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President Trump's 1984 Comment On Dallas Cowboys Goes Viral After Today's News
President Trump's 1984 Comment On Dallas Cowboys Goes Viral After Today's News originally appeared on The Spun. President Trump's 1984 comment on the Dallas Cowboys has gone viral following Wednesday's impressive news about the franchise. The Dallas Cowboys remain America's Team for a reason. While it's been more than 25 years since the Dallas Cowboys won a Super Bowl, no professional American sports franchise is more popular than Jerry Jones' team. On Wednesday, the Cowboys were named the most valuable professional sports franchise in America. Sportico announced that the Dallas Cowboys are worth a striking amount: more than $10 billion, to be official. The Dallas Cowboys were officially valued at $12.8 billion by Sportico. They are the most valuable team in America. The Los Angeles Rams trail the Cowboys by a couple of billion, valued at more than $10 billion. President Trump, meanwhile, passed on the chance to own the Dallas Cowboys back in 1984, when they were put up for sale. The President of the United States passed on the chance to own the Dallas Cowboys for $50 million. Three-plus decades later, they're worth 240 times more than that. Donald Trump had said that he felt 'sorry for the poor guy who is going to buy' the team. Back in 2018, Jerry Jones admitted that he wished that President Trump wouldn't get involved in the NFL's businesses. President Trump, who was in office in 2018, took issue with NFL players kneeling for the national anthem. "His interest in what we're doing is problematic, from my chair, and I would say in general the owners' chair," Jones said at Wednesday's news conference to open training camp. "It's unprecedented, if you really think about it. But like the very game itself, that's the way it is and we'll deal with it. "We feel strongly about how we deal with it and we'll do so accordingly, but, yes, I, like everybody, would like for it to go away." If President Trump had bought the Cowboys in 1984, things - including America - would look a lot different today. President Trump's 1984 Comment On Dallas Cowboys Goes Viral After Today's News first appeared on The Spun on Aug 14, 2025 This story was originally reported by The Spun on Aug 14, 2025, where it first appeared.
New York Times
18-06-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Buss family to sell Lakers for $10 billion to Dodgers owner Mark Walter: Sources
After five decades of control by the Buss family, the Los Angeles Lakers will be sold to Mark Walter, the lead owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, at a valuation of at least $10 billion, league sources told The Athletic. The sale price marks the largest for a North American sports franchise and exceeds the $6.1 billion valuation for the Boston Celtics earlier this year. Advertisement Jeanie Buss, the team's governor, will remain in her current role after the sale goes through. Jerry Buss, Jeanie's father, bought the Lakers in 1979 and his family has run the team ever since. His children took over in 2013 after he died. ESPN was first to report the news. More to come
