Editor's note: This story originally ran in September 2013. SportsDay is periodically bringing back past feature stories on D-FW athletes and personalities. Today we examine Jerry Jones' near purchase of the San Diego Chargers.
He was a 23-year-old kid fresh out of the University of Arkansas, brimming with the exuberance of youth but loaded down with a net worth of zero, when the idea struck that he could somehow buy a professional football team.
It didn’t really matter which team. He just wanted in. He had played the game in college and saw unlimited potential in the business of professional football.