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Legendary Dallas sportscaster Dale Hansen announces retirement, takes funny shot at Cowboys

Hansen is retiring after 38 years in the business.

Dallas sportscaster Dale Hansen has been in the media business for nearly four decades with WFAA, and although he’s beloved in Texas, his segments have gone national thanks to social media sharing them.

On Tuesday, he announced he would retire in September and in the process, took a funny shot at the Dallas Cowboys, whom he’s ripped for many reasons over the years.

“There’s an old proverb that says all good things must come to an end, and it’s true, all good things do,” Hansen said in the WFAA post announcing his retirement. “I’ve been waiting 25 years for the Cowboys to win another Super Bowl and I can’t wait anymore.”

Ha! Here’s his on-air announcement:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVeAofHUAWg

Hansen hasn’t just used his “Unplugged” segments to talk sports. He’s taken the time to slam white privilege, emotionally talk about school shootings and so much more. What a legend.

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Dallas sportscaster Dale Hansen on why the Cowboys 2019 ‘is a perfect metaphor for life in America’

The sportscaster is back with another take on the Cowboys and their loyal fans.

The always brilliant WFAA sportscaster Dale Hansen is back with another one of his “Unplugged” segments, in which he delivers an honest opinion to camera. Past subjects have included the hypocrisy of Jerry Jones’ national anthem policy, white privilege in the NFL, and critics who ripped Andrew Luck for retiring.

Earlier this week, he delivered a speech about why the 2019 Dallas Cowboys season is “a perfect metaphor for life in America now.”

“No matter how bad the Cowboys are, how much they disappoint, the promises they don’t keep, the embarrassing performances game after game, they apparently do just enough so the loyalty of the Cowboys fan never wavers.”

“Now,” he added later, “no matter how many outrageous claims to greatness the man in charge will make, so many he appears to be delusional at times, the lies they tell, the questions they refuse to answer, the laws and rules they break, the incompetent people they hire only to be fired, it’s never their fault. It’s the fault of the critic who dares to question their greatness because the true believers know their team is the best team.”

Watch the whole thing here:

Well said, as always.

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