that again even though it never does.

 

[arglebargle]

If you think of Jerry Jones as a stand up comic, it becomes much funnier.....

 

[BoysFan4ever]

If you think of Jerry Jones as a stand up comic, it becomes much funnier.....

Now that's funny.

 

[17yearsandcounting]

 

[john van brocklin]

He is is the owner. yes we don't like his decisions but he can do whatever he wants.

Maybe , Maybe not, Frank McCourt tried that over in the MLB with the Dodgers and the Commish ran him out of town.
Don't know if the NFL Commish has that power or not.
Not saying the Commish should do that with Jerry, but Jerry does have the obligation to the fans to put a competitive team on the field.

 

[Rockytop6]

I've always agreed with this premise. It's his team. We itch and moan about poor contracts, like Ratliff for instance, like its our money. He's the one writing those checks.

Could you imagine buying 10 Lamborghini's and only getting to drive them a couple of times and then have to still keep making the payments??

Yes he writes the checks and can do whatever he wants to do. However, a little bit of that money he is writing checks on is because of the fan support and the tv money generated because of the popularity of the Cowboys
and the down sizing of the standard the fans USED to demand.

 

[Rockytop6]

Maybe , Maybe not, Frank McCourt tried that over in the MLB with the Dodgers and the Commish ran him out of town.
Don't know if the NFL Commish has that power or not.
Not saying the Commish should do that with Jerry, but Jerry does have the obligation to the fans to put a competitive team on the field.

Not according to a lot of the fans that post on here!

 

[Fansince64]

Yes he can. It used to be without a fan base you didn't make money. Now with revenue sharing they all make money off the TV, merchandise, stadium name rights, tax breaks, and seat sales. So they don't have to please their fan base as much altho for most they want to all the above. Then there is the winning aspect. One thing I can say with confidence is Jerry wants to win. There is absolutely no truth in he only wants to make money. He wants to make money and win. He just hasn't been very good about winning for awhile.

Saying "Jerry wants to win" is only part of the statement. The extremely important part you are omitting is "HIS WAY". I honestly and firmly believe if Jerry was assured by God that if he stepped away from football decisions and hired a real GM that he would win 2 more Superbowls, he would not do it. That is how badly Jerry's ego needs to be seen as being responsible for his team winning (if it should ever happen).

Him saying he wants to win is like me saying I want to be rich. Do I? Of course!!! But I either don't want it enough or I don't know how. That is Jerry.


Monte Sliger