On November 6, 1995, owner of the Cleveland Browns, Art Modell, made an announcement that broke the heart of Cleveland football fans, that he was moving the team to Baltimore. Ironically, the fans in Baltimore had lost their own beloved Colts after the 1983 season when they moved to Indianapolis.
Digging Deeper
Clevelanders should have known better than to think their Browns were sacred, since back in 1945 the NFL franchise Cleveland Rams announced a move to Los Angeles for the 1946 season. Incredibly, this came right after the Rams had won the NFL Championship in 1945! Even before that, in 1928 hapless Cleveland fans lost the NFL Cleveland Bulldogs to Detroit, where they became the Wolverines. Before that, they were the Canton Bulldogs. The NFL (National Football League) proves with their ongoing game of musical chairs that money comes first and fans come second.
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