Company told customers that Cowboys facility collapsed because of new roof, not structural problems

In a letter sent to customers of the Allentown, Pa.-based company, Nathan Stobbe of Summit Structures LLC explained that the Dallas Cowboys' indoor practice facility collapsed this spring because it got a new roof last year for aesthetics, not not structural problems.

Stobbe was trying to reassure customers that their buildings are safe. He wrote "Please be assured that your buildings have been designed, engineered and manufactured to meet or exceed all local applicable building codes."

But the collapsed Cowboys' 80,000-square-foot facility was the fifth Summit building known to have fallen in the last seven years. (Fortunately, no players wearing vikings jersey was there.) And a person with knowledge of the Cowboys' facility at the time of the roof repair said there were several troubling issues, none of them related to the way the building looked. One of the toubles was defects in the fabric that could have caused structural problems if not repaired.

Cowboys GM Jones said there will be not Ring of Honor ceremony this year

The Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said at a ceremony that there will be no Ring of Honor ceremony this year.

"But it will be every bit as emphasized in the new stadium as it was at Texas Stadium," Jones said.

The Cowboys have not inducted any players into the Ring of Honor since the Triplets - Michael Irvin, Troy Aikman and Emmitt Smith - were added on Sept. 19, 2005. And they have not found a place for the Tom Landry statue at the new Cowboys Stadium. But they have already transplanted the 12 oak trees from Texas Stadium in Irving to Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, costing about $200,000 and one month. The trees were transplanted to the the West plaza at the new stadium, an area which will be known as the Texas Stadium grove.