The Dallas Cowboys – So Who Cares What Mexico Thinks?
The Dallas Cowboys, also known as America’s Team, are almost more famous and followed abroad than they are in our own city. One place where the Cowboys have developed a huge following over the years is with our neighbors to the south-Mexico.
“Mexico is the country with the most NFL fans outside of the United States,” said NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue in a statement. “Our fans in Mexico are knowledgeable and passionate and they are ready for this next step. They have supported our American Bowl games in record numbers and NFL programming has been part of television in Mexico for many decades.”
While traveling in Mexico this holiday break I picked up a copy of an American newspaper called The News. I’ve always enjoyed the paper as they cover current events with a completely different perspective often revealing facts and data that you cannot find in mainstream domestic journalism. Headquartered in Mexico City, the home of a Dallas Cowboys pre-season game in Aug of 1994 which set a record attendance for the Dallas Cowboys at 112,376, it shocked me to see an article that was “down on Americas team”. Though I read it in disagreement, I could not help but nod my head at several points made in the article.
In the sport of golf, there is a simple notion that regardless of how many 300 yard drives a player makes, generally 6″ putts define the game. The article entitled “Dallas Doesn’t Prosper With Excess Star Power” carried the same notion. The 6″ putt? The upcoming Philadelphia game. The 300 yard drives leading up to this? Pacman, T.O., and Romo’s stardom.
Despite the distractions of the media and the personalities that make up the team, the success for the Dallas Cowboys comes down to one game.
“Lose and they will have gone as far as Detroit. That might sound like a cheap shot, except it comes from receiver Roy Williams, the latest star added to the Cowboys’ galaxy. He arrived in October from the woeful, winless Lions and was counting on making the playoffs for the first time in his career, but now he’s bracing for his usual long offseason.‘[Teammates] joke about me with the 0-16 Detroit thing and I just told them, ‘If we don’t win this game, we’re all in the same boat. We both are going to be watching the same playoff game next week,’ ” Williams said. “They all understood that. That put it in perspective.’” Source TheNews.Com.MxAfter reading the article, it dawned on me that The Dallas Cowboys have more riding on this Philadelphia game tan a shot at the NFC playoffs. What is riding on this game is their international reputation. When an American football team is successful, its fame swells worldwide. In Dallas, we will always stand behind our team regardless of the outcome. But when The Dallas Cowboys enter the NFC playoffs, the bigger win will be felt as support for America’s team reverse worldwide. There is a lot riding on the next couple of games. I am confident that The Dallas Cowboys will use this opportunity to prove to the world who they are!
Do you think it matters what the rest of the world thinks or should we just concentrate on our Dallas fan base?
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