Jerry Jones blind to enemy colors, why fans are turned off by Cowboys

[L.T. Fan]

Holy shit.

Ok, LT. You win.

It was a stupid question. We clearly need to figure out how not to sell tickets to opposing fans.

For the umpteen time I am not interested in fixing ticket sales to opponents. That is why I think it was a stupid question.

 

[L.T. Fan]

You can't "restrict" per se, but as others have already said to you, yesterday would have been prevented if a better product was on the field.

That may be so and that is what should have been addressed.

 

[jsmith6919]

Jerry's been asked how is he going to fix the team numerous times only for the reply to end being nonsense mixed in with a how you lak them 3 superbowls and some lip smacking. The best we can hope for is to make him uncomfortable and I'm all for more of these questions.

 

[Texas Ace]

For the umpteen time I am not interested in fixing ticket sales to opponents. That is why I think it was a stupid question.

But it's not a stupid question - that's the part you keep missing.

Jerry Jones' actions have invited these types of questions and interactions with the media. As I said before, you don't see the owners of the Patriots, Seahawks, Broncos, and 49ers being asked that, do you?

Do you think that's a coincidence?

 

[NoDak]

For the umpteen time I am not interested in fixing ticket sales to opponents. That is why I think it was a stupid question.

Oh, yeah. You're right. You're clearly not interested in fixing ticket sales to opponents.

But what can Jones do about that. In fact what can anyone do about it. The tickets are sold by agents to who ever pays.

That's my thoughts as well that the sports writer should be addressing but it doesn't offer a solution to restricting ticket sales to opponent fans.

To me it is a stupid question because it is designed to try to embarrass rather than address the primary problem. If you and others think it can be fixed by fixing the team then that is the approach to take in an interview. Maybe even more relevant to tickets would be a question of is there any plans to restrict sales to opponent fans. Instead the question was how did all this red get in here. We all know how it got in. They bought a ticket from a ticket agent.

Your response is puzzling to me. I am not sure what recent time remarks are but I am not sure how that addresses restricting sales to opponents since that is how the "red" was created.

Well now that's my point. What can or could be done to keep them out.

Again how does that address restricting opponent ticket sales? All your responses address the same thing I think should have been asked. Namely how does Jones plan to fix the team.

 

[L.T. Fan]

But it's not a stupid question - that's the part you keep missing.

Jerry Jones' actions have invited these types of questions and interactions with the media. As I said before, you don't see the owners of the Patriots, Seahawks, Broncos, and 49ers being asked that, do you?

Do you think that's a coincidence?

Okay. To me it was a stupid question regardless of who it may have been posed to because the system allows anyone who has the money to buy a seat. Opponent fans will avidly try to get tickets to ATT Stadium because of the novelty of it. It's like a trip to Disneyland for them. This will continue regardless of the product Dallas puts on the field. If anyone wants to think it is relevant because it will serve as a catalyst to lighting a fire under Jones then help yourself. Meanwhile opponent sales will continue just because it is almost like a bucket list for fans across the country.

 

[L.T. Fan]

Oh, yeah. You're right. You're clearly not interested in fixing ticket sales to opponents.

Nice try No Dak but those are all statements about the irrelevance of addressing ticket sales in the first place.

 

[Texas Ace]

Meanwhile opponent sales will continue just because it is almost like a bucket list for fans across the country.

Exactly, and that's why Jones was asked that question - because of how open he's been about filling seats and making money.

 

[L.T. Fan]

Exactly, and that's why Jones was asked that question - because of how open he's been about filling seats and making money.

Well it's gonna happen. Can we agree on that? If so that's why there was so much red in the stands. Next time it will be purple or green or some other color. And they will be in force because it's an e experience for fans. If a fan can make one trip a year to an opponents stadium my guess Jerry's world will be high on the list.

 

[data]

Instead of criticizing the reporter for not trying to fix it with a question to embarrass, why not criticize the man who's been embarrassing us fans for over a decade because of his failure to fix it?

 

[Texas Ace]

Well it's gonna happen. Can we agree on that? If so that's why there was so much red in the stands. Next time it will be purple or green or some other color. And they will be in force because it's an e experience for fans. If a fan can make one trip a year to an opponents stadium my guess Jerry's world will be high on the list.

Yes, we're going to have opposing fans, but it shouldn't and hasn't been to the magnitude we saw yesterday.

That was a result of the poor product that Jones has put on the field.

 

[L.T. Fan]

Instead of criticizing the reporter for not trying to fix it with a question to embarrass, why not criticize the man who's been embarrassing us fans for over a decade because of his failure to fix it?

That's the way I would have gone.

