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Jerry Jones — whose internet price exceeds $8.5 billion and who held the Dallas Cowboys‘ digital draft on his $250 million superyacht — has by no means been extra relatable than he was Friday evening.
Addressing the media following Day 2 of the 2020 NFL draft, the Cowboys’ proprietor/normal supervisor tearfully vowed that the upcoming season will be performed within the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
“Sure, we’ll have soccer,” an emotional Jones mentioned, through 105.three The Fan. “Hopefully, the trouble and work we’re making an attempt to do proper right here will repay in a couple of weeks and months for having our followers to have the ability to see actual soccer.”
Many criticized the league for holding the draft whereas the virus ravages the nation, killing a reported 50,000 Individuals and crippling the financial system. The variety of whole instances within the U.S. has topped 905,000, in keeping with information from Johns Hopkins College. Jones, a member of President Donald Trump’s financial activity drive, seen the occasion by means of a unique lens, nevertheless.
As a substitute of railing towards the NFL’s perceived shortsightedness, he — like most others — loved a wanted escape from a harsh actuality.
“At a time when individuals are hurting, at a time when individuals are questioning, at a time the place folks don’t have the solutions – nobody does – I feel the NFL and sports activities stepped up and created a respite,” Jones mentioned. “We created a diversion. We created, if you'll, some sort of business-as-usual method.”
Jones could run an iconic franchise and he himself could also be an especially polarizing and fashionable determine. However, at root, he’s additionally a proud patriot who doesn't query for one second the nation’s eventual return to glory.
“There is no such thing as a query we’re going to get again as a rustic,” he mentioned. “There is no such thing as a query, and after we do, as we at all times do, we’ll be higher than we ever have been.”
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