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NFL Football: Dear Cleveland, Get Over It

Found September 08, 2012 on Football Nation: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Art Modell,  Terrell Owens
TEAMS: Cleveland Browns
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One of the most riveting and captivating elements of football, at any level, is the chance for redemption it offers.  How often does the player that loses a fumble, drops a pass, or misses a tackle get an opportunity to right his wrong later on in the game? Think Terrell Owens in 1996 NFC Wild Card not Kyle Williams in the 2011 NFC Championship. How crazy that both of those incidents happened in San Francisco! The second chance is an act of forgiveness as much as it is a sign of the renewed spirit of competition.How about it, Cleveland?  Get over it.Art Modell died on Tuesday at age 87. For 43 of those years, he was a team owner. Forget that, he was more than just an owner. He served as a league president for a time, negotiating the first collective bargaining agreement with the players (I bet Curt Flood wished Modell had run the MLB) as well as laying the groundwork for the super cash cow of NFL broacasting rights.  Modell's teams twice captured the NFL Championship, including ...
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