Super Bowl V remains as part of that heart-rendering time for older Cowboys fans. They would have liked to have seen longtime players like Pettis Norman, who were there when the Cowboys reeked in the early ’60s, taste the sweet championship nectar. Instead, Super Bowl V served them a bitter goblet of disappointment. And the thing that stings the most about Super Bowl V is it seemed like no one really wanted to win that day. At least in Super Bowls X and XIII, the Steelers were out to win on those fateful January days. In Super Bowl V, it’s like the Colts and the Cowboys had an aversion to the Lombardi Trophy similar to when a homeschool basketballer sees a booger on the basketball.

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When Dallas Cowboys Owner and GM Jerry Jones inducted Drew Pearson, Larry Allen, and Charley Haley in to the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor, it brought the total to 20 men (18 players plus Tom Landry and Tex Schramm) in the Ring.

Great Player, but don't think he should be in the Ring.(Credit: Manny Rubio-US PRESSWIRE)

I would argue that Jerry, prior to inducting Haley, had done a reasonable job of preserving the sanctity of the Ring. He hasn’t exactly been frugal with inductions: there were only 6 players in the Ring when he bought the club in 1989. But he hasn’t, at least until recently, done anything that would warrant accusations that he had cheapened the Ring.

One of the first polls I ever wrote for The Landry Hat was about whether or not Charles Haley deserved to be in the Ring of Honor. Over 60% of the people (less than 100) said he didn’t deserve to be in the Ring.

Although I had several reasons, one of the main reasons that Haley should not have been inducted into the Ring of Honor was that I felt that it was an insult to Harvey Martin. To read that argument, click here. 

The Harvey Martin vs. Charles Haley debate got me thinking about what other Dallas Cowboys players should be in the Ring of Honor.

Who should be the next player(s) to be inducted into the Ring of Honor?

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