I know there are a lot of Cowboy haters out there, but if there was any doubt that the Cowboys are still America’s Team, it was erased with an article in the East Valley Tribune.     Apparently, there are just too many Cowboys fans showing up for Arizona games, so the Cardinals have a plan in place to limit the number of Cowboys fans that show up to the game.

In order to keep the Cowboys fans out, Arizona is requiring anyone that wants to buy a ticket to the Cardinals-Cowboys game to also buy a ticket to the Cardinals vs Saints preseason game.   This would make buying a ticket a bit steeper for any Cowboys fan who doesn’t want to waste an afternoon watching the Cardinals play a warmup game.

Of course, sneaky Cowboys fans could always buy the tickets then sell the preseason ticket on E-bay.   And the plan could backfire for Arizona if not enough Cardinals fans are willing to buy two tickets instead of just one.   And if the game isn’t sold out before the season starts, are they going to require people to buy a ticket to a game that has already been played?  Or will they risk a blackout?

Another interesting point to the story is whether or not the NFL should even allow such a thing to happen.  There are plenty of games between teams close enough that the opponents fans can have a large contingent in the stadium, and — ultimately — this pairing of tickets is very anti-fan (even if, for the moment, it is anti-Dallas-fan).

But, at the end of the day, we still have one simple fact:  There’s one team in the NFL popular enough that such a rule was put in place to limit their fans at an away game.   And that team is America’s team.