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  • Ghoolie GhoolieG One Year In One Month Later Week One Done
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    GhoolieG Ghoolie wrote on last edited by
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    The XFL returns with a new look and philosophu in 2020.

    The NFL has become the thug league that the XFLonce was. The NFL has shot themselves in the foot catering to malignant protests, criminal players and political  posturing.

    There is not one Browns fan who os proud of this franchise or enjoys football Sunday after the game.

    Clearly the Browns franchise is at itxs lowest comparative value wince ot entered the NFL. Clearly it is makong more financial sense to fold tjos franchse, move it, and rename it. This is going to happen. I know it and so do you. This turdfest is not sustainable and no NFL exec looks into the league's future and sees Cleveland in it.

    So why not be ahead of the game for a change? Why not be proactive? Shut Haslam down. Force hom to take this bag of schidt fake Browns team to another city.

    Then, negotiate a deal and put an XFL team in Cleveland. Hell, call it the Browns. 

    Think of it as a true rebirth of Paul Brown. Bring history and tradition to tjenew league and be the first XFL team to beat an NFL team.

    Why continue this mental masturbation and suffer another rin at 0-16?

    The Cleveland Browns have the hardest hit players in the NFL
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        tiamat63T tiamat63 wrote on last edited by
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        At this point I just feel a great swell of pity for this fat bastard.  

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          Just quit feeding this guy, Shmuck..

          Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody!
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            OrionO Orion wrote on last edited by
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            Yup.  Haslam has delivered a bad product.  To the fans and his customers.  Maybe he'll get to go to jail.  Then maybe his son in-law can meddle with the team.

            The new league will be for NFL cast-offs and practice squad wanna-be's.  

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            • GhoolieG Ghoolie

              The XFL returns with a new look and philosophu in 2020.

              The NFL has become the thug league that the XFLonce was. The NFL has shot themselves in the foot catering to malignant protests, criminal players and political  posturing.

              There is not one Browns fan who os proud of this franchise or enjoys football Sunday after the game.

              Clearly the Browns franchise is at itxs lowest comparative value wince ot entered the NFL. Clearly it is makong more financial sense to fold tjos franchse, move it, and rename it. This is going to happen. I know it and so do you. This turdfest is not sustainable and no NFL exec looks into the league's future and sees Cleveland in it.

              So why not be ahead of the game for a change? Why not be proactive? Shut Haslam down. Force hom to take this bag of schidt fake Browns team to another city.

              Then, negotiate a deal and put an XFL team in Cleveland. Hell, call it the Browns. 

              Think of it as a true rebirth of Paul Brown. Bring history and tradition to tjenew league and be the first XFL team to beat an NFL team.

              Why continue this mental masturbation and suffer another rin at 0-16?

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              L LionOfBuddha wrote on last edited by LionOfBuddha
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              @ghoolie said:

              The XFL returns with a new look and philosophu in 2020.

              The NFL has become the thug league that the XFLonce was. The NFL has shot themselves in the foot catering to malignant protests, criminal players and political  posturing.

              There is not one Browns fan who os proud of this franchise or enjoys football Sunday after the game.

              Clearly the Browns franchise is at itxs lowest comparative value wince ot entered the NFL. Clearly it is makong more financial sense to fold tjos franchse, move it, and rename it. This is going to happen. I know it and so do you. This turdfest is not sustainable and no NFL exec looks into the league's future and sees Cleveland in it.

              So why not be ahead of the game for a change? Why not be proactive? Shut Haslam down. Force hom to take this bag of schidt fake Browns team to another city.

              Then, negotiate a deal and put an XFL team in Cleveland. Hell, call it the Browns. 

              Think of it as a true rebirth of Paul Brown. Bring history and tradition to tjenew league and be the first XFL team to beat an NFL team.

              Why continue this mental masturbation and suffer another rin at 0-16?

              Ghoolie... you’re a smart guy. Certainly smart enough to realize money rules everything.

              You really think one billionaire is going to beat out 32 billionaires? It’s not happening.

              As for the political climate, Trump understands this truth. That’s why he knows the best way to save western civilization is to defund the left.

              The owners are simply pandering to keep the masses happy. We as a country won’t always be this PC. This is coming from a millennial. My generation is waking up.

