Cowboys owner reaches out to Madden, Michaels
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog —
... Speaking in front of the awkwardly named National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics this morning, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones made some interesting comments about his new $1.1 billion stadium in Arlington. Jerry, who is using public funds to pay for a quarter of the monstrous structure, said he could've built it for a paltry $700 million, but decided to pile on because of "perception." ...
Jerry Jones Spends Extra $400M on New Stadium to Impress John Madden
FanHouse —
... So keeping that in mind, Jones' explanation for why he spent 57 percent more than he needed to build the Cowboys' new stadium seems less insane. From Sports Business Daily via Sports by Brooks: ...
JERRY JONES WANTS TO IMPRESS JOHN MADDEN
ProFootballTalk.com —
... , via SportsbyBrooks , reports that Jones said he could have built the stadium for $700 million but “the reason I’m spending [$1.1B] on that stadium in Arlington is because of perception.” No, not the perception that he’s an egomaniac building a monument to himself but the perception of John Madden and Al Michaels. That extra money will go toward affecting the way the two announcers convey how amazing the stadium is to all the people who will never set foot inside it. Jones is concerned about “how John Madden talks about it, and how Al Michaels talks about it, and let me ...
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