(Credit: Screenshot: Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)
Save a horse, ride a cowboy.
Isn't that how the song goes?
I wonder what song is being sung these days at the heart of the Dallas Cowboys after learning that Cowboys.com, a site the team could once have owned, is now sporting men in very different uniform.
In 2007, the team suddenly realized it didn't own Cowboys.com. So it made a bid at auction. The bid was "275."
As Deadspin reports it, team officials thought this meant, well, $275. As opposed to the actual $275,000. The deal fell apart over this "miscommunication."
It seems that those who eventually bought the domain for much more than the team was willing to pay for it didn't know what to do with it. Until now, that is.
For it has been thrust into the world as a male dating site.
Indeed, Deadspin quotes a press release from Cowboys.com LLC that reveals that theirs is now the home for those looking for a gay and straight cowboys -- with the emphasis on the former.
The site itself is up and trotting, with the touching mot... [Read more]
No comments:
Post a Comment