Since initially becoming a fan of football, the team I’ve been obligated to root for was the Dallas Cowboys. Especially growing up in the DFW area, it’s kind of a no-brainer when determining who to root for.
Unfortunately, those geographical ties have only brought me a world of heartbreak. What once was "America's Team” has turned into “America’s laughingstock,” and there is one person to blame for all of that — Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones.
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