              The NFL isn’t going anywhere. Neither are the Browns. The owners revenue share, plus back in the Jim Brown days, soldiers at war would listen to football and the only team ever on was the Browns. The soldiers went home Browns fans, and now there are Browns backers all over the nation.

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                Yup.  Haslam has delivered a bad product.  To the fans and his customers.  Maybe he'll get to go to jail.  Then maybe his son in-law can meddle with the team.

                The new league will be for NFL cast-offs and practice squad wanna-be's.  

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                GhoolieG Ghoolie wrote on last edited by
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                @orion said:

                The new league will be for NFL cast-offs and practice squad wanna-be's.  

                And the Cleveland Browns are different from this, how? 

                The Cleveland Browns have the hardest hit players in the NFL
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                  GhoolieG Ghoolie wrote on last edited by
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                  Make no mistake, the Cleveland Browns ARE in play. You read it from me first, the Browns ARE going to be moved.

                  Better to accept the level of play. Think of it like the AAFC. The XFL will eventually join the NFL. It is an inevitability, and this is why the early investors into the new league are well represented by existing NFL team owners. The NFL will never expand again. HOWEVER................. absorbing a successful new league that is free of the ghetto bullschidt that is dragging the NFL into the toilet? NOW YA GOT SOMETHING. 

                  Do you think the Browns will be able to beat an XFL team? I say perhaps they could be an 8-8 franchise against such competition.

                  The Cleveland Browns have the hardest hit players in the NFL
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                    By 2020 the Cleveland Browns will be IN the SuperBowl. 

                    We are going to be one of the most electric offenses in the NFL next season.

                    Josh motherShmucking Gordon is BACK! How many games have we won since he was suspended? A handful. Him being back and getting his head on straight is going to be huge!!!

                    Picking up say Saquon Barkley and say Baker Mayfield will make us an electric offense, with Coleman becoming a veteran player, when he stays healthy and gets it, he's going to go off. Very fast and elusive player, added to a young and hungry defensive team! You are selling this team short. Come on man, we are very close. Take your troubled heart and still it, reinforcement have arrived. The tides are turning. This season the fortunes of the Orange and Brown are changing like the leaves. Good times ahead. Promise. 

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                      At this point I just feel a great swell of pity for this fat bastard.  

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                      mjp28M mjp28 wrote on last edited by
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                      @tiamat63 said:

                      At this point I just feel a great swell of pity for this fat bastard.  

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                      GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, INDIANS, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes I like ND!
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                      • GhoolieG Ghoolie

                        Make no mistake, the Cleveland Browns ARE in play. You read it from me first, the Browns ARE going to be moved.

                        Better to accept the level of play. Think of it like the AAFC. The XFL will eventually join the NFL. It is an inevitability, and this is why the early investors into the new league are well represented by existing NFL team owners. The NFL will never expand again. HOWEVER................. absorbing a successful new league that is free of the ghetto bullschidt that is dragging the NFL into the toilet? NOW YA GOT SOMETHING. 

                        Do you think the Browns will be able to beat an XFL team? I say perhaps they could be an 8-8 franchise against such competition.

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                        OrionO Orion wrote on last edited by
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                        @ghoolie said:

                        Make no mistake, the Cleveland Browns ARE in play. You read it from me first, the Browns ARE going to be moved.

                        ...and why?  Because they're not drawing enoughs fans?  In a city where the Browns are loved more than some spouses?

                        It's not the city or the fans that are the problem.  It's the organization.  Moving the organization is not 'fixing' it.

                        An NFL team can survive just fine in Cleveland.  But like any other city...the team has to WIN sometimes.  (it really is true that the Browns have some of the best fans in the league)

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                        • OrionO Orion

                          @ghoolie said:

                          Make no mistake, the Cleveland Browns ARE in play. You read it from me first, the Browns ARE going to be moved.

                          ...and why?  Because they're not drawing enoughs fans?  In a city where the Browns are loved more than some spouses?

                          It's not the city or the fans that are the problem.  It's the organization.  Moving the organization is not 'fixing' it.

                          An NFL team can survive just fine in Cleveland.  But like any other city...the team has to WIN sometimes.  (it really is true that the Browns have some of the best fans in the league)

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                          GhoolieG Ghoolie wrote on last edited by
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                          @orion said:

                          ...and why?  Because they're not drawing enoughs fans?  In a city where the Browns are loved more than some spouses?

