AFC North/Central history trivia
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lol... a franchise without a team... quite a concept.
Seriously? Where have you been the last 20 years. It wasnt the first time....or maybe the last time it happened.
The Cleveland Rams did it in 1943. The Steelers did it in 1943 and 1944.
Those were the war years.
For a while I believe that the Seattle Supersonics was considered an "inactive" franchise of the NBA....and that an attempt to replenish that franchise could be made. But that seems now to have gone by the wayside. The Sonics/Thunder is now considered to have been one continuous franchise.
But, apparently, currently, besides the Browns....another football franchise had a similar path....though it is CFL:
In two cases, a franchise has revived a team that was inactive, and has been granted the rights to the previous team's history:
The Cleveland Browns were a professional football team from 1946 until owner Art Modell moved the club to Baltimore in 1995. However, in a deal with the NFL and the City of Cleveland, the team was declared inactive for three years until a new expansion club, under the old name and colors, was established in 1999. The new Browns are considered a continuation of the old franchise.[2]
The Montreal Alouettes are named after an earlier franchise which became defunct in 1981. The Baltimore Stallions, which were formed through expansion, relocated to Montreal after playing in Baltimore from 1994 until 1996. The CFL considers all clubs that have played in Montreal since 1946 as one franchise in their league records, including those of the original Alouettes (1946–1981), Montreal Concordes (1982–1985) and Montreal Alouettes (1986). The Alouettes and the CFL, however, do not recognize the Baltimore franchise, or its records, as part of the official team history.[3]
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I knew we should have gone after the Alouettes to get even with Baltimore...
"When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196 -
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