02-01-2017, 06:26 PM
(01-31-2017, 06:26 PM)Nately120 Wrote: I can understand this to an extent, but if you started or inherited an NFL team you shouldn't be required to leave your brand and imagery in a city if you move. Like it or lump it, Mike Brown owns the Bengals, which were founded by his father and he should have the right to keep that brand even if he decides to move. Then again, taxpayers and the cities now sink a lot of money into building and maintaining these teams/brands, so I guess you can't have your cake and eat it too.
It's their team, but it's the city's image. Cities are intimately linked with their teams names and insignias. Do you think that if the Yankees moves to Las Vegas for instance that the Las Vegas Yankees makes any sense or carries any cachet? Do you think art modell really cared that he had to call his team something else. He didnt care if it was the browns or the ravens...all he cared about was that the team he owned won to SBs.
