DALE:
DALE: WHEN YOU ARE DOING YOUR+@ FINAL INTERVIEW WITH COWBOYS
OWNER, YOU WON'T DO IT IN ONE
SEGMENT.
SEGMENT.
SEGMENT. THE INTERVIEWS ARE SUPPOSED TO
LAST BETWEEN FIVE OR SIX MINUTES
AND WE WERE HOPING IT WOULD.
THE WEDNESDAY WIND JERRY UP HE
TENDS TO TAL+@K ABOUT.
WE ALL KNOW I DO.
SO HERE'S PART TWO WITH COWBOYS
OWNER JERRY JONES.
BEFORE I END UP WITH A GOO+@FY T
I HAVE BEEN PRACTICING ALL WEEK
LONG, I DO HAVE TO DELVE INTO
THAT SERIOUS ISSUE ABOUT
COVID-19 AND HOW THE NFL AND THE
COWBOYS ARE TRYING TO HANDLE IT.
+@
COWBOYS ARE TRYING TO HANDLE IT. HOW DO YOU THINK THAT IT'S OK TO
TELL A PLAYER THAT HE HAS TO
STAND AT ATTENTION AND +@TOWED E
LINE FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM BUT
NOT OK TO TELL THOSE SAME
PLAYERS THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE
THE VACCINATION SHOT AGAINST
COVID-19?
COVID-19?
COVID-19? >> WE OPE+@RATE +@WITH THE PLAYS
AS A UNION.
YOU MAKE AGREEMENTS, THE
TRADITIONAL UNION AGREEMENT THAT
COULD INVOLVE ANY EMPLOYEES.
THE UNION AGREEMENT DOES NOT LET
US SAY TO PLAYERS YOU HAVE TO
TAKE THE COVID.
IT DOES NOT LET US DO THAT.
DALE: THAT BOTHERS YOU AND
SCARES YOU OFF MORE THAN THE
CONSTITUTION ITSELF?
CONSTITUTION ITSELF? >> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. WHAT IT DOES DO IS SAY THAT IF
SOMEBODY DOES DO SOMETHING NOT
IN THE BEST +@INTEREST OF THE
+@
+@ TEAM,
+@ TEAM, THEN THEY JUST END UP NOT
PLAYING.
PLAYING.
PLAYING. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY
DON'T GET PAID BECAUSE OF THE
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.
>> DO YOU THINK THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL THAT THE ARGUMENT
SURROUNDING THE VACCINE COULD
DIVIDE A FO+@OTBALL TEAM, MUCH
LESS THE ARGUMENT HAS MANAGED TO
DIVIDE AMERICA?
DIVIDE AMERICA? >> I THINK THAT THE EXCEPTION OF
DAK PRESCOTT, JASON WHITNEY,
THEY ARE IN THE WEEDS.
+@
THEY ARE IN THE WEEDS. THEY UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF
RELYING ON EACH OTHER.
AND WE ARE NOTHING IF WE ARE NOT
A TEAM.
A TEAM.
A TEAM. SO WE WANT TO DO WHAT'S IN THE
BEST INTEREST OF THE TEAM.
THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO SOMETIMES
SACRIFICE WHAT'S IN YOUR BEST
+@
SACRIFICE WHAT'S IN YOUR BEST INTEREST.
INTEREST.
INTEREST. AND IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF
THE TEAM NOT TO H+@AVE TO FORFET
THE GAME WHEN ANOTHER TEAM COMES
TO TOWN AND YOU HAVE TO FORFEIT
+@
TO TOWN AND YOU HAVE TO FORFEIT THE GAME.
THE GAME.
THE GAME. BY THE W+@AY, YOU DON'T GET PAI.
NOT ONLY THAT, YOU LOSE A CHANCE
FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP, WHICH COULD
BE LIKE GETTING BARRED FROM THE
OLYMPICS, AND YOU MAY NEVER SEE
IT FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
DALE: DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT
THE PROTOCOLS THAT THE NFL IS
INSTITUTING AND THAT THE COWBOYS
ARE FOLLOWING IN OXNARD, ARE
THEY REALLY DOING ANYTHING OR
ARE YOU PAYING LIP SERVICE TO
ARE YOU PAYING LIP SERVICE TO+@ GIVE THE IMAGE THAT YOU ARE
DOING SOMETHING?
DOING SOMETHING? >> THEY ARE PHYSICALLY EFFECTIVE
AND SUCCESSFUL.
AND SUCCESSFUL. LAST YEAR WE HAD PROTOCOL AT THE
+@
LAST YEAR WE HAD PROTOCOL AT THE STADIUM.
STADIUM.
STADIUM. WE HAD 30,000 PEOPLE PER GAME IN
THE STADIUM.
THE STADIUM. 22% OF A+@LL THE ATTENDANCE IN E
NFL WAS AT COWBOYS STADIUM.
WE HAD DISTANCE, WE HAD SEATING,
+@
WE HAD DISTANCE, WE HAD SEATING, WE DID EVERYTHING TO A PROTOCOL.
