The NFL couldn’t have blocked Modell from keeping the history, colors, name, etc. All that sort of thing was destroyed when Al Davis beat the NFL in court in order to move to L.A.
I agree with you the name, etc. should stay in the city, but Cleveland’s lawsuit didn’t compel Modell to leave anything. Polling in Baltimore convinced Modell he was better off starting a “new” franchise here instead of being the Baltimore Browns.
The NFL couldn’t have blocked Modell from keeping the history, colors, name, etc. All that sort of thing was destroyed when Al Davis beat the NFL in court in order to move to L.A.
I agree with you the name, etc. should stay in the city, but Cleveland’s lawsuit didn’t compel Modell to leave anything. Polling in Baltimore convinced Modell he was better off starting a “new” franchise here instead of being the Baltimore Browns.