The last significant victory the Dallas Cowboys have had is almost thirty years ago.

This last season concluded in yet another disappointing fashion for the once-perennial dominance in the NFL.

Additionally, Cowboys supporters have had enough of team owner Jerry Jones following an initial free agency era that saw talents like Tyron Smith leave and return in small numbers.

Dallas area radio host Bob Sturm ramped up calls for Jones to sell the team after the owner said that they couldn’t afford to keep Smith in free agency.

Jones has repeatedly cited the salary cap as the reason for the organization’s inactivity in free agency. But the evidence shows that this isn’t the case.

The Cowboys had multiple avenues to open up a significant amount of cap space before free agency began. Dallas could have extended quarterback Dak Prescott, who is entering the final year of his contract. The Cowboys could extend and restructure super wide receiver CeeDee Lamb’s contract. They could restructure Trevon Diggs’ five-year contract to convert his base salary into bonus money. Or they could rework any number of several other contracts.

But the reality is that Dallas, and Jones, don’t want to do that. As it would eventually come time to pay the piper, and that’s where things get sticky for Jones.

The salary cap isn’t exactly a myth, per se. But it can be manipulated any number of ways if you’re willing to pay for it eventually.

Jones isn’t. He’s happy to make a lot of money at AT&T Stadium from packed houses and non-football events, even though his club is never going to win the Super Bowl.

And it seems like the supporters are now sick of it.

Many irate supporters responded to Sturm’s initial tweet with anger, urging Jones to sell the team or declare that he doesn’t care about winning.

And the data indicates that they are not mistaken.