If you asked Dallas Cowboys fans to list their biggest complaints about Jerry Jones, they would come back with a laundry list of issues. Call it NFL festivus, because we have a lot of problems with him, and he's going to hear about them, even if he won't listen to Cowboys fans about anything.
Excuse me while I tap into my inner Frank Costanza, but the options are limitless. You can refer to the fact that Dallas hasn't been to a Super Bowl since the turn of the millennium, his frugality in contract negotiations, or his power-hungriness that has turned the Cowboys into the bridesmaid of the NFL.
But while on a smaller scale, one of his more annoying traits has to do with AT&T Stadium itself. He refuses to put up curtains to prevent glare or sunlight from coming through onto the field, but FIFA made sure to learn from his mistakes while Dallas hosted a World Cup match on Sunday.
FIFA combats sun at AT&T Stadium during world cup, unlike Jerry Jones
During yesterday's match between Japan and the Netherlands, the Fort Worth-Star Telegram's Nick Harris noticed that FIFA took measures that Jerry never has. He noticed a tint was placed over the big doors on both sides of the stadium to prevent that glare or sunlight from hitting the pitch.
It isn't exactly a curtain, but it's more than we can say Jerry Jones has done to combat the light for the Cowboys. He never puts up curtains for afternoon games, and it's something that fans have been clamoring for for years. But it feels like everyone else knows a curtain is reasonable except for him.
It's a very small issue given the circumstances, but it's one of those things that makes Jerry Jones Jerry Jones. His unnecessary stubbornness on the smallest of issues is infuriating. It's always Jerry's way or the high way. It's that same thing that cost the Cowboys Jimmy Johnson back in the mid-90s.
With the amount of glare and sunlight that hits the field in the afternoon, it's like you're staring into the sun. And if you argue that he strategically designed AT&T Stadium to help the sunlight go through the window, a coin toss could be just as advantageous to a potential opponent as it is to Dallas.
Most stadiums are built north to south to design this very issue, but Jerry Jones, in his infinite wisdom, operated otherwise. And it makes things harder on the players who will struggle to see at times, and the fans, who are better off staring at an eclipse for six hours.
AT&T Stadium is one of the best home stadiums in the NFL, but it's sad that FIFA has a better idea of what to do about the light than Jerry Jones, whose team has played here for almost two decades.
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