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Speaker 1: It is Dallas Cowboys CEO Stephen Jones. Good morning sir,

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Speaker 1: Good morning guys. We were hoping that you could give

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Speaker 1: and like the rafts handled it accordingly and ejected the

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Speaker 1: But I do think this will evolve. Appreciate the time

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