The Final Game
If you ever went to a Browns game you would know that we loved the Browns. You would know we would stay even if things looked grim. But only one thing did silence us.
If you ever wanted to name the most hated man in Cleveland you would just simply say Art Modell. After playing nearly half a century in Cleveland owner Art Modell announced that they will be moving to Baltimore.
The fans could not belive it there beloved team might be going. The city of Cleveland tried to stop the move but it was no hope. Soon the Browns would be playing in another city.
The game was about to start. Sad and angry Browns fans watched as the Browns were playing their final game. While Browns fans were chanting to save their game the players tried to give it their all in their final game in a Brown’s uniform.
As the final ticks went of the clock it didn’t matter what the score was. Sadened Browns fans watched in miseary as the Browns left the field for the final time. Outraged Browns fans ripped their seats of the stadium they would never sit in again.
Asking former Browns fans who drove to the game if they will ever rebound replied,” Always have, always will.”
People remember that game as the saddest day in the Browns history. You could see some people crying and others putting their heads down. Some were angry but at the end they all slowly and silently left the stadium in sorrow and tears.
In reality it was more than a game but a city losing a tradition and a part of them so that one man could have more money. But the thing is this is about rivals like Pittsburgh that also lost tradition of playing.
But all hope was not lost in 1996 the NFL announced that they will continue the Browns
tradition with a new stadium in 1999. Browns fans erupted all over the country with joy.
When the Browns returned to the stadium to play the Browns they got a standing ovation from both Browns and Steelers fans. But some feel the Browns will never be the Browns they once cheered for.
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