I DON'+@T K+@NOW OF+@ ONE CASE
CONTACTED IN THE ENTIRE YEAR, A
QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE CAME
OUT THERE, 30,000 A-GAME.
I KNOW NOT ONE CASE CAME ABOUT
FROM COMING TO THOSE GAMES.
DALE: I'VE PUT TOGETHE+@R A COUE
OF NOTES HERE ON WHAT'S HAPPENED
.
.
. SINCE
. SINCE THE LAST WON A SUPER BOWL
IN 1996.
IN 1996.
IN 1996. NICHOLAS CAGE WON THE OSCAR THAT
YEAR.
YEAR.
YEAR. HE
YEAR. HE HASN'T WON ANYTHING SINCE
THEN EITHER.+@
THEN EITHER.+@ YOU'VE HAD SEVEN COACHES WHILE
WE'VE HAD SEVEN PRESIDENTS SINCE
YOU LAST WON+@ A SUPER BOWL.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS A JIMMIE
JOHNSON IN THE ENTIRE BUNCH, IS
THERE?
THERE?
THERE? I'M NOT SURE EITH+@ER ONE OF THE
HELPS US OUT.
>> I JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE A LIST
THAT HAS A COUPLE OF THINGS ON
IT.
IT.
IT. DO
IT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED
SINCE YOUR REPORT -- SINCE HE
DECIDED TO RETIRE, Y+@OUR STOCK
HAS GONE UP 50%.
D+@ALE: HERE'S THE THING, +@BOTM
LINE IS, I'M RETIRING SEPTEMBER
2, AND AS YOU CAN PROBABLY
IMAGINE, QUITE A FEW PEOPLE ARE
HAPPY ABOUT THE FACT THAT I'M
LEAVING.
LEAVING.
LEAVING. +@HOW ABOUT YOU GOING WITH ME WL
MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.
>> I WAS ALWAYS HOLDING OUT, I
KNEW YOU HAD TO BE THE FIRST TO
GO.
GO.
GO. FOR
GO. FOR SURE.
FOR SURE.
FOR SURE. SERIOUSLY, SERIOUSLY, I WANT TO
SAY THIS ABOUT A GUY WITH A BIG
HEART, AND WE HAVE APPRECIATED
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. I
YOU. I HAVE APPRECIATED YOU IN THE+@
YOU. I HAVE APPRECIATED YOU IN THE+@0
SOME ODD YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED. YOU HAVE BEEN A GREAT ASSET, A
GREAT A+@SSET.
GREAT A+@SSET. YOU ARE ALWAYS A FROG+@.
I SAY TH+@AT LOVINGLY BECAUSE I
KNOW MANY OF YOUR THINGS YOU'VE
DONE BEHIND THE SCENES.
WHAT I REMEM+@BER THE MOST IS WT
A GREAT SON YOU ARE.
AND I KNOW YOU+@ CALL ME, MY
DADDY'S REAL SICK, IS THERE
ANYWAY WE COULD ARRANGE A VISIT
AND TALK?
AND TALK?
AND TALK? WE TALKED AND YOU OPEN MY EYES
ABOUT TWOFOLD+@ ABOUT THAT'S A N
WANTING HIS DAD TO HAVE SOME
LAST-MINUTE ACTION.
LAST-MINUTE ACTION. DALE: I WILL SAY IT BACK AT YOU
AND I WILL SAY A FEW THINGS
BEFORE THE WEEK IS OVER ABOUT
HOW MUCH I HAVE ENJOYED IT.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY MY FAVORITE
PART OF EVERY TRAINING CAMP I
HAVE BEEN TO THE LAST 40 YEARS.
BUT CERTAINLY THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TALK WITH YOU AND I APPRECI+@AT.
>+@> LET ME SA+@Y THIS, I DID NT
FIRE YOU, YOU QUIT.
DALE: I KNEW I WAS RIGHT ABOUT
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. I'M
THAT. I'M GLAD WE AT LEAST CLEARED
THAT UP.
THAT UP.
THAT UP. I WIL+@L TALK ABOUT THEM BEFORE
THAT UP. I WIL+@L TALK ABOUT THEM BEFOREE
ARE HEADED BACK TO TEXAS.
+@BUT THIS+@ IS WHAT THE COWBOY
ARE HEADED BACK TO TEXAS. +@BUT THIS+@ IS WHAT THE COWBOYN
IS DEALING WITH.
+@
IS DEALING WITH. THIS IS THE REALITY.
WHEN THE COWBOYS WON THEIR LAST
SUPER BOWL IN 1996, THEIR NUMBER
ONE QUARTERBACK+@ WAS DOING NUMR
TWO IN HIS PANTS.
DAK PRESCOTT WAS IN DIAPERS.
TH+@E WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING
FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS, FOR THEY
WIN ANOTHER SUPER BOWL, JERRY
AND I MIGHT BE IN DIAPERS.
WE ARE BACK TOMORROW.
MIKE LESLIE IS BACK WITH THE
REST OF THE DAY'S EXPORTS STICK
AROUND.
AROUND.