Monday, October 31, 2005

Thoughts

There has always been rumors that the media is biased against the Dallas Cowboys, but I always had a hard time believing it until now. The Dallas Cowboys success has brought them both fans and detratcters. The detracters seem to be disguised the media. Example, I went to the Cowboys game this weekend and then drove 10 hours home. On my way home I flipped several sports stations on my XM radio. While listening to the wrap up of games, with John Clayton, every game was mentioned but one: Cowboys Cardinals game. This happened time and time again on all of the stations. Now I know that this is not a scientific study by any means but maybe it should be. This bias is usually brought to light during Super Bowl weekend when the Hall of Fame inductees are announced. Last year Michael Irvin was the only candidate in the last group that was not inducted into the Hall of Fame. Currently the Dallas Cowboys franchise is the winningest franchise in NFL history but it only has seven members of the Hall of Fame and two of those are not players. Why isn't Bob Hayes in the Hall? He truely is responsible for the modern day passing game. Where is Rayfeild Wright, Ed "Too Tall" Jones, Harvey Martin, Lee Roy Jordan, Chuck Howley, Drew Pearson? If Lynn Swann then Drew Pearson. Fair is Fair. Drew had better numbers. Now I know there will be at least 2 players going in next 5 years, Troy and Emmitt but there are several more that need consideration as well: Irvin, Larry Allen, Woodson, Jimmy Johnson, Charles Haley, and Dieon Sanders? The last two will probably go with 49ers and Falcons respectively. With this my question still remains is there a bias? It sounds like a future research study.

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