Way Back Wednesday: Goodbye to the Baltimore Colts 

Absolutely, besides Cleveland John Elway put a curse on Baltimore

No...but he was wise enough to recognize the TOXIC nature of The Irsay Ownership.

Well the city trying to seize the team away from Orsay probably had more to do with it.

It’s now the site of the Football and Lacrosse stadium for Division 3 Stevenson University. The Stars did move there while the USFL Lawsuit was being appealed, the should have moved when they were moving to Baltimore so they would have had a presence in the Baltimore area.

Wrong, Modell was forced to do this as part of an out of court settlement with Cleveland to get out of his lease there

When they moved, I knew somehow they weren't going to be called the Baltimore Browns

@@rockvilleraven True!!!

Yeah, this is why I had to watch this as a Cleveland Browns fan. How could football fans in Baltimore experience this and then be ok with doing it to another city a decade later.

Here's the difference: Baltimore tried to gfet a team when the NFL added two teams. They had the best offer on the table. The NFL awarded the franchises to Charlotte and Jacksonville. Jacsonville over Baltimore!. Tagliabue had a snide remark, and said Baltimore should use the money to build a museum. The only option left was to entice another team. Cleveland was awarded a team right away, and was able to keep the name and history. Why didn't the NFL do that for Baltimore? If they did not do that for Cleveland, they most likely woulds have tried to entice a team to move there.

But you stole them from Cleveland.

You’re right about that!!!

It was the General Assembly that voted on Emminent Domain. It was a last ditch effort, as Irsay was going to move the team anyway. Irsay was a drunken idiot, who was difficult to deal with. He would agree to something one day, and deny he did the next.

I blame on the Emmint Domain bill the Maryland politicians signed. Bob Irsay listened to the Colts legal council and called Mayflower ASAP

You’re right about that!!!

Is that Right?

Because of their stadium issues which goes back to when Rosenbloom was the owner

@@michaelleroy9281 True!!!

@@adamdorgant9454 If Modell stayed in Cleveland, then Mike Brown was going to move the Bengals to Baltimore, The Glaziers used Baltimore as leverage to Raymond James Stadium built.

@@rockvilleraven Is that Right?

I don’t understand. Please elaborate.

Don’t you mean a Glendenning's Mayflower t-shirt? Hogan had nothing to with it.

@@rockvilleraven Hogan is the current owner of the Mayflower franchise in Indianapolis

@@Alcochaser Also after the fact, Mayflower moved the Baltimore Stars to Owings Mills, but it was after the USFL's $1.00 lawsuit damage victory.

Fairfaxcat I was thinking the same thing!!!!

Isray was a snake.

1984 through 1995 the Ravens came in 1996

I agree with you!👍

We got a new team and two Superbowls since then.

@@josephkelley8297 Thanks, and reading about it right now, Baltimore did in fact deserve to Lose the Colts!!!

They tried to negotiate with Irsay, but he was an unreasonable drunk. He would promise something one day, and go back back on it the next. he GM, Accorsi, said he had to talk to Irsay before noon, because he was usually drunk by then. Eminent Domain was a last ditch effort to prevent the inevitable.

@@adamdorgant9454 I can understand that on the surface it may seem that Baltimore deserved to lose the Colts in that they wouldn't build the stadium and Indianapolis did. But I can sympathize with the Baltimore fans in that they really had no control over the situation. And in terms of public relations, Bob Irsay's conduct was a disaster. By lying to the media and public he made himself look like the bad guy.

Same here… I was 4

I was 29 , Memorial Stadium just wasn't good enough for an NFL team anymore, should have done something about the stadium situation back in the 70's

Same

Same lol I’m from Indy and didn’t even know this. (I’m 20 so it makes sense 😂).

Not to mention the Baltimore Cardinals.

@@bgraham928 Batlimore Raiders, Baltimore Bengals, one station had a BBFL, Baltimore Bound Football League.

Not to mention, those names would never be used in Baltimore if they got a team in that expansion

Not anymore

But the Brown history was given to Cleveland before they left. Baltimore didn't get their history. Jim Brown a Cleveland Brown not a Raven. But all the old colts are Indianapolis Colts. That's what is the difference.