President Trump's 1984 comment on the Dallas Cowboys has gone viral following Wednesday's impressive news about the franchise. The Dallas Cowboys remain America's Team for a reason. While it's been more than 25 years since the Dallas Cowboys won a Super Bowl, no professional American sports ...
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President Trump's 1984 comment on the Dallas Cowboys has gone viral following Wednesday's impressive news about the franchise.
The Dallas Cowboys remain America's Team for a reason. While it's been more than 25 years since the Dallas Cowboys won a Super Bowl, no professional American sports franchise is more popular than Jerry Jones' team. On Wednesday, the Cowboys were named the most valuable professional sports franchise in America.
Sportico announced that the Dallas Cowboys are worth a striking amount: more than $10 billion, to be official.
The Dallas Cowboys were officially valued at $12.8 billion by Sportico. They are the most valuable team in America. The Los Angeles Rams trail the Cowboys by a couple of billion, valued at more than $10 billion.
President Trump, meanwhile, passed on the chance to own the Dallas Cowboys back in 1984, when they were put up for sale.
The President of the United States passed on the chance to own the Dallas Cowboys for $50 million. Three-plus decades later, they're worth 240 times more than that.
Donald Trump had said that he felt “sorry for the poor guy who is going to buy” the team.
Donald Trump passed on buying the Cowboys in 1984 for $50M saying he felt “sorry for the poor guy who is going to buy” the team.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) August 14, 2025
Today, @Sportico says the Cowboys are worth $12.8 BILLION, meaning if Trump bought the team then, it would have returned 14% a year for 41 1/2 years! pic.twitter.com/F4FpZDWahT
Back in 2018, Jerry Jones admitted that he wished that President Trump wouldn't get involved in the NFL's businesses. President Trump, who was in office in 2018, took issue with NFL players kneeling for the national anthem.
"His interest in what we're doing is problematic, from my chair, and I would say in general the owners' chair," Jones said at Wednesday's news conference to open training camp. "It's unprecedented, if you really think about it. But like the very game itself, that's the way it is and we'll deal with it.
"We feel strongly about how we deal with it and we'll do so accordingly, but, yes, I, like everybody, would like for it to go away."
If President Trump had bought the Cowboys in 1984, things - including America - would look a lot different today.
President Trump's 1984 Comment On Dallas Cowboys Goes Viral After Today's News first appeared on The Spun on Aug 14, 2025
This story was originally reported by The Spun on Aug 14, 2025, where it first appeared.
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