Modell against his wishes,had to leave the name and logo in cleveland, but was allowed to move and bring a team to Baltimore.
Art Modell and Paul Brown hated each other, Modell was delighted to get rid of Browns name.
Nope,not true,I remember VIVIDLY back then that he was pissed as hell when he was FORCED to leave them in cleveland.LOL
Here are the FACTS.these four posters nailed it below.THEY have done their homework

dream on thinking the raiders name and logo will be there.LOL
poster# 2 REALLY nailed it with the facts that occured back then.He ESPECIALLY knows his stuff
poster# 1 said-
Basically it was the result of legal action by season ticket holders and the city of Cleveland itself. Modell had little choice but to agree.
poster# 2 said-.Its easy.
They sued the **** out of Modell and the NFL. They settled, and retaining the Browns was part of that settlement.
poster# 3. said-It was that the Modell was trying to leave the city while still contractually tied to the City of Cleveland. The CoC then brought the contract to court to keep the team until the contract was up, but a settlement was agreed that the team could move, but only if Modell resigned the brand to the CoC.
poster# 4.said-When Art Modell left Cleveland, he broke the lease he still had with Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
The City of Cleveland sued to block the move.
That gave Cleveland the leverage to force the settlement it did with the league.
poster# 5. said-Another point, as part of the agreement, the City of Cleveland agreed to pay for the costs of a new stadium for the "New Browns." They had the stadium deal in place at the same time they were awarded their IP/history/etc. from the settlement.
these five posters nailed it.

thats exactly how i remember it as well.well done by them.keeps ME form having to explain the facts to you what happend..they did the work FOR me so very well
Like that second poster said said so well,the city of cleveland SUED modell because he WANTED to take the name,logo,and colors,the NFL allowed Modell to leave of course but the city got the last laugh on him cause that was part of the settlement in clevelands lawsuit is Modell had to leave the name,logo and colors AGAINST his wishes.
same will happen to davis and he will cry same as modell did not getting what he wanted having to settle same as modell did having to also settle for leaving the name and brand behind.
