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7 most devastating franchise moves in American sports history

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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 115,556 Founders Club
    I didn't read the article but I have to assume losing the Browns who hadn't won shit since Jim Brown and then watching the Ravens win 2 Super Bowls while the Browns are the worst franchise in sports has to be #1
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  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,773
    RaceBannon said:

    I didn't read the article but I have to assume losing the Browns who hadn't won shit since Jim Brown and then watching the Ravens win 2 Super Bowls while the Browns are the worst franchise in sports has to be #1

    NOGAF about Cleveland. They don't deserve a football team. Then again, neither does Baltimore.
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  • Mosster47
    Mosster47 Member Posts: 6,246
    The North Stars had the coolest logo in sports.
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 69,822 Founders Club
    RaceBannon said:

    How about Oregon Football moving from Portland to Eugene?

    Multonomah Stadium says hello
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  • ApostleofGrief
    ApostleofGrief Member Posts: 3,904
    moving the team suddenly is one of the many things I dislike about pro sports.

    For a team that is a slut to which city has money, until lately, look at the Sacremento Kings:

    History Rochester (Eber) Seagrams/Pros
    1923–1945
    Rochester Royals
    1945–1957
    Cincinnati Royals
    1957–1972
    Kansas City-Omaha Kings
    1972–1975
    Kansas City Kings
    1975–1985
    Sacramento Kings
    1985–present[1]

    Seattle deal fails
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  • PostGameOrangeSlices
    PostGameOrangeSlices Member Posts: 27,680
    PurpleJ said:

    RaceBannon said:

    I didn't read the article but I have to assume losing the Browns who hadn't won shit since Jim Brown and then watching the Ravens win 2 Super Bowls while the Browns are the worst franchise in sports has to be #1

    NOGAF about Cleveland. They don't deserve a football team. Then again, neither does Baltimore.

    Why do they not deserve a team?

    This thread is not your element
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  • haie
    haie Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 24,453 Founders Club
    I wish the Blazers would be on this list.
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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,558 Standard Supporter
    Shaking and vomiting there's no outrage over the Grizzlies move to Memphis or the Jazz to Utah, neither of which made sense from a mascot standpoint.

    Right up there with the Lakers.
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  • HuskyInAZ
    HuskyInAZ Member Posts: 1,733
    Seattle Pilots?
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
    edited January 2016
    PurpleThrobber said:

    Shaking and vomiting there's no outrage over the Grizzlies move to Memphis or the Jazz to Utah, neither of which made sense from a mascot standpoint.

    Right up there with the Lakers.

    Neither of those teams had any real tradition in the town they left behind. If the Grizz ever left Memphis would there would be a much bigger outcry. If the Jazz ever left Salt Lake there'd be a mass Mormon suicide.
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