Elementary Solution Employed in Dallas Stadium Debauchery [HUMOR]

Even being a Giants fan, I cannot deny the ingenuity and brilliance of a place like the new Cowboys' stadium. It is almost ironic that the fantastic scoreboard could present such a problem for the players and staff.

When searching for a solution, one would have thought the NFL could have come up with some professional sounding explanation for the rule they came up with to solve the issue with the marvel scoreboard in Jerry Jones' monument of a Stadium.

What happened instead is this: The NFL decided that in the event of a punt or kick hitting the scoreboard, the scoreboard stretches from 20-yard line to 20-yard line, 60 yards for those counting, the play will result in a "do-over." That is not to be confused with "givesies-backsies" or "no tag backs."

I guess the NFL executives got the memo to go home and ask their children to give them some advice on the matter, that seems to be the only logical explanation for the language chosen to adopt the rule.

The mere idea of the NFL calling it a "do-over" simply breeds light unto the fact that the whole situation was trivial to begin with.

I mean the punters hitting the scoreboard is a real problem, but the back and forth between the NFL and Jerry Jones reminded me of the classic "tag in the sheepdog car" scene in Dumb and Dumber—the original not the worthless excuse for a sequel.

"You can't triple stamp a double stamp Lloyd! You can't triple stamp a double stamp Lloyd! LLOYD!!" Simply classic.

I can't help but feel like this is what Jerry Jones had coming to him. If you are going to build such a glorious scoreboard, at least bring your punter out to see how high he can kick it.

The precautions that could have been taken to avoid such a debacle are so simple my 28 month old nephew might have been able to figure it out.

I understand that moving the scoreboard up would cost around $2 million dollars, which is chump change for the Dallas organization, but the fact that Jones won't even consider it just keeps feeding my elementary school analogy.

"The NFL told me 85 feet, so we're leaving it at 90."

Gee Jerry, thanks for considering the fans and players in all of this. The fans are being gypped in that the punt is such a boring play to begin with, and to have to watch in more than once in succession is a buzz kill (rest assured their will be drunk people at Texas Stadium).

The punters aren't being considered because it is not only a physical barrier, but a psychological barrier as well, and every time they kick it could mess with their heads somehow and force a bad kick.

This story is more evidence that Jerry Jones views his organizations as a business rather than a football team.