 

[L.T. Fan]

Yes, we're going to have opposing fans, but it shouldn't and hasn't been to the magnitude we saw yesterday.

That was a result of the poor product that Jones has put on the field.

Gonna happen.

 

[ravidubey]

What could Jones do about it? How about put a better team on the field. One that the local fans would want to watch, and wouldn't be so apt to sell their tickets.

And the problem is made worse with such a huge stadium. No home crowd is a full 90K even for a great team. At a minimum the endzones are going to be full of opposing team fans. The Raiders had problems filling the LA Coliseum and actually reduced its seating capacity to avoid blackouts.

 

[E_D_Guapo]

I think that is what I said the reporters should be addressing instead of trying to find some silly question tailored to try to embarrass.

Jerry Jones deserves these types of questions and every bit of the embarrassment that comes with them. He is as big a "look at me" personality as there is in professional sports. If he wants to draw that type of attention to himself/his franchise then he had better be prepared to deal with questions like that. They're looking him alright, and what they see is a bad football team with a fanbase that no longer sees the point in paying top dollar to come see them play.

 

[skidadl]

This has taken this team to another level of sadness. It truly is pathetic.

 

[Texas Ace]

This has taken this team to another level of sadness. It truly is pathetic.

Like I said, it's a very sad state of affairs right now.

It should come as no surprise that local fans aren't interested in spending 400 bucks on this product.

 

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Do you guys recall this?

49er fan sues NFL over playoff tickets

Updated: April 27, 2014, 6:20 PM ET
RENO, Nev. -- John E. Williams III has been a San Francisco 49ers fan since John Brodie was throwing touchdown passes at Candlestick Park in the 1970s. So he was excited about the prospects of scoring a ticket to make the trip to Seattle in January to watch the rivals battle in the NFC Championship Game.

But the Las Vegas man says in a $50 million lawsuit against the NFL that his hopes were dashed by the league and others he accuses of engaging in "economic discrimination" with an illegal ticket policy limiting credit-card sales to selected pro-Seattle markets. His lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas says it was part of an effort to keep 49ers fans away and further promote the Seattle Seahawks' boisterous home-field advantage at CenturyLink Field.

"They're always boasting up there about their 12th player and everything else," Williams told The Associated Press on Friday. "But by allowing the NFL to decide who can or cannot attend the games, you make it an unfair game. Seattle fixed it."

Williams, who works as a promoter in the entertainment industry, said that because the NFL relies heavily on public subsidies and money from taxpayers to build stadiums it should not be allowed to deny ticket sales to individuals on the basis they are "not from an area determined by the team -- or the NFL -- to be fan of that team."

"The practice of withholding the sale of tickets from the public at large and allowing only credit card holders limited to certain areas is a violation of the Federal Consumer Fraud Act and/or common law," according to the lawsuit filed April 15.

In the case of January's game, the Seahawks limited ticket sales only to credit cards with addresses in the states of Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Alaska and Hawaii, as well as the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta.

As a result, he said, he suffered "economic discrimination and violation of public accommodation solely" because his credit card was not issued in the restrictive states or Canada -- "which is not even part of the United States."

"This selected process is contrary to the spirit of the NFL and contrary to public accommodation," said Williams, who is seeking $10 million in punitive damages on top of $40 million in real damages.

Brian McCarthy, the NFL's vice president of communications, said the league has no comment on the lawsuit.

Officials for California-based Ticketmaster, which is now part of Live Nation Entertainment Inc., and the Seahawks did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Williams said he had made up his mind that if San Francisco beat the Carolina Panthers in a semifinal game, he was going to buy tickets to the NFC title game in Seattle for himself, his roommate, a girlfriend who lives in Canada and her daughter.

San Francisco beat Carolina 23-10, then lost at Seattle 23-17.

"I live in Las Vegas, but I'm originally from San Francisco. I've seen John Brodie back in the day, and Joe Montana. I really wanted to go up there to see the Niners," Williams said. "I think the tickets should be sold on a first-come, first-served basis, not based on who they want in the crowd."

 

[Cotton]

I don't think its a stupid question. Its just one that can't be fixed right now. Jerry should be held accountable for the crapstain on the field so keep asking these questions.

Yep. He should have to answer every last one of them. This idea that he shouldn't is ridiculous. Matter of fact the question should have been "Just how responsible do you feel for all of those red shirts in the crowd? Or does it matter to you since you are making boatloads of money regardless?"

 

[Angrymesscan]

For the umpteen time I am not interested in fixing ticket sales to opponents. That is why I think it was a stupid question.

First step to fixing a problem is acknowledging there is a problem, the lack of fans is proof of that...?

Maybe if his nose is rubbed in it enough he will accept that he's slowly killing the golden goose with his inept "GMness"