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efused to share revenue with the Cleveland Indians Major league baseball team
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he Cleveland Indians and the Cleveland Cavaliers convinced the local governments to build them their own stadiums
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Modell who didn’t think his revenue would be affected by this was wrong and when the Indians stopped playing in Cleveland stadium revenue dropped sharply
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Because of his jealously towards the new stadiums and lack of revenue Modell announced that he would be moving the browns to Baltimore
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The very next day the city voted to approve a tax to renovate and update Cleveland Stadium
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Cleveland filed an injunction to keep the browns in Cleveland till 1998
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A protest was held in Pittsburgh during the Steelers vs. Browns game against the move. This is the first time the Steelers and Browns fans have come together
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All of the team’s sponsors pulled their support for the Browns
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The NFL announced that the Browns would be deactivated for three years, and that a new stadium would be built for a new Browns team, that would begin play in 1999.
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Modell would be granted a new franchise in Baltimore retaining the current contracts of players and personal
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The browns were reactivated and able to keep its name, colors, and history
