Jerry Jones won't change (1 Viewer)

[Ballstein]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/locker-room-reporter-still-hasnt-gotten-used-to-se,34444/?recirc=tough-season

 

[mbuehner]

Billionaires dont need to change.

 

[flapgreen]

He doesn't care about winning. He cares about being rich and famous. It's working.

 

[flapgreen]

He needs to keep his bag covered, though. :X

 

[Manster]

Its one thing to shower with the team, but to towel off for 20 minutes, snap guys with his towel, and then just kinda "hang out" naked in the locker room. Um, yea.......gnar.

Flap, I gotta disagree. He does care about winning, very much so. In fact his ego is the only thing bigger than his pocket book. I'd argue that he's so obsessed with winning and getting the credit that goes along with it, that with each failure, he's more driven than before. SO, we are stuck with him as GM till he's a vegie with a drool towel. Then we prolly get Stephen......Yay!

 

[ConnSKINS26]

You guys know this is the Onion, right?

 

[LuckyOne]

You guys know this is the Onion, right?

I kinda feel like they may not.

 

[drummer]

You guys know this is the Onion, right?

Funny thing is that with Jerrah that is story is believable.

 

[fantasycurse42]

"Discolored mole on his scrotum" sounds credible... How's the discolored mole on your scrotum doing?

 

[Ghost Rider]

I'd argue that he's so obsessed with winning and getting the credit that goes along with it, that with each failure, he's more driven than before.

This. He can't stand that nearly everyone gives Jimmy Johnson most of the credit for those three titles in the 90s, so he wants to win a Super Bowl that he thinks he will get full credit for, and he will die trying. I almost feel sorry for Cowboys fans. Almost.

 

[MoveToSkypager]

You guys know this is the Onion, right?

The Onion is legit

 

[Phenix]

You guys know this is the Onion, right?

The Onion is legit

If you think the Onion is legit, you have a tough time getting through life.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

You guys know this is the Onion, right?

The Onion makes me cry.

 

[Ack88]

The Onion may be a sarcastic publication, but if this really happened would anyone be even remotely surprised?

 

[Ballstein]

He just hit the showers again

 

[ConnSKINS26]

Would have paid almost any amount of money to see Jerry punch his official glasses-cleaner in the face after that pick. Just to begin with.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

I will say it again - it's aggravating that so many great old threads and thread titles have been archived.

Anyway, this is the last best Jerry thread.

Jerry Jones asked Hoffa's Teamsters for a loan to buy the Chargers in 1966As a 23-year-old in 1966, Jones knew he wanted to get involved in football, but he wasn't quite sure how to do it, so he decided he wanted to buy a team. The big problem for Jones though was that he didn't have enough money to buy a team, so he needed to borrow the money.

In an interview that's set to air on HBO's Real Sports on Tuesday night at 10 p.m. ET, Jones explained how he planned to get that money, and it involved Jimmy Hoffa's union.

Jerry Jones: "I was sitting with them, going over my dreams, when I said, 'Where I really wanna be is in football.' And they said, 'Well, you know, our union might want to be involved in sports.'"

HBO's Bernie Goldberg: "That was Jimmy Hoffa's union?"

JJ: "Yes, that's correct. Teamsters."

BG: "So you went to Jimmy Hoffa's union and asked to borrow money to buy a football team?"

JJ: "Correct. The Chargers. Yes."

BG: "I'm just wondering -- if that deal went through, if Jimmy Hoffa would have ever gone up to you and said, 'You know, it would sure help us a lot if your wide receiver dropped the ball in the fourth quarter.'"

JJ: "Well, of course those things come to our minds all the time. But back at that particular time I was trying to figure out how to get it done. With no money."

According to the Dallas Morning News, Jones eventually agreed to buy the Chargers from hotel magnate Barron Hilton for a price of $5.8 million, but he decided he was going to do it without the Teamsters' money.

However, Jones' deal to buy the Chargers ended up falling through after Jones' dad talked him out of it because the AFL was bleeding money at the time.

The Chargers would go on to be sold for $10 million and Jones would finally buy an NFL team 23 years later when he purchased the Cowboys for $140 million.

In another part of the HBO interview, which you can see here, Jones talks about how everyone's criticism of the Cowboys and him specifically has actually enhanced the franchise's value.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25312697/jerry-jones-asked-hoffas-teamsters-for-a-loan-to-buy-the-chargers-in-1966