Word: franchisee
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The city fought back. The next day a circuit court judge issued a restraining order which temporarily prevented the Colts from completing their move or playing anywhere else but in Baltimore--the first step in the effort to recapture the team under the legal doctrine of eminent domain. But locking...
Money was certainly the prime mover behind Irsay's fly-by-night relocation. He departed owing the city of Baltimore $2.3 million in back taxes, but Indianapolis was willing to overlook his credit history; they have renegotiated a large bank loan for his at favorable terms, and are promising the...
A franchise's merit is now measured largely is terms of money--the national reputation of the Dallas Cowboys. "America's Team," helped raise their price to $70 million in a recent sale. The NFL, which has a purchaser must own at least 51% of the team a stock, watched...
In the dark of night, strikingly like a thief, the Baltimore Colts loaded up the horseshoe helmets last week and quietly moved to Indianapolis. Robert Irsay, 61, a Skokie, Ill., contractor who acquired the 31-year-old team in 1972, had been the most eligible carpetbagger in the National Football...
Regarding that last point, Tom Landry, the only man to coach the Cowboys since the National Football League awarded Dallas an expansion franchise 24 years ago, sounded skeptical. "I don't think anything is ever the same," Landry said. A model owner, Murchison was patient in the beginning and...