                          It's not the city or the fans that are the problem.  It's the organization.  Moving the organization is not 'fixing' it.

                          An NFL team can survive just fine in Cleveland.  But like any other city...the team has to WIN sometimes.  (it really is true that the Browns have some of the best fans in the league)

                          A few things Orion. Billionaires don't think like every day people. Billionaires have egos as big as their bank accounts. It all comes into play, dude. You have Steeler fans growing faster in NE Ohio than Browns fans, you have fans celebrating 0 - 16, a declining market, and the least popular brand in the league.

                          Now, if you think Haslam is the kind of guy who is thinking to himself............how do I sweat my asss off, work my caulk off, spend myself silly to safe face? Especially since NONE of that guarantees a winner. Dude, he is already looking for an easy way out, a reboot. Blaming a one-time team loser is an easy way to go. Cleveland is already considered a joke. Blaming them for poor support and moving is a sensible way out.

                          you think bringing in a GM who bends over and has no say so, and leaving PO and Hue in place is Haslam's way of moving us forward?

                          Cleveland is going to lose the Browns. I promise you.

                          The Cleveland Browns have the hardest hit players in the NFL
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                          • GhoolieG Ghoolie

                            @orion said:

                            ...and why?  Because they're not drawing enoughs fans?  In a city where the Browns are loved more than some spouses?

                            It's not the city or the fans that are the problem.  It's the organization.  Moving the organization is not 'fixing' it.

                            An NFL team can survive just fine in Cleveland.  But like any other city...the team has to WIN sometimes.  (it really is true that the Browns have some of the best fans in the league)

                            A few things Orion. Billionaires don't think like every day people. Billionaires have egos as big as their bank accounts. It all comes into play, dude. You have Steeler fans growing faster in NE Ohio than Browns fans, you have fans celebrating 0 - 16, a declining market, and the least popular brand in the league.

                            Now, if you think Haslam is the kind of guy who is thinking to himself............how do I sweat my asss off, work my caulk off, spend myself silly to safe face? Especially since NONE of that guarantees a winner. Dude, he is already looking for an easy way out, a reboot. Blaming a one-time team loser is an easy way to go. Cleveland is already considered a joke. Blaming them for poor support and moving is a sensible way out.

                            you think bringing in a GM who bends over and has no say so, and leaving PO and Hue in place is Haslam's way of moving us forward?

                            Cleveland is going to lose the Browns. I promise you.

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                            OrionO Orion wrote on last edited by
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                            @ghoolie said:

                            you think bringing in a GM who bends over and has no say so, and leaving PO and Hue in place is Haslam's way of moving us forward?

                            I certainly DO NOT think that Haslam has been moving us forward, no.  I think he's the main problem.  The Old Saying, it all starts at the top, is true in our case.  (any chance him and his Pilot Flying J henchmen will all go to jail together?)

                            Dorsey is stuck with Hue (whether we or he likes it or not)...but he has free agency and the draft to supplement the team with HIS type of REAL football players.  Perhaps Dorsey can put a real team on the field in spite of Haslam.  

                            As bad as the Browns are under Haslam...it's still better than having NO team.  -  But, knowing the last 20 years would be this way, would I have said, "Nah, keep 'em in Baltimore.  I'll do without a favorite team"?    I'd have to think about that.  Certainly our team records would be much better...and we'd have far better negative team records.  And we'd never have been associated with these new horrible uniforms.....

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                              I'd be more excited if they brought back NFL Europe.

                              Anyway, any league that gives the opportunity to watch more football and find/rescue some valuable players is welcome. 

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                              @nero said:

                              I'd be more excited if they brought back NFL Europe.

                              Anyway, any league that gives the opportunity to watch more football and find/rescue some valuable players is welcome. 

                              Maybe you should start your own European Football League.   And since you are in Pamplona, you could give the game a twist.  In addition to the players themselves being out on the field,  have a running of the bulls in with the game, so that in addition to the ball carrier having to dodge the guys trying to tackle him...he would also have to avoid the bulls that are running around trying to gore everybody. 

                              Sounds like a major attraction, no?

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                                Make no mistake, the Cleveland Browns ARE in play. You read it from me first, the Browns ARE going to be moved.

