UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, January 25, 1996
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NFL looks for ways to stop teams relocating
Tagliabue and lawmakers look for solutions
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The NFL made another pitch for enhanced legal powers and tossed a few cryptic
comments toward Cleveland as a Senate committee examined issues raised by the Browns-to-Baltimore deal.
Browns owner Art Modell triggered a barrage of lawsuits and awakened the interest of federal lawmakers with his plan to move his professional football franchise to the city that lost its Colts in 1984.
NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue said Tuesday, "We are trying to work our way through to some sort of a solution that will have teams in both cities."
So will that mean another league expansion or another city switch?
Taglilauu told Senate Judiciary Committee members: "I don't think
we're in a position to expand."
Afterward, a reporter asked if that meant an existing team was bound to move.
Paul Taglabue
"That's not what I meant." Tagliabue said. But he refused to elaborate.
Tagliabue was in Washington for a hearing for possible congressional action to steady upheaval in the NFL.
He asked the senators for a limited federal antitrust exemption to help the NFL block team moves without the threat of a judge reversing the decision and forcing the league to pay damages.
"Teams are afraid to act unilaterally in the belief that a league decision, whatever it may be, could not withstand antitrust scrutiny," he said.
owners as competitors, rather than partners in the business of professional football.
Taglibau, who was the league's leading attorney before becoming commissioner, complained that courts have been treated the 30 NFL.
Tagliabue said the threat of billion-dollar lawsuits from Georgia Frontier, the owner of the St. Louis
hence, the other Rams, and the city of St. Louis reversed an owners' decision not to allow the team to relocate.
"It doesn't make any sense whatsoever," Tagliabue said. "They act as business partners for 10, 15, 20, 25 years, and when they want to file a suit they take one hat off and put another hat on on a business competitor and they
Richardson, whose team began playing this season. "The National Football League is currently the most popular pro sport in America, and it runs the risk of alienating its fans by allowing teams to leave cities where
sue us under antitrust laws."
The Rams did not receive approval to move to St. Louis until they agreed to pay the league $29 million.
"It's clearly not in the best interest of the NFL for teams to move," said Carolina Panthers owner Jerry
"It's clearly not in the best interest of the NFL for teams to move."
Jerry Richardson Carolina Panthers owner
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there is strong fan, community and business support for perceived better deals." Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, used the hearing to showcase his proposal to take away the right to sell tax-exempt bonds to pay for new stadiums in certain
He said the tax-exempt status would mean a savings of $36 million for those financing the construction of a stadium in Baltimore and paying the Browns $36 million of public money was morally wrong.
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