National Football League

Jerry Jones won't sacrifice home games for London

Published Nov. 7, 2014 1:01 p.m. ET

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LONDON -- One of Jerry Jones' cherished memories is the image of Princes William and Harry upon Princess Diana's lap as young boys wearing Dallas Cowboys attire. For the Cowboys owner, president, and general manager, his team playing in London has "cache."

However, Jones won't sacrifice a home game for that glamour, even if it costs him a successful Super Bowl bid.

"As you're well aware, we don't play many games relative to other sports and so that's not something we're interested in doing, foregoing a home game," Jones told the media on Thursday.

And for good reason: Last week's game against the Arizona Cardinals was the Cowboys' 199th consecutive home sellout, which is a league record that extends with each game at AT&T Stadium. The commitment Jones has to season ticket holders is too large for him to put the Cowboys in London for a home game.

Still, Jones doesn't believe his stalwart stance on keeping all eight home games in Arlington will prevent the Cowboys from ever crossing the pond again.

Said Jones: "Our away games and our ability to play away has always been a consideration and something we would do. Again, the trip, the experience everything that is involved with it is a big plus."

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With regards to the rumor that the NFL will strike down any Super Bowl bids that aren't packaged with the host team surrendering a home game to play in London, Jones explained that it is merely a suggestion, not a stipulation.

"Keep in mind, when you're asked to bid for a Super Bowl, they give you a proposed criteria," Jones said.

"You don't have to follow that criteria. You still may get a vote, and it still may get the vote. And so you usually see suggested criteria, and they will point out to the owners that you didn't adhere to that criteria, but they could still put your city up for a vote."

A win on Sunday will certainly increase Jones and the Cowboys' interest in returning to London. Unless another franchise hosts them, or London finally gets a team, the Cowboys likely won't have a chance to return until 2022, when the Jaguars will next play host to the Cowboys.

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