                                Better to accept the level of play. Think of it like the AAFC. The XFL will eventually join the NFL. It is an inevitability, and this is why the early investors into the new league are well represented by existing NFL team owners. The NFL will never expand again. HOWEVER................. absorbing a successful new league that is free of the ghetto bullschidt that is dragging the NFL into the toilet? NOW YA GOT SOMETHING. 

                                Do you think the Browns will be able to beat an XFL team? I say perhaps they could be an 8-8 franchise against such competition.

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                                The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
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                                @ghoolie said:

                                Make no mistake, the Cleveland Browns ARE in play. You read it from me first, the Browns ARE going to be moved.

                                Better to accept the level of play. Think of it like the AAFC. The XFL will eventually join the NFL. It is an inevitability, and this is why the early investors into the new league are well represented by existing NFL team owners. The NFL will never expand again. HOWEVER................. absorbing a successful new league that is free of the ghetto bullschidt that is dragging the NFL into the toilet? NOW YA GOT SOMETHING. 

                                Do you think the Browns will be able to beat an XFL team? I say perhaps they could be an 8-8 franchise against such competition.

                                Ignorance piled upon more ignorance does not knowledge make. 

                                Example....there are NO current NFL owners who are investors in the XFL.   Where do you get that idiocy.   Right now there is only one investor in the XFL..and that is Vince McMahon.

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                                  @orion said:

                                  ...and why?  Because they're not drawing enoughs fans?  In a city where the Browns are loved more than some spouses?

                                  It's not the city or the fans that are the problem.  It's the organization.  Moving the organization is not 'fixing' it.

                                  An NFL team can survive just fine in Cleveland.  But like any other city...the team has to WIN sometimes.  (it really is true that the Browns have some of the best fans in the league)

                                  A few things Orion. Billionaires don't think like every day people. Billionaires have egos as big as their bank accounts. It all comes into play, dude. You have Steeler fans growing faster in NE Ohio than Browns fans, you have fans celebrating 0 - 16, a declining market, and the least popular brand in the league.

                                  Now, if you think Haslam is the kind of guy who is thinking to himself............how do I sweat my asss off, work my caulk off, spend myself silly to safe face? Especially since NONE of that guarantees a winner. Dude, he is already looking for an easy way out, a reboot. Blaming a one-time team loser is an easy way to go. Cleveland is already considered a joke. Blaming them for poor support and moving is a sensible way out.

                                  you think bringing in a GM who bends over and has no say so, and leaving PO and Hue in place is Haslam's way of moving us forward?

                                  Cleveland is going to lose the Browns. I promise you.

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                                  The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
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                                  @ghoolie said:

                                  A few things Orion. Billionaires don't think like every day people. Billionaires have egos as big as their bank accounts. It all comes into play, dude. You have Steeler fans growing faster in NE Ohio than Browns fans, you have fans celebrating 0 - 16, a declining market, and the least popular brand in the league.

                                  Now, if you think Haslam is the kind of guy who is thinking to himself............how do I sweat my asss off, work my caulk off, spend myself silly to safe face? Especially since NONE of that guarantees a winner. Dude, he is already looking for an easy way out, a reboot. Blaming a one-time team loser is an easy way to go. Cleveland is already considered a joke. Blaming them for poor support and moving is a sensible way out.

                                  you think bringing in a GM who bends over and has no say so, and leaving PO and Hue in place is Haslam's way of moving us forward?

                                  Cleveland is going to lose the Browns. I promise you.

                                  Like I said....ignorance...piled on ignorance with more ignorance as a cherry on top does not make anything you say accurate.  It only proves that that there are multiple layers to your ignorance.  

                                  The thing that Haslam might like to do is to trade the Browns for the Titans.  I suspect that may be true.  But, are the Adams family going to make that trade?  No.  Their majority owner, Amy Strunk is happy owning the Titans, even if one of  the minority owners...a sister, is not.  (because Amy Strunk fired her husband as team president I believe):

                                  NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Susie Adams Smith, one of the minority owners of KSA Industries, Inc., has started the process of offering her interest in the parent company which owns the Tennessee Titans.

                                  KSA Industries, Inc., is involved in several different businesses, including ownership of the Titans.

                                  The club’s operations will not be affected by Smith’s decision to sell.

