Dak Prescott Is Being Praised As God's Gift To Football For Skipping The Kanye Concert Because He Had Work In The Morning
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KVUE – If you offer free Kanye West concert tickets to an ordinary 23-year-old who has work in the morning, they’d probably take them in a heartbeat. But Cowboys rookie quarterback Dak Prescott is no ordinary 23-year-old.
With Tony Romo injured, Prescott is the starter, and he’s not taking this opportunity lightly. He turned down Kanye tickets to stay at home, watch football and get to bed early. Sports Illustrated’s Pete Thamel shared the anecdote in his cover story about the young QB.
Kanye West was playing in downtown Dallas at the American Airlines Center, and one of the few companies Prescott endorses had sent him some sweet seats in Section 105, just left of stage.
Prescott did the math aloud: Kanye will go on after 9. The show will last a few hours, which means getting home after midnight. The decision was clear. He offered the tickets to his childhood friend, Cobi Griffin, who declined. So Dak kicked back in a recliner, Cobi sprawled on the couch and the two spent the night flipping between a Texans-Patriots game and Clemson-Georgia Tech. “I wanted to go a little bit,” Prescott said of the concert. “But I just think about the perception of it all. And I love my sleep.”
Kanye’s Saint Pablo Tour concert in Dallas was on Sept. 22, which was three days ahead of the Cowboys’ game against the Chicago Bears.
In that game, Prescott threw his first career touchdown pass, and Dallas won, 31-17. Maybe Prescott would’ve been fine if he had went out for one night, but who knows, maybe he needed the rest to perform as well as he did.
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“No ordinary 23 year old” uhhh yeah I’d say. What a fucking square. Seriously how do you trust a guy who makes life choices like this? Skipping the concert of the year to watch a Patriots/Texans game where I don’t think Houston passed the 50 yard line and the Clemson/GT game that was over in like the first quarter? No wonder the Cowboys said they’re going straight back to Romo as soon as he’s healthy, can’t have a guy that lame leading your team, I don’t care how efficient he is and how few interceptions he’s thrown and how many games he’s won. This is Dallas. You don’t make a name for yourself playing mistake-free football and skipping Kanye concerts. Jerry Jones certainly won’t tolerate that non-spotlight grabbing bullshit. Save stuff like that for New England or something, loser. It’s not good enough for the Cowboys and it’s certainly not good enough for Club Cool.