The Evil Jerry Jones
There is a lot of hate directed to Jerry Jones and he feeds off of it. And whether you like it or not, next to Roger Goodell he is probably the most powerful person in the NFL. The Cowboys are one of the top earners as far as teams go and most popular nationally.
And here is a news flash......I'm sure Jerry hasn't been hurt by the weather this week. For decades the NFL has had the Super Bowl in cities that had mild winter weather like Miami, New Orleans, Tempe and Los Angeles. That trend has been abandoned the last decade and there are Super Bowls planned in cold weather sites like Indianapolis and New Jersey. You can bet they will be back to Arlington so Jerry Jones isn't all that worried. There will be a record crowd attending and seeing that the teams are franchise giants the TV ratings will be huge too. Dr. Evil will be happy tomorrow.
But while some of you are enjoying JJ's possible embarrassment we really need to think about the thousands of folks and businesses who lost a large amount of cash this week, not only from the Super Bowl but just regular income. A number of my fellow musicians had gigs cancel because restaurants and bars closed. You have to also think about the other folks who work in those establishments. They lost money as well. Limo services, taxies, vendors, etc all lost money. Economically the storm on Tuesday was a disaster. It hurt regular, hard working folks and in reality didn't hurt Jerry Jones. He still has more money than any of us could even fathom. He will get another huge pay day and Super Bowl in the future.
So my heart goes out to those who were hoping to make some extra cash that a big event like this brings. I hope you can at least pay the rent this month because my favorite weather man says more ice is coming mid week.
Enjoy the game.
agreed - the real losers this week have been local small biz owners and their staff. I am reminded of a Teddy Roosevelt quote, though, which applies to those small biz owners AND to Jerry Jones -
ReplyDelete“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”