                                  The club’s other four owners, including controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk, represent two-thirds of majority ownership and will continue to own and operate the team. Strunk, the daughter of late Titans owner Kenneth S. “Bud” Adams, has 33 percent ownership in KSA Industries, Inc. The family of Adams' deceased son, Kenneth Adams III, also has one-third ownership — his grandsons, Kenneth IV (11 percent) and Barclay Adams (11 percent), and their mother, Susan Lewis (11 percent).

                                  Their majority control will be unchanged and unaffected by Smith’s sale of her minority, non-controlling interest (33 percent) in the family business. Smith, daughter of the long-time Oilers/Titans owner, is married to Tommy Smith, who once served as president/CEO of the team.

                                  Strunk, who replaced Tommy Smith as controlling owner in March of 2015, has no plans to sell, and neither does anyone in Kenneth Adams III’s family.


                                  Titans Statement from Amy Adams Strunk

                                  “Recently Susie (Smith) began the process of selling her portion of KSA Industries, which includes a fractional indirect interest in the Tennessee Titans. We respect her right to make this decision and will cooperate fully with the process, which will not impact team operations in any way.

                                  Regardless of the outcome of this process, I will continue to serve as the controlling owner of the Titans. The remaining two-thirds of the team controlled by myself, Kenneth Adams IV, Barclay Adams and Susan Lewis is not and has never been for sale.

                                  Both personally and as a group, we have invested time, effort and capital to improve this franchise and we are excited to see the results on and off the field for years to come.”


                                  The NFL is aware of Smith’s desire to sell her interest in the parent company. The Titans have also made the league office aware that Strunk and the rest of the Adams family have no plans to sell.

                                  Strunk has made a number of changes to stabilize and improve the franchise since taking over as controlling owner of the ownership group over two years ago.

                                  Strunk hired Jon Robinson as general manager, and elevated Mike Mularkey from interim head coach to permanent head coach after firing Ken Whisenhunt. Strunk also hired president and CEO Steve Underwood on a permanent basis.

                                  More recently, Strunk has overseen massive improvements at Nissan Stadium and Saint Thomas Sports Park, which includes a new locker room, training room and weight room.

                                  Strunk, who lives in Texas, also bought a home in Nashville recently. Kenneth Adams IV has lived in Nashville for years, and is on the team’s Board of Directors.

                                  Last August, Strunk was added to the NFL’s Hall of Fame Committee, which is led by representatives of NFL ownership groups. The group includes Cowboys owner Jerry Jones (Chairman), Browns owner Jimmy Haslam, Bears chairman George H. McCaskey, Steelers chairman Dan Rooney, Redskins owner Dan Snyder, and 49ers owner Denise DeBartolo-York.

                                  In addition to assuming the role of controlling owner of the team in March 2015, Strunk also serves as the co-chairman of the franchise’s Board of Directors.

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                                    @ghoolie said:

                                    Make no mistake, the Cleveland Browns ARE in play. You read it from me first, the Browns ARE going to be moved.

                                    ...and why?  Because they're not drawing enoughs fans?  In a city where the Browns are loved more than some spouses?

                                    It's not the city or the fans that are the problem.  It's the organization.  Moving the organization is not 'fixing' it.

                                    An NFL team can survive just fine in Cleveland.  But like any other city...the team has to WIN sometimes.  (it really is true that the Browns have some of the best fans in the league)

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                                    DieHardBrownsFanD DieHardBrownsFan wrote on last edited by
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                                    @orion said:

                                    ...and why?  Because they're not drawing enoughs fans?  In a city where the Browns are loved more than some spouses?

                                    It's not the city or the fans that are the problem.  It's the organization.  Moving the organization is not 'fixing' it.

                                    An NFL team can survive just fine in Cleveland.  But like any other city...the team has to WIN sometimes.  (it really is true that the Browns have some of the best fans in the league)

                                    I can assure you that the love of the Browns is severely degraded in Cleveland.  My brother and many other season ticket holders have gotten rid of their tickets and don't even watch the games anymore.  

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                                      The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
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                                      The idea of Haslam wanting to trade the Browns for the Titans was a matter that came up like 3 years ago...when the Titans ownership control was at issue:

                                      https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2015/3/23/8280377/titans-sale-browns-jimmy-haslam-nfl-owner-swap

                                      But since then, as per the above post....Titans ownership control has been stabilized...and there is literally no chance that such a swap could be made now.  

