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The Preston Road Trophy and Why Two Billionaire Owners Competed for a Wooden Plaque that Cost $100
by Kristi Scales
http://www.5pointsblue.com/preston-...naire-owners-competed-wooden-plaque-cost-100/
It’s wooden and looks sort of like a birdhouse. It cost $100, but the person who made it thought it was only worth $50, at the most. It doesn’t have the prestige of a Super Bowl trophy, but it’s sure had a prominent place in the homes of two of the most influential owners in the history of American sports. It’s affectionately known as The Preston Road Trophy and it goes to the winner of the Chiefs-Cowboys game.
You see, billionaires who own sports franchises have egos. And bragging rights are a very important thing. Especially when those two owners, both members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, are neighbors on Preston Road in Dallas.
One neighbor, the late Lamar Hunt, was the founder and owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, a franchise that began in Dallas as the AFC’s Texans. The other neighbor is Jerry Jones, the Owner, President and General Manager of the Dallas Cowboys.
This weekend, when the Cowboys host the Chiefs at AT&T Stadium, Jones is looking to recoup the coveted Preston Road Trophy which was created in 1998 by Hunt.Hunt’s idea was to have a trophy made so the owner of the winning team could display it in his home…possibly in a spot where the owner across the street could look across and covet it until the next matchup between the two teams...
by Kristi Scales
http://www.5pointsblue.com/preston-...naire-owners-competed-wooden-plaque-cost-100/
It’s wooden and looks sort of like a birdhouse. It cost $100, but the person who made it thought it was only worth $50, at the most. It doesn’t have the prestige of a Super Bowl trophy, but it’s sure had a prominent place in the homes of two of the most influential owners in the history of American sports. It’s affectionately known as The Preston Road Trophy and it goes to the winner of the Chiefs-Cowboys game.
You see, billionaires who own sports franchises have egos. And bragging rights are a very important thing. Especially when those two owners, both members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, are neighbors on Preston Road in Dallas.
One neighbor, the late Lamar Hunt, was the founder and owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, a franchise that began in Dallas as the AFC’s Texans. The other neighbor is Jerry Jones, the Owner, President and General Manager of the Dallas Cowboys.
This weekend, when the Cowboys host the Chiefs at AT&T Stadium, Jones is looking to recoup the coveted Preston Road Trophy which was created in 1998 by Hunt.Hunt’s idea was to have a trophy made so the owner of the winning team could display it in his home…possibly in a spot where the owner across the street could look across and covet it until the next matchup between the two teams...