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Originally Posted by rudel.dietrich
Umm...it got changed because FedEx said they would drop their sponsorship of the team.
No more, no less
Also, Nike, Gatorade, Adidas, PepsiCO, and others were also going to drop their sponsorship.
Reading anything else into it is ridiculous. This was a pure money move because even Daniel Snyder was not willing to fund the team out of his own pocket after the corporate world quit sending payments to the team.
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You spend millions (more like billions ) on a Sports franchise . You own it and operate it under ** A NAME ** for 21 years ...... then are told by others with no $$$$ in the team to change name ...IDEA --- Baseball wants to expand Brooklyn bids on a new team and wants "Dodgers" team name since it started there ......... BY THE WAY - that is what happened with the Browns in NFL .
A new baseball team wants to use " Monarchs" Kansas City is upset because of the names ties to Kansas City and Negro Baseball League ( muesum in Kansas City )
Philly and Kansas City also have ties to team name Athletics ....
Pilots used by Seattle ..
Back to NFL -- Cleveland Browns moved from Cleveland to Baltimore > became Ravens .... NFL grants a new expansion team to Cleveland THEY allow the NEW FRANCHISE to take the name Browns >>>> but they also took the tradition of the CURRENT Baltimore Ravens ...... but the RAVENS did not take the tradition of previous Baltimore team (COLTS) .....
And where do you put Cardinals ? Chicago , St. Louis , Arizona ?
Browns are as offensive as Redskins .... Why did the MLB St. Louis Browns become the Baltimore Orioles ?
The real reason is that the NFL does not like Dan Snyder .... they want him out . Same as they wanted Al Davis OUT ....