re: Is there a legit movement to have the Houston Texans rebrand to Oilers?

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I also think the Browns name is dumb, but I think it is the right call that Cleveland has that name.

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There are two reasons Cleveland got the Browns back:

1) Modell was in violation of a lease agreement and had to go along with that deal to avoid a long court battle

2) Baltimore fans were sympathetic to Cleveland because of the Colts, so they supported the deal. That allowed Baltimore to get a team without screwing another city the way they got screwed.

Interestingly, in the 1990s the Irsays wanted a new stadium in Indianapolis and were having some trouble. They started talking to Cleveland. If they had moved there, they would have become the Browns and the Ravens would have taken the Colts name, logo, and history.