12-21-2015, 10:19 PM
(12-21-2015, 09:41 PM)Benton Wrote: well, in fairness, it wasn't like Cleveland was a crappy franchise the city didn't support. The owner saw a chance to cash in and took it. Not that that's a bad business decision, but it's not the same as the rams where the market isn't strong and, outside of a couple years, there isn't any history.
Actually Cleveland wasn't supported. Yes the fans showed up. But when the owner tried to get a stadium issue out up to renovate municipal stadium the policians balked because they thought the team wouldn't move . Now we can go on about how modell handled the situation. But it's also not fair to say that modell never tried to get municipal renovated or a new one .
Now if you want to talk about what's not fair .... Georgia Fronterie after her husband died (Rams owner) she fires his sons from the team. Then she moved the team to her hometown. And we don't even mention how her husband the accomplished swimmer just happened to drown ...... The Rams were stolen out of LA by some shady means. I also think you could put the Colts/Baltimore in that same scenario. Admittedly I don't know the specifics on that relationship.
