Even with temperatures in the mid-90s amid full sunshine, the artificial turf surface on the south end of The Star in Frisco had fans posing for photos on the replica field.
Mike McNamara said he’s visiting North Texas from Manhattan for a concert with a friend, but the lifelong Cowboys fan couldn’t wait to see the Cowboys headquarters.
“I love being a Cowboys fan in New York,” McNamara said.
That feeling didn’t extend to when his phone buzzed a little after 1 p.m. on Friday while he was touring The Star.
“I was in the war room when I found out, that Micah tweeted that he was demanding a trade,” McNamara said. “I was in the war room. It’s ridiculous.”
“That’s just not how you want to treat your star players. You want these guys to feel valued.”
Several fans snapping photos in the plaza shared a similar sentiment with NBC 5 on Friday afternoon upon learning of the trade request from the Cowboys top defensive player, Micah Parsons.
“For it to happen this close to the season, it pretty much shines a bad light on the organization,” Damon Saunders said.
Saunders, visiting from Louisville, KY, said his Cowboys fandom dates back to Super Bowl XIII and treasures the memories of the three titles in the first half of the 90’s, but adds the approach from Cowboys owner Jerry Jones in recent years regarding contract negotiations with Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb and now Micah Parsons leaves him puzzled.
“I don’t think we’ve made good team decisions. I think we’ve made a lot of business decisions, and I think it hurts us,” Saunders said.
Auriana Perry called the idea of losing Parsons, either via trade or if he leaves the team, “devastating.”
“I hope that the team understands his demands and meets them,” Perry said.
William Contreras, a rising 7th grader from Flower Mound, arrived for the tour of The Star with his dad wearing a white Parsons jersey with the familiar number 11.
When asked how bummed out he would be if Parsons leaves, Contreras said “9” on a 1-10 scale.
“He is really good, so I’m kind of disappointed,” Contreras said. “I’m pretty sad about that if he does get traded.”
McNamara said he was born right around the time of the Cowboys’ last Super Bowl win in January 1996. Now approaching 30 years old, he says many fans of his generation feel disillusioned.
“For younger Cowboys fans, we haven’t seen anything positive,” McNamara said. “It’s brutal.”
“It’s a brutal fan experience.”
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