Wedgie wrote:The Sleeping Giant wrote:And how can you not like the browns? If it wasn't for them the Bengals would be the worst team in the nfl.
Might as well as ask why Port supporters don't like the Crows with the 2 teams being from the same state.
Plus the fact the Browns aren't even the original Browns yet try to claim their history.
The browns went into recess from 1995 to 1999.
In 1995, Art Modell, who had purchased the Browns in 1961, announced he was relocating the team to Baltimore, Maryland. The outrage and controversy that erupted, as well as the NFL's desire to keep a team in Cleveland, led to an agreement whereby Modell was cleared to move his team (which became the Baltimore Ravens) but relinquished ownership of the Browns' name, colors, logos and history. That paved the way for the formation of a reconstituted team that resumed play in 1999 after three years of suspended operations.