Sign the Petition for Landry Stadium!
By Matt Cordon (kh). Filed in Remembering Those Glory Days |
A poster on the Dallas Cowboys Fan Zone has pointed out a new online petition urging the Cowboys to name their new stadium after Tom Landry. Here is the text of the letter:
To: Mr. Jerry Jones
We the undersigned hereby request that in honor of the first coach in Dallas Cowboys history, the name of the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium be named Tom Landry Stadium.
In keeping with tradition of the NFL in naming facilities after founding members such as Lambeau Field, Ralph Wilson Stadium and Paul Brown Stadium, we the fans of the Dallas Cowboys hereby make this request to honor and remember the man who laid the foundation for the most visible franchise in NFL history.
Mr. Jones, we understand your sense of tradition and hope you would take into consideration the desires of your fans and those of this great franchise.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
I am undersigned number 608. As many have pointed out, naming rights are so valuable that Jerry could not possibly pass up the opportunity, but I think it’s still worthwhile to advocate.
Friday, May 25th 2007 at 9:34 am
I fully and completely agree with this request. Tom Landry was the 1st and the best. We should honor him with this naming right.
Monday, May 28th 2007 at 12:16 pm
I fully agree the New Dallas Cowboys New Stadium, should bare the name of the one man responsible for turning the Cowboys into “AMERICA’S TEAM”
and the Stadium should be known as “LANDRY STADIUM”
Monday, June 4th 2007 at 3:09 pm
Look, this is a nice sentiment, but reality check. Are signers of the petition ready to put their money where their heart is? Are they ready to pay drastically increased ticket prices to make up for the loss of revenue from not selling naming rights? I doubt it. I don’t see any willingness to contribute financially anywhere in that petition. Jerry Jones has sunk hundreds of millions of his own money into the stadium because tax payers are only willing to pay for so much. He has to recoup that money any way he can; he deserves to recoup it any way he can, most certainly including selling the naming rights. You can only ask Jerry Jones to do so much. I personally find it rather unfair to seriously ask him to give up that opportunity.