DALLAS—The roof has caved in at showplace Cowboys Stadium but they will still proceed with the Antonio Margarito-Manny Pacquiao fight card Saturday night.
Still, I can't see stadium and NFL Cowboys team owner Jerry Jones, who was a gregarious and ubiquitous host for the March 13 bout between Pacman and Joshua Clottey at the same glittering venue, having the luxury of of dealing with boxing very much this week.
The roof has fallen in, figuratively speaking as the stadium' chief tentant--”America's Team,” the usually beloved but also hated 'Boys—are on fast track to gridiron oblivion,.With the 45-7 embarrassment, the 'Boys might be able to relate to Ricky Hatton after he got blitzed by Pacman.
Even Phillips said he held his nose during the Packer walkover, saying, “We looked like a bad team with bad coaching.”
Miami Heat superstar LeBron James commented on the wreckage on his @King James Twitter account, saying that "this is just ridiculous..."
Dallas is now 1-7, some rate them as worse than winless Buffalo and one Dallas Morning News pigskin pundit sees them finishing “no better than 3-13.”
For his part, Jones said “everyone in the country will agree there is lots wrong with this team.”
So, if Jones skips the prefight press conferene and/or the weigh-in, you now know why in advance.
Jones will meet and speak with all the players today (Monday). They could be read the owner's riot act.
Sometimes, a guy who owns a stadium and an NFL franchise has to have other priorities.
With some fans putting bags on their heads for anonymity and another pundit pleading with others to boycott the stadium in protest of the team record and miserable effort, Jones has to put boxing, even Pacman, down on his list as a “maybe” right now.
Even New York Football Giants fan and Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum gets the picture.
"They are trying to right the ship,” Arum said the other day of Jones' storied team.
(mlcmarley@aol.com)
Source: examiner.com
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