[Richard Kimball]

FWIW, there were two sides to that story. Jones had to buy part of the Cowboys from the bank. The Dallas Cowboys were bankrupt when Jones acquired them. Landry and Schramm had treated the previous owner, Bum Bright, pretty shoddily, refusing to return calls, etc.

According to the grapevine, Jones tried to contact Landry several times. I was a Landry fan, but despite the fact that Jones has, IMHO, screwed up pretty badly since 1993, he's the reason the Cowboys are still in Dallas. Without his intervention, the Cowboys would likely have had to move to another city. Shortly before Scramm was fired, he was giving interviews saying things wouldn't change with the Cowboys, that he and Landry would still be running things. Landry and Schramm intended for Jones to be a silent owner, and were counting on their popularity with the fans to insulate them from Jones being able to have any control over them.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I"m not disputing anything you wrote because I have no knowledge of the history of the owners..... I just got a quick laugh when you mentioned the team might not still be in Dallas. The way they've been playing I was seeing:

The Abilene Cowboys.... lol