                                      And even if Haslam were thrown in jail.....there are two things to remember:  A. Just because you are in jail does not mean that you cannot own or...technically....have input into a business entity you own.  But, if he did go to jail, however, the NFL could, and likely would suspend him from having any input on the team (as they did with Eddie DeBartolo).  and B.  Control then would simply shift from Jimmy to his wife and/or their daughter/son in law.    The DeBartolo situation is illustrative.   When Eddie got in trouble he got suspended from the league......and turned over operations control to his sister Denise York .  There, however, it was decided that Denise would then become the controlling owner of the team...so that is the situation now.

                                      While the York family is in control of the 49ers, I am not sure if Eddie still owns a part of the team or not.   What is true is that he voluntarily gave up control of the team.   Unlike, say, Art Modell, who was forced out by the NFL due to his financial ineptitude, DeBartolo was never forced out. her is his own statement: 

                                      "...Truthfully, the team really wasn't taken away from me. I think it's been a misnomer for many many years. Commissioner Tagliabue did obviously suspend me, but as I was going through negotiations with my family and we went through these negotiations and we went through them with lawyers, obviously and with a judge in Akron, Ohio. It did not come down to that team being taken, it came down to a decision that had to be made whether or not I wanted the 49ers or whether or not I wanted to take the other part of the company. And I figured at that time, and my sister Denise (49ers owner Denise York) was involved totally as was her family. I decided in that meeting in Akron Ohio, that I thought it would be best that I took the other side and my tenure with the 49ers would end then and end there. I don't know if that story has ever been told, it may have been, it may have not been. But, it really was a choice, I figured there was more to do with my life at that time. I had succeeded and done a lot with the 49ers. It meant the world to me, but I figured with my daughters, with them getting older and obviously with all of us getting older and having grandchildren at the time, and them planning on families, that it would be best for me to do what was best to be a good grandfather, be a good husband and dad, and do what I want to do and maybe travel a little bit and spend more time with my family."[12]

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                                        @orion said:

                                        ...and why?  Because they're not drawing enoughs fans?  In a city where the Browns are loved more than some spouses?

                                        It's not the city or the fans that are the problem.  It's the organization.  Moving the organization is not 'fixing' it.

                                        An NFL team can survive just fine in Cleveland.  But like any other city...the team has to WIN sometimes.  (it really is true that the Browns have some of the best fans in the league)

                                        I can assure you that the love of the Browns is severely degraded in Cleveland.  My brother and many other season ticket holders have gotten rid of their tickets and don't even watch the games anymore.  

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                                        @diehardbrownsfan said:

                                        I can assure you that the love of the Browns is severely degraded in Cleveland.  My brother and many other season ticket holders have gotten rid of their tickets and don't even watch the games anymore.  

                                        A couple of decent seasons and that would all change.

                                        Let's not let Ole Fuyckstick hijack his thread with his hate and idiocy.  What do you have to say about the new league.

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                                          @ghoolie said:

                                          Make no mistake, the Cleveland Browns ARE in play. You read it from me first, the Browns ARE going to be moved.

                                          Better to accept the level of play. Think of it like the AAFC. The XFL will eventually join the NFL. It is an inevitability, and this is why the early investors into the new league are well represented by existing NFL team owners. The NFL will never expand again. HOWEVER................. absorbing a successful new league that is free of the ghetto bullschidt that is dragging the NFL into the toilet? NOW YA GOT SOMETHING. 

                                          Do you think the Browns will be able to beat an XFL team? I say perhaps they could be an 8-8 franchise against such competition.

                                          Ignorance piled upon more ignorance does not knowledge make. 

                                          Example....there are NO current NFL owners who are investors in the XFL.   Where do you get that idiocy.   Right now there is only one investor in the XFL..and that is Vince McMahon.

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                                          @the-gipper said:

                                          Ignorance piled upon more ignorance does not knowledge make. 

                                          Example....there are NO current NFL owners who are investors in the XFL.   Where do you get that idiocy.   Right now there is only one investor in the XFL..and that is Vince McMahon.

                                          I should be considered a minority investor for all the money I've spent on WWE tickets and PPV events over the years because my kids love it.     I think if the games are decent and not going head to head against the NFL or college football, it has a chance to succeed.   God knows I'd watch if it was on in say February through April.   Beats watching the NBA.

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