2007-11-20 04:58:54 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
cuz they were asses
hopefully theyll run into the atlantic ocean, but then i'll miss seeing the pats kick their asses
2007-11-20 09:46:59 · answer #1 · answered by sports=life (pats giants yanks)♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baltimore did not exactly get rid of the Colts. Instead, they created an environment that was not friendly at all to Irsay and he decided to leave. The city of Baltimore was not as smart as the City of Clevelend. Cleveland sued for the rights to the name and colors of the Cleveland Browns and they won in a court of law. Art Modell did not exactly "let them have it" as a previous answerer tried to claim. Baltimore filed no action against the team and therefore never had the rights to the name of the Colts.
The franchise moved to Indianapolis in time to play the 1984 season there with the recently built Hoosier Dome as their home field. The Indianapolis Capital Improvements Board later sold the rights to name the stadium to RCA and it has since been the RCA Dome. In 2005, the Indianapolis Colts reached an agreement with the city of Indianapolis to stay in the city for at least another 30 years and the agreement included that the Capital Improvements Board would build a new stadium which is currently under construction and will be ready for play for the 2008 season. It was originally titled Indiana Stadium. But soon after ground breaking, the naming rights to it were sold to the Lucas Oil Company and it will be known as Lucas Oil Stadium.
2007-11-21 11:13:01 · answer #2 · answered by Asterisk 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Not that anyone would listen or absorb this but I've linked a web page that has a series of pretty good articles that gives an account of the history of the Colts organization, how they came to Baltimore, how they came to be owned by the Irsay family and what lead up to them leaving Baltimore. Let's not forget, losing sports teams because of feed up owners is part of sports history in Baltimore. No one is innocent in this matter and that includes the city of Baltimore and the State of Maryland. The obvious losers in the situation were the fans in Baltimore, but I'm a bit sick of reading the half-truths and hearsay that people spout on this matter. But honestly, it was almost 25 years ago, how long before Baltimore is over it?
And the continued one sided blame of the Irsay's and the Colts organization and the inability to accept the role the city and state government played in this makes me wonder if Baltimore isn't doomed to continue it's history of sports teams that get feed up and leave.
2007-11-21 11:13:01 · answer #3 · answered by tnk3181979 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually Baltimore didn't get rid of the colts, the colts ran away from Baltimore. I can't remember what year, but the colts left the city on mayflower moving trucks and left Baltimore high and dry in the middle of the night.
2007-11-21 11:13:01 · answer #4 · answered by jjobrey 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Baltimore didn't 'get rid' of the Colts. Irsay loaded the franchise, basically, onto a truck under cover of darkness and moved it to Indianapolis. Baltimore woke up the next morning and learned they didn't have a team anymore.
Modell did move his team to Baltimore to become the Ravens and you can argue about the morality of that, but at least he had the decency to let Cleveland keep the Browns name and colors for a future franchise. Now Cleveland is on the rise and the Ravens are declining.
Don't be so smug, Pats fan. Your team was once the doormat of the NFL, and it won't stay on top forever.
2007-11-21 11:13:01 · answer #5 · answered by curtisports2 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
shhhh....your jealousy is showing
2007-11-21 11:13:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