Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross needs to listen to his fan base

The Miami Dolphins are hot right now. The winners of two in a row and the latest against the best team in the AFC, or at least they were. Now it’s time for Stephen Ross to listen to his fans and give them what they want.

In professional sports it is very rare for a franchise to do what the fans want. It is after all a business and making money is as important as winning although it is safe to say they both tend to go hand in hand.

In Miami the Dolphins have a great owner. After a few trying seasons early in his ownership, Ross is becoming a big player in the NFL. He has a fan base that supports his team win or lose. He has brought change to pro sports with programs such as RISE. Now he needs to do something else. He needs to sit back and listen. Ross tends to stay out of the day-to-day business of the team leaving that to his general manager and Mike Tannenbaum. Now he needs to make them listen.

Jarvis Landry is a major cog in this offense. He is the heart and the soul and his efforts on game day are never less than 100%. And he needs to be re-signed. The fan base wants this. They deserve this. Too many players have come and gone the last two decades and many have gone on to have very good careers for other teams. Landry will flourish on any team he signs with.

He should be flourishing in Miami for the rest of his career or at least until his effort fades. Miami fans continue to hope for a turnaround. Continue to hope for a team that resembles a champion and letting play makers leave does not build a team.

For Dolphins fans, Landry is the jersey they want to buy but hesitate. They scream his name at games and rarely does he not deliver. Landry is more than a slot receiver, he is everything that the Dolphins have tried to build for a decade. A corner piece of the team that can be built around. Miami wants so badly for Ryan Tannehill to be that guy but he isn’t.

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Mr. Ross, put your foot down and tell your executives to make this happen and not let him leave. You owe this to your fans. Give them someone to hang their hopes on. Someone they can cheer for without worry.

The fans however want something else too. You should know this by the way your fans embrace the throwback uniforms. Enough is enough. The current logo is neat and clean and shiny and we know you put a lot of money into it. It isn’t taking. Fans want history. They want a return to that uniform.

Did you see how awesome those uniforms looked? How great that logo in the middle of the field looked? This isn’t about winning it’s about tradition. Jimmy Johnson changed that tradition and his cartoon logo stuck around way too long and change was needed. Now it’s time to go back to what fans have been clamoring for.

Imagine the sales you would have if the old logo was your new logo? Tradition is a part of pro sports. The Browns have never changed their helmets, the Cowboys still have the star, the Steelers still have their same logo. There is no need for something new and shiny when everyone wants what is right.

With the stroke of a pen you can petition the NFL for a logo change. You can bring back our teams history with one signature. You know your players want it, your coach wants it, and I am certain there are more within the organization that wants it as well.

See Mr. Ross this is the thing, when it comes to the uniforms, it shouldn’t be what you want or what they want but what the fans want. They are the ones wearing the hats and t-shirts and getting the tattoos.

I have been to a lot of games over the years, a lot for a fan who doesn’t live anywhere near Miami and I can tell you nothing has come close to the feeling of watching the team wear those uniforms. It’s time Mr. Ross. It’s time to get those uniforms on the field not just a game or two a season but for good. And hey, you could always use the current logo as a throwback.

Give the fans what they want Mr. Ross. Get Landry signed and give us back or logo and uniform. It’s time.

Might as well retire the number 99. We want that too.