I can understand it if you are a fan, but the term should carry more weight than it does. I would think that there are other teams out there that would find this term insulting. Oh, and have you seen them lately? Certainly this moniker should go to someone that can actually play and win. Sorry, that remark was mean, and I'm pretty sure someone is going to hurt me for that one. My apologies. But I'm not wrong, I really do think we need to revisit this one soon.
I'm referring to this idea that the Dallas Cowboys should get the term, America's Team. I know where it came from, I've seen the video. I understand why it was said, they had the most TV coverage at the time it was released. They had the most recognizable players in the NFL at the time. Certainly the 1990s would help that nickname hold up. I also understand that no other team in the NFL has more haters and lovers than does the Cowboys. And they are not just found in Texas, but everywhere in the country. I get it. I just don't agree with it.
Now this isn't about me putting over my favorite team in the hopes that they will be viewed with such lofty admiration. I'm not that petty, and wouldn't waste peoples time with it. I simply don't think that this title of importance, this amazing honor should fall to this team anymore. I don't think of the Cowboys when I think of football. I don't. That's what this term should mean, the team you associate with America or the team you would talk about to a foreigner who is new to America and wants to know about American Football. So who is that team? Right now, in this era of football, who is that team that you would talk about fondly and say, this is who you need to watch? I think it's up to the individual. I think it depends on who you're talking to. Some will say, New England, others... Indianapolis, others, Green Bay, what about the Raiders? Certainly all of these teams can lay claim to that moniker as well. It's all in the eyes of the beholder which is where I land the plane on this one.
This term, America's Team is something that should be up to the individual to decide, not some panel of experts that think because someone said in the 1970s that it should hold true today. I don't think so. It's my opinion and I'm entitled to it. I don't want to take away from their great history, don't want to take anything away from the most amazing stadium I've ever seen, don't want to upset the millions of fans that love their Cowboys; but I just don't agree with the term. I don't. I think that it should be a term that people on their own feel for their favorite team. I don't want to go somewhere in the world have people ask me where I'm from, and then like some comedic moment from some 1980s movie about a guy getting lost in a country that he doesn't know has someone come up to him and during the conversation the local learns where he's from and declares the Dallas Cowboys, America's Team. That was a mouthful. Sorry about that.
I just want to put this to a vote. I think we need to revisit this term and honestly take a look at the era we are in and honestly, very honestly, think about this. Are they still deserving of this term, and if not, who is?
Please don't hate me... I didn't intend to hurt feelings, or destroy your illusions that your Cowboys are infallible. I speak my mind, and this was something I wanted to speak about.
Until next time
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