Say your favorite professional sports team finds itself on the open market (settle down, Pirates fans; this is only a hypothetical experiment). If you then overhear someone say there's a big-money sports owner from Texas interested in buying the team and keeping it in town, are you hoping it's the guy who likes to watch from the sidelines ... or the guy who likes to watch from the sidelines?

Arguably no two owners in sports have higher profiles than Jerry Jones and Mark Cuban (listen to Cuban's visit with "Mike and Mike" via the link to the left). One took a fading icon of the sports landscape and restored its luster, while the other took a moribund franchise and made it a perennial contender. Of course, neither has seemed to mind tweaking power and earning a headline or two of their own along the way.

Nicolas Marin (Escazu, Costa Rica)

Jerry, how involved are you in gameday football decisions?

Jerry Jones
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I am not in game-day play calling. I am aware and informed as to what our strategy is going to be against our opponent, but I do not influence that strategy with any input. Where I am involved is anything to do with personnel. That might have to do with an injury situation or protection situation. For instance, if we had a left tackle that might be limited, I might be involved in decisions to keep a back in to protect the QB. That would be only from the standpoint of a personnel perspective. I am involved more in the preseason in terms of who we're going to involve so we can evaluate with our staff who will be on our roster. Throughout the year, we're continually evaluating players on our roster to the extent that I would have discussions about if someone would be active with our coach or coordinator. Things that are all defined that are traditionally for the duties of a GM. Full transcript.

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