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NFL franchise moves and mergers. Throughout the years, a number of teams in the National Football League (NFL) have either moved or merged. In the early years, the NFL was not stable and teams moved frequently to survive, or folded only to be resurrected in a different city with the same players and owners, while the Great Depression era saw ...
This timeline of the National Football League (NFL) tracks the history of each of the league's 32 current franchises from the early days of the league, through its merger with the American Football League (AFL). The history of franchises that began as independent teams, or as members of the Ohio League, New York Pro Football League, and other ...
Contents. Relocation of professional sports teams. Relocation of professional sports teams occurs when a team owner moves a team, generally from one metropolitan area to another, but occasionally between municipalities in the same conurbation. The practice is most common in North America, where a league franchise system is used and the teams ...
Pages in category "National Football League franchise relocations" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Cleveland Stadium, where the Browns played until 1995.. In 1975, knowing that Municipal Stadium was costing the city more than $300,000 a year to operate, then-Browns owner Art Modell signed a 25-year lease in which he agreed to incur these expenses in exchange for quasi-ownership of the stadium, a portion of his annual profits, and capital improvements to the stadium at his expense. [7]
Today marks the date in which all 32 NFL franchises must reduce their rosters to 53 players. Some teams began the process yesterday but the rest of the league will pare down their rosters today ...
(This story was updated to add new information.) Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross is in advanced talks for a limited stake in the NFL franchise, Hard Rock Stadium and the F1 Miami Grand Prix with ...
As this situation may also be considered a case of the American League dissolving the Baltimore franchise and issuing a new franchise in New York, Yankees history information usually begins in 1903. 1953: Boston Braves moved to Milwaukee. It was the first move for a team in the MLB, which for 50 years, had consisted of 16 teams playing in their ...