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Is the Jerry Jones "Fishbowl" Undermining the Cowboys?

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4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Jerry Jones has built the Dallas Cowboys into the most valuable sports franchise in the world. But the 28 years since they last won a Super Bowl have been marked by a remarkable string of playoff failure. And this season, after three losses in a row, it looks like the letdowns in Big D will continue.  Back in the offseason, former Cowboys tight end Dalton Schultz identified a challenge very unique to Jerry’s team when he said “there’s [fans] literally going on tours while you’re lifting in the weight room… it’s a zoo.” That comment caught the attention of our Kalyn Kahler, who was inspired to take a closer look at these fan tours of the team’s facility and how they’ve become a significant distraction for the players.  So with the rival Eagles looking to put a fork in the Cowboys season on Sunday, Kalyn Kahler brings us her report from inside “The Star” and explores how Jones obsession with the spotlight has put the quest for another title in perpetual peril.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Kael and Kailer, we're here to talk about the Cowboys and their team. But first, I have a story to share with you.

0:08.2

Let's hear it, Clinton.

0:11.1

While it relates to this story, you just wrote about fans taking tours of The Star, which of course is the entertainment complex that houses the Cowboys Training Facility. And I need to tell you a story about the first

0:22.1

time I ever went there. I happen to be dating somebody who had a very public facing position for that

0:27.8

team, if you know what I mean. And she was one day like, you're ever put to the star? We're going right now.

0:32.5

I was like, okay. So we went down there, went and had brunch, I think. It was a great time.

0:38.1

They've got a bunch of restaurants, so those of you who don't know.

0:41.0

And I walked into the Cadillac dealership.

0:42.9

I was borderline convinced to buy a car.

0:45.9

That's how much fun I was having.

0:48.4

I bring all that up to say, why were you ever interested in this to begin with?

0:52.9

So I first heard about this, the tours in Dallas Dallas because I heard Dalton Schultz, a former

0:58.2

Dallas tight end, talk about it on Pat McAfee last spring.

1:02.0

And he, it was really interesting hearing what he had to say because he said that the Cowboys

1:07.1

facility is literally a zoo dude dude was his quote to Pat.

1:11.6

Dude, it's just like you, there's people literally going on tours while you're listening

1:15.6

in the weight room.

1:16.5

They've got a one-way mirror for people to like look at like it.

1:19.1

Like it's literally, it's a zoo, dude.

1:21.6

There's people tapping on the glass like trying to get people's attention as they're doing,

1:25.7

you know, power cleans or whatnot.

1:27.5

And it's just, it's different.

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