American football is a game that originated in the 1960s in the United States of America, heavily drawing from its famous counterpart Rugby Football. It is a game played between two sets of players, with eleven members each. Over the years, American Football has come to become one of the most popular sports in the United States.
The National Football League or the NFL, for short is the American league that conducts various championships, including the Superbowl. It consists of 32 teams in all. Often hailed as one of the richest teams in league, the Dallas Cowboys belong to the Eastern Division of the National Football league. MLB, NBA, and the NHL are the other three leagues that form the bigger league of American Football in the United States. Not only is the team worth billions if they sell-out, but they also generate millions in revenue for the league. Post the 1950s, there had been no representation from the South of Washington in the football league. This void was filled up by the joining of the Dallas Cowboys who joined the National Football League in the year 1960 and are currently based out of Texas.
The Dallas Cowboys have an attractive team logo. The logo consists of a single dark blue-coloured star that shines forth amidst a backdrop of grey and blue. The star is embossed on an image of the helmet that is used while playing this sport. Though in its initial years, it underwent major modifications, it has remained in its current form since 1964. The uniforms of the Dallas Cowboys are also a shade of silver-blue. The lettering on the jerseys is in white. The single-star logo is stitched on to the sleeves of the shirt. The helmets that accompany their costume are also blue in colour, with a vertical stripe that runs across the centre of the headpiece. The team’s mascot is named Rowdy, whose smiling countenance is always dressed in the team’s favourite colours of blue and white.
The Dallas Cowboys play tournaments at various stadiums and at across different venues in the country. The Cotton Bowl stadium located in Fair Park, Texas, the Texas stadium located in Irving, Texas and the AT&T stadium in Arlington, Texas are some of the stadiums in which they are often played. The home stadium of the Dallas Cowboys, however is the AT&T stadium in Texas. They train in various venues across the United States of America. Some of the training camp sites are Oregon, Minnesota, Michigan, California and Texas and the venues keep changing every year.
As America team, people love to bet on the Dallas Cowboys. Their Super Bowl odds are always low because everyone likes to bet on Dallas.
The group is famous for its long-standing rivalries among various other close contenders. The Washington Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys are famous for their rivalry that according to some sources, developed even before the teams came into existence. The disagreement was based on the animosity between their team owners. If the rivalry with the Washington Redskins developed in the early 1960s, the Philadelphia Eagles rose to greater ranks of rivalry in the latter half of 1970s. Their relationship is known for on-field rivalry. The rivalry with Pittsburgh Steelers, on the other hand can be traced back to the 1960s. Their rivalry often stems from their unmatched ideologies and ways of playing the game. The New York Giants’s rivalry with the Dallas Cowboys also draws from the past. Through the tournaments in 1960s, the Giants overtook the Cowboys, but the 2007 season is a memorable one as it saw the Giants stealing the show with their impressive performance and victory. A more recent, but still persisting rivalry is of the Cowboys is with the San Franciso 49ers. Starting from the tournaments of the 1970s, it peaked during the 1992-1994 seasons.
With a great online presence, the Dallas Cowboys team has an official website, where one can find every bit of information about the team, the venues, the schedules, the scores and the like. One can easily book tickets by simply logging in to their website and choosing the tickets as per your choice and plan. A three-dimensional, interactive map of the venue is provided to help the fans easily navigate their way through the breathtakingly-huge stadium. A collection of blogs that constantly update themselves about the various schedules of the Dallas Cowboys are also present in the form of links on the website. It is a treasure trove of information for fans who are eager and enthusiastic to catch every moment of action. Current affairs and news articles that are bubbling up every day are captured on the website. The Dallas Cowboys are also active on various social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, Pinterest and Foursquare. With constant updates, they have built a huge fan base via their unhindered online existence. The steps taken by their media management team ensure the faithful and whole-hearted participation by the fan clubs and the larger community. Shopping option is also present on the website, wherein customers can shop for team merchandise.
The current team of the Dallas Cowboys consists of at least forty members, who alternate between various tournaments and matches. While some of them are active members, many of them are kept on reserve for future. Jason Garret is the current head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. The eighth head coach till date, he has been in this position since 2011. An interesting bit of information about Garrett is that he was the first ex Dallas cowboy player who went on to take up the coachman-ship of the team. Jerry Jones, Stephen Jones, Jerry Jones Junior and Charlotte Jones Anderson are the current executive board members. The team also boasts of a horde of other offensive, defensive and speciality coaches.
Not only this, the Dallas Cowboys also boasts of a bevy of beauties in the form of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. With an amazing history and a great website dedicated to their recruitment, these cheer girls are again dressed in shades of white and blue and help to boost the morale of the performers.
