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Friday, August 29, 2025

𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐏𝐎𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝐑𝐔𝐍 𝐃𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐒 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐒, 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐖𝐁𝐎𝐘𝐒, 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐔𝐓𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

by Jim Barton

Upper left: Mavericks owner Miriam Adelson, right: Mavericks General Manager Nico Harrison, bottom: Dallas owner/General Manager Jerry Jones

2025 was not a good year for Dallas sports teams with the city losing two generational superstars, Luka Doncic and Micah Parsons, in totally dumb trades.

Starting with the Dallas Mavericks, their new owner, heavy Trump contributor and casino magnate, Miriam Adelson, along with former Nike shoe salesman, General Manager Nico Harrison, traded 26 year old Luka Doncic for the aging Anthony Davis and role player Max Christie.

The decision reeked of severe arrogance and incompetence and the fans reacted with thunderous "Fire Nico!" chants during the Mavs final season games at American Airlines Center.

Then, a couple days ago, came Jerry Jones, typically acting as if he's the smartest person in the room, sending the Cowboys most dynamic defensive talent, Micah Parsons, to the Green Bay Packers. The pompous Jones, in a post-trade news conference kept referring to Parsons as "Michael," not Micah, a mistake indicative of Jone's deteriorating mental state at age 82. Who the hell even knows what Jones' explanation of the trade meant, saying "We've got to stop the run?"

Parsons immediately signed a $188 million extension in Green Bay, leaving Dallas fans to watch their team weakened while their best player thrives elsewhere.

The damage goes beyond the roster. Jones’ refusal to even acknowledge Parsons’ agent, David Mulugheta, has alienated the entire agent community. One veteran agent privately described it as a “time to take the car keys away” moment, a damning indictment of Jones’ ability to operate in today’s NFL.

Michael Irvin, usually a Jones loyalist, didn’t mince words either. He called the trade “dumb” and compared it to the infamous fallout between Jones and Jimmy Johnson that derailed the Cowboys dynasty in the ’90s. The difference this time? Parsons wasn’t just a coach or a system piece. He was the cornerstone of a defense built to compete for a Super Bowl.