Thursday, September 6, 2012

Art Modell, 87, Super Bowl Champion Owner


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I like the Ravens. However he had some pros and cons of the move from Cleveland to Baltimore after the 1995 NFL season. The pros of the relocation was that the franchise finally won a Super Bowl, first for Baltimore in almost 30 years, and one of the most beautiful stadiums in the NFL, beginning the 1998 season (hosted the NCAA D-I men's lacrosse championships, Army/Navy football and has hosted a UEFA Champions League preliminary match last year, I think).

However his relocation to Baltimore had at least one con. The con was that it ended the CFL's US era, in which the Stallions came off of their Grey Cup win in 1995, the first and only US franchise in the CFL to win Coupe Grey. After Modell's announcement, Jim Speros, the Stallions owner relocated to Montreal, thus the return of the name 'Alouettes.'

He will be missed.

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