Jerry Jones Goofs On Cowboys Stadium Name

the sponser will definitly want the rights to the stadium name. but in my opinion the field itself is the sacred place. that should be the shrine to tom landry. that is where his contribution was made and that is where he would want it and be most honored in it. tom never made a big deal about the whole moving to texas stadium from the cotton bowl. he said that it will be great for the players to have such a fine new home. it'll bring a lot of pride to them and the fans in texas. he did say that it won't mean much if we don 't get it done on the  "field". stadiums are for the owners and the money people. fields are where the deposits are made. that's were tom's name should be honored forever.

What Tarhell Paul said. Remember the original name for FedEx Field? It opened in '97 or '98 as Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, after the late owner. I don't think the original name lasted into the new millennium.

If we're going for a temporary name, it makes sense to stay generic. What I'd like to see is something like what Denver did: go corporate but keep something in the spirit of the team, i.e. Tom Landry Field at AT&T Stadium...or Frito Lay Field at Tom Landry Stadium...Landry definitely deserves his due though.

The fans can name players, so why not their field?

I'm saying if we all just call it Landry Field, who knows, maybe it'll stick?

As far as its ridiculous name? It's a place holder so I'm not going to overly scrutinize it.

I think that naming the playing area after T.L., is a great idea. If not that, how about the home side grandstands?

you can call a building buy a name such as "the smith building". then within the "smith building" you can have a special office or suite that you would call the  "jerry jones room"???? so i'd go as far as to say it very well maybe jerry's intention to do this just. when the corporate sponser is found, they will have the name of the stadium rights with the provision that the "field" is called "tom landry field".......i do believe that this has been talked about? it would be an honor for a business to be associated with tom landry and his name sake fieldzzzzzzzz????? any company would bend over backwards for that move. i'd plan on it happening also.

I completely gagree with you Tarheel Paul.  You took the thoughts right out of my brain.  I could not have said it better with myself.

Jerry did not goof. He made the best decision he could have made. The name "Cowboys Stadium" is temporary until the economy turns around and then he will sale the naming rights. Why sale the naming rights now for half of what you could get in a year or two? So lets say he named it "Tom Landry Stadium". So, what happens in two years when a large corporation pony's up the money he was looking for? He would then have to change the name and everybody would go crazy because he "disrespected" Tom Landry again by changing the name of the stadium. Hey, I'm with you on the fact that Tom Landry Stadium would be a great name if that was going to be a permanent name but in todays NFL all most all stadiums have corporate names. It's just a smart buisness move on Jerry's part. But he could name the field after Tom Landry. That would be a great move.