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Dallas Cowboys forget to renew domain name
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 5:47 pm
by cvillehog
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/footb ... de_ph.html
Dallas Cowboys forget to renew domain name, DallasCowboys.com goes down as Wade Phillips is fired
When it rains, it pours for the Dallas Cowboys.
They're 1-7 this season, on pace for their worst seasons since 1989, when they went 1-15. They were thoroughly embarassed on national television by the Green Bay Packers, 45-7, Sunday night. Owner Jerry Jones fired a head coach during the season for the first time when he sent Wade Phillips packing on Monday, promoting offensive coordinator Jason Garrett to fill the position on an interim basis.
The icing on the cake? In the middle of all this, the team's official website DallasCowboys.com went down Sunday night after the team allegedly failed to renew the domain name, according to the Dallas Morning News.
Fans looking for news on the Cowboys' coaching situation instead found a picture of two children playing soccer on a page stating the domain was up for sale.
According to the Dallas Morning News, Jerry Jones Jr., the owner's son, executive vice president and head of marketing for the team is the contact listed for the website in public databases.
The team quickly renewed the domain, but it can take up to two days for the registration to process on all servers. As of Tuesday, the site is back up.
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 6:41 pm
by ChrisHanburger
Would have been awesome to jump on that domain name while it was free for the takin' . The possibilities would be endless
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 9:23 pm
by Deadskins
ChrisHanburger wrote:Would have been awesome to jump on that domain name while it was free for the takin' . The possibilities would be endless
At least charge him a couple mill to get it back.
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 10:41 pm
by SkinsJock
Good idea .... but then ... who'd dirty themselves with .... oh! that's right, there are some that would do ANYTHING for money
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 11:13 pm
by 1niksder
SkinsJock wrote:Good idea .... but then ... who'd dirty themselves with .... oh! that's right, there are some that would do ANYTHING for money
They have been down that
road before, even ttiT isn't that stupid.
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:40 am
by Deadskins
1niksder wrote:SkinsJock wrote:Good idea .... but then ... who'd dirty themselves with .... oh! that's right, there are some that would do ANYTHING for money
They have been down that
road before, even ttiT isn't that stupid.
Sounds like they're
that stupid to me. First, that they would even think they could get the domain name for as little as $275, and then backing out when they found out it was actually $275,000. That's nothing to them, and a tax write-off anyway.
Jerrah's so old, he probably thinks the internets are just a fad anyway.