Jerry Jones Super Bowl Off To A Rough Start

[Chico23231]

If I was Goodell, Id be sooooooo pissed at the Cowboy organization. The focus should be now on getting a labor deal done and now he has to deal with this nightmare. Its a flat out embarressment for the league

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

If I was Goodell, Id be sooooooo pissed at the Cowboy organization. The focus should be now on getting a labor deal done and now he has to deal with this nightmare. Its a flat out embarressment for the league

Thank god it's a NON SKINS story right now

[CRedskinsRule]

I said it before, and I hate defending JJ, but the NFL is mainly responsible for the seat fiasco. They take over the stadium and preparations and the owner organization mainly sits on the sidelines, or provides them with appropriate contacts. Now, JJ probably pushed hard to have those seats sold, and he should not have, but the NFL is the main responsible party in this situation.

NFL knew last week Super Bowl seats might be unusable, but who's to blame? | Super Bowl XLV News - Sports News for Dallas, Texas - SportsDayDFW

[Defensewins]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

I said it before, and I hate defending JJ, but the NFL is mainly responsible for the seat fiasco. They take over the stadium and preparations and the owner organization mainly sits on the sidelines, or provides them with appropriate contacts. Now, JJ probably pushed hard to have those seats sold, and he should not have, but the NFL is the main responsible party in this situation.

NFL knew last week Super Bowl seats might be unusable, but who's to blame? | Super Bowl XLV News - Sports News for Dallas, Texas - SportsDayDFW

I have to respectfully disagree with this. Of course a local newspaper is helping to do some damage control for Jerry.
I manage an arena and I have local fire marshall approval for all of the extra seating options in my arena. In the odd chance there is a set up that we had not thought of and do not have Fire Marshall approval, Rule #1 in any arena, DO NOT sell any tickets until AFTER Fire Marshall signs off on the drawings of the proposed extra seating layout. That is Stadium Management 101 stuff, bush league.
Plus the the people that run the stadium are on first name basis with local Fire Marshalls, not the NFL. The arena management should have had approval months ago.
You throw in the major blunder of not building a motorized height adjustable center screen that is the biggest in creation and you have some major/expensive blunders at that building. Someone is going to lose their job.

I heard on ESPN NFL show today that in the negotiations NFL with players union, the owners are complaining about increased operating costs. When the NFL pays $500,000 to have the F16's do a fly by during the terribly performed national anthem, where the roof is closed and couldn't see the planes. You have to question the NFL leadership as well. So much money is flushed down the toilet.

[CRedskinsRule]

On the other hand, a leaking roof would fall under JJ's domain

Add Leaky Cowboys Stadium Roof To 2011 Super Bowl Problems - From Our Editors - SBNation.com

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

On the other hand, a leaking roof would fall under JJ's domain

Add Leaky Cowboys Stadium Roof To 2011 Super Bowl Problems - From Our Editors - SBNation.com

Ok lets not get carried away. The leak was so bad one guy was cleaning it up with a mop. Thats a non issue.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Ok lets not get carried away. The leak was so bad one guy was cleaning it up with a mop. Thats a non issue.

Ok, but its a non-issue on a 1.3 BILLION dollar stadium that is less then 2 years old. AND its Jerry Jones stadium. So I can still find room to laugh about it.

[Lotus]

Apparently the Cowboys, not the NFL, are significantly to blame for Ticketgate. They also screwed over their own fan base, not because of technical difficulties with temporary bleachers, but because of a greedy desire to set an attendance record.

Class action includes Cowboys PSL owners | ProFootballTalk

[firstdown]

Funny thing is when I started this thread I thought we would get a quick laugh at a few things going wrong for JJ and Dallas hosting the SB. I did not have any idea that things would get this bad for them. Can someone add "And Finish" to my thread title. LOL

The 2010/2011 season will be one for the Cowboys to remember for a long time.

[Lotus]

Now the truly dark side: Jerry Jones was willing to put fans in unsafe seats.

Arlington officials prevented Cowboys from assuming risk of incomplete seats | ProFootballTalk

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Lotus

Now the truly dark side: Jerry Jones was willing to put fans in unsafe seats.

Arlington officials prevented Cowboys from assuming risk of incomplete seats | ProFootballTalk

Inside that article it links to this one:
Documents outline Cowboys' involvement with troubled Super Bowl seating project | Super Bowl ...

which gives a step by step breakdown of the fiasco from the regulator's documents. Amazing that they didn't even apply for the permit until a month before the SB.

My governmental cynic side though wonders how much of a risk there was, or was this a case of an over zealous regulator. Hard to know for sure, but all in all it seems like the company Seatings Solutions just couldn't get the job done.

[Dread-Skin]

I love every bit of this bad press and financial woes for JJ. If they find him guilty of putting peoples lives in risk or simply using them to generate revenue than I expect him to pay substantially to those families. Maybe he can hauck that mega screen to pay back his debt.