Why your team sucks

[BFritz21]

(08-16-2015, 07:31 PM)Beaker Wrote: No ties other than the uniforms, stadium, colors, fans, and entire history.

Only so because of the lawsuit that was filed, but THE TEAM, the group of players, was moved to Baltimore.

Break it down like this:

The original Browns started with a group of players, and then every loss, retirement, trade, draft pick, etc., formed the Browns throughout the years, and it was just team after team, so that's the Browns, right?  Then the Browns, THE TEAM, was moved to Baltimore.  

Modell bought the Browns, not the Ravens.  Modell wanted to take the Browns name with him but couldn't because of the lawsuit, so the only thing left was the technicality.  

If that lawsuit wasn't filed, then they remain the Browns and have all the history, but they were stripped of it all because of the lawsuit, so it's just a technicality because the new franchise had no ties other than the name, city, and uniform.