Whilst masticating on , Ed Grinnell (1:170/1701)
wrote to Terry May:
TM>> The Tennessee Oilers also come to mind.
EG> Different story. If they were in playing in Vandy's stadium, 
EG> they'd be doing much better. Memphis is bitter about their 
EG> experience with the expansion committee.
As they should be.  Memphis and Baltimore were royally screwed in the NFL 
expansion farce.  I still don't know why the Oilers chose Nashville over 
Memphis when they moved, unless Memphis folks said "screw the NFL" after they 
didn't get an expansion team. 
And I still think all major pro sports should have a rule requiring teams 
that relocate to change their name.  We know Art Modell didn't leave the 
Browns name in Cleveland out of the goodness of his heart, but we do know 
that Baltimore football fans did NOT want the Browns name and Modell actually 
benefits from leaving the name and colors behind (heck, we didn't want a team 
that was supported by its fans, but whatever team we eventually got, if any, 
we wanted to either be named "Colts" or be given a new name.  We didn't want 
anybody else's history, and we still want our Colts history back.  I'm glad 
Cleveland is getting a new Browns team without having to go through the crap 
Baltimore did - their fans deserve it.)  *adh*
  
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