RIP Art Modell

Re: Art Modell on his deathbed




Almost all fans hate almost all owners. But it's interesting how completely we hate certain owners.

 

Re: Art Modell on his deathbed

Hawk Harrelson Official Death Comment:

He Gone.

 

Cleveland fans will read this as the rip Art Modell thread.

 

I don't know of any that needed an invitation to do so.

 

Re: Art Modell on his deathbed

The Rooneys are hated in Pittsburgh, Maras in New York, Kraft in NE?

 

Mixed feelings. I've moved on from the venom I felt toward the rat bastard years ago, but I'm satisfied that he never lived to see himself inducted into the football HOF. Terrible businessman. Terrible legacy.

 

I interviewed him at the owners' meetings in 2004 right before he stepped down.

I certainly understand why Cleveland fans hate him. But the NFL as we know it, probably would not have the revenue sharing that most believe has made it successful without Modell giving up the TV contract he had at early on... There was another owner (maybe Mara) who did the same thing.

RIP...

 

Hence the word 'almost.'

 

Goodness, the hatred some people have over the most insignificant things . . .

 

Would add that Jet fans are not sure what to think of Woody Johnson.

There was a time when Jet fans despised Leon Hess mainly because of failure on the field. What Jet fans did not realize was that he refused to do PSL's and insisted on keeping seat prices low so that families could afford to go to a game. When Hess owned the team Jet seat prices were always one of lowest in the league.

 

O'Malley and Modell become symbols not just of betrayal, but of everything wrong in their city and in their time.

Horace Stoneham on the other hand, does the same thing but is symbolic of nothing and largely forgotten by history. Al Davis does the same thing and is beloved.

Owners follow money. The end.

 

Losing your favorite sports team is hardly insignificant. Some of my fondest memories of my grandfather were going to Sacramento Kings games and now that the team is likely leaving, it makes me sadder than I should be.

Knowing how passionate Cleveland fans are, losing the Browns was devastating to most in that city. Imagine Pittsburgh without the Steelers, Green Bay without the Packers, Dallas without the Cowboys...

Yes, it's not the same as losing a loved one, but calling it insignificant is way too dismissive.