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Old 08-13-2013, 08:25 AM
 
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Why can't they practice in Valley Ranch like they used to? At least its in Dallas County.

Its not about costs...well maybe with the school district. Jerry has the money to do what ever he wants where ever he wants.
This explains why they are moving from Valley Ranch:
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Old 08-13-2013, 09:03 AM
 
Location: Georgia native in McKinney, TX
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Jerry sucked up the overruns on that stadium to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Arlington put in $325 million, the NFL 150 million, and Jerry paid the rest. The original cost was to be 650 million or so - and the final cost was 1.15 billion.

You do the math.

Jerry lived up to his commitments on that stadium. It hurt but he did it and never complained.

That puts him ahead of 99.99% of most people in terms of character.
Thanks for this info. As a Georgia native and a life time Falcons fan, I don't have a dog in this Dallas/Houston argument. But I continually hear negatives about Jerry Jones from every angle. It's good to hear something positive for a change.
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Old 08-13-2013, 09:44 AM
 
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Thanks for this info. As a Georgia native and a life time Falcons fan, I don't have a dog in this Dallas/Houston argument. But I continually hear negatives about Jerry Jones from every angle. It's good to hear something positive for a change.
Jerry has also helped out A LOT of people anonymously. He has a huge heart.

You have to separate the criticisms of him as GM of the team from his image as a businessman and a human being.
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Old 08-13-2013, 11:10 AM
 
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As a GM he has sucked badly.

As a businessman he's invested heavily in Frisco. This is no surprise. I wouldn't be surprised if he moved from HP to Frisco. That commute has to suck.
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Old 08-13-2013, 11:15 AM
 
Location: Dallas
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As a GM he has sucked badly.

As a businessman he's invested heavily in Frisco. This is no surprise. I wouldn't be surprised if he moved from HP to Frisco. That commute has to suck.
LMAO I doubt that move will ever happen

The image of him and his wife hanging out at Stonebriar Mall or in a Chili's In Frisco is priceless though, but never going to happen.
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Old 08-13-2013, 11:35 AM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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Why should Jerry pay for things when all the surrounding suburbs are dumb enough to? Arlington approved a huge bond to entice The Cowboys to move to Arlington, and they're still called The DALLAS Cowboys. Pretty dumb if you ask me. The city leaders over there promised major development around the stadium, and increased tax revenue, I think that area has actually lost restaurants, and it's still as lame as it was before.

Honestly, I could care less where they move. As long as I'm not contributing to it.
Yeah its very dumb.

You'll even hear the announcers slip from time to time saying "We're live from DALLAS, TX" while showing live shots of DT Dallas, Las Colinas, or Fort Worth, but no Arlington. LMAO

If only people outside of Texas knew about this inside joke. Arlington was stupid enough to vote for it & they ended up getting shafted.
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Old 08-13-2013, 11:35 AM
 
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This is no surprise. I wouldn't be surprised if he moved from HP to Frisco. That commute has to suck.
He probably has the means to take a helicopter, but that's about 30 mins in traffic if he takes a car.


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If only people outside of Texas knew about this inside joke.
It wouldn't be funny since plenty of NFL stadiums are in cities other than their namesake. NY Giants stadium isn't even in New York the state.
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Old 08-13-2013, 11:43 AM
 
Location: ITL (Houston)
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He probably has the means to take a helicopter, but that's about 30 mins in traffic if he takes a car.




It wouldn't be funny since plenty of NFL stadiums are in cities other than their namesake. NY Giants stadium isn't even in New York the state.
And you know he isn't driving himself, so I don't think it would matter. No one with real money moves to Frisco.
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Old 08-13-2013, 11:46 AM
 
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It wouldn't be funny since plenty of NFL stadiums are in cities other than their namesake. NY Giants stadium isn't even in New York the state.
There are only 4 stadiums in the burbs: Miami, NY, DC, Dallas (SF will make it 5)
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Old 08-13-2013, 11:46 AM
 
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No one with real money moves to Frisco.
No one with real money lives in Texas. Haha, dipsh*t classist generalizations are a lot of fun!
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