DALLAS COWBOYS, AMERICA'S BAD TEAM

I have been watching Dallas since they appeared in their silly Roller Derby uniforms in the early 1960s. They were wretched and so was their league. Then, when football people like Tex Schramm ran things they got good, all the way to Super Bowls. All class walked out the door with Tom Landry and his Old School ways.

Jerry Jones is an example of money in the wrong hands. Jones is the George W. Bush of NFL owners. There have been few good ones since those who succeeded the Originals of 1920 sucked most of the verve out of the game. There is a reason Pittsburgh, the Giants, Pats, and now the Falcons, have happy fans more often than not: Their owners truly care about the fans feelings, not just their pocketbooks. Jones is one of those too long to getting things his own way, the rest be damned. Absolute Power results in a an absolutely corrupt excuse of a football "team." The Eagles are lucky to last another week, against a real team.

If one wants to see lopsided games featuring the home team rolling roughshod over the confused visitors, why not watch Friday Night high school football? It is free. Most of the "student-athletes" have way too much to worry about than their egos.

It all starts at the top, and all the money in the world will not BUY Jerry Jones what HE wants. Meantime poor Poke fans suffer. The guy in the cheapest seats cares more about the team than the Dallas owner and his sycophants, obviously, since the hard core Cowboy fan is paying out the bread for this absurd enterprise. And He sits there, with his kid at his feet, face stretched ready to rip as he Watches Romo Burn any credibility this franchise once had. Roger Staubach was a gentleman, which is hard to say about yesterday's losers with overbloated paychecks.

Jones should go run some Banana Republic, buy a General's uniform and go torture some poor souls who deserve it. Jones is an insult to the Game, its fans and the great state of TEXAS.

Whenever I think the Rams have hit bottom all I have to do is check out the Nightmare In Dallas. And we Rams fans know BAD -- but two Super Bowls in ten years is cool. Compared to Jerry Jones, who drinks his own Kool-Aid and lives in delusion.