Unprintable.

Agreed.

Who cares?

No tears for fArt Modell
My condolences to his family and friends

Maybe now the team's curse to be the NFL's perpetual 32nd place organization will be lifted.

@8675309abbott said on Twitter that it's "the Browns first win of the season." And posted a video of the Munchkins in "Wizard of Oz" singing "Ding Dong The Witch is Dead."

He lived a long and prosperous life. We should all be so lucky.

Just to be contrarian:
Didn't Art Modell wind up with a SUPERBOWL RING after he left Cleveland?
Who's laughing now?

Interesting conversation happening about Modell on the Stow Patch Facebook page about why he moved the team: http://www.facebook.com/StowPatch/posts/440853895953225

"Modell is a villain in Cleveland, probably the only sports figure reviled more than LeBron James."

and for they same reason: they left ...

Yes, he left. He was broke. I was angry! I was disgusted! I HATED THAT HE FIRED PAUL BROWN.....He was protecting his family. How many of us wouldn't grab $52 Milllion.... JUST TO MOVE?. Be honest!! HE HAD TO TAKE OUT A LOAN TO PAY ANDRE RISON'S DEAL! HE WANTED TO WIN. Well, you say he could have sold. Yeah, to who? Who was going to buy the Browns, and keep them in Cleveland, with that old rickety stadium to play in? How much did he donate to Cleveland charities, to the Cleveland Clinic? If you were alive in 1970 and saw the VERY first Monday night Football game in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Browns beat the NY Jets, and Joe Namath 30-20. Why we can enjoy football on TV every Sunday, Sunday Night, Monday Night, and certain Thursdays as well! Art did, and was a part of that as well! He was a key in many philanthropic ventures i.e. The Rock n Roll hall of Fame. I don't think he ever got that money back, either. The Indian's and Cavs got new homes. Art's office had water pipes leaking into it! Was it his fault that his tenant, the Indian's were drawing 7,200 a night, if that, at the old stadium?
He could have taken the team name and colors to Baltimore. He did not! (Former Cleveland Mayor Mike White took the credit for that. Bollocks!!) So that we could get another "Browns" team in Cleveland WITH OUR SAME COLORS! The Baltimore Browns would have sounded great......Better than the Ravens. Get over it. The man belongs in the PROFESSIONAL Football Hall of Fame!

All the comments are so nasty. Art Modell knew he had a loosing team and why wouldn't he leave Cleveland and go to Baltimore. At least he had his dream come true of winning the super bowl.
Cleveland will never win a super bowl as they won't pay the big buck for decent players or coaches.

This is a human life. Comments are based on a sport. This is disgusting. Get a life, people. Get some humanity.

I love the Browns, but I am not going to say idiotic things about someone who just passed away. I didn't like the fact that he took the Browns out of Cleveland, but he didn't hurt or kill anyone so I am not going to wish the man ill will.

Bruce Drennan doesn't think Art Modell Should get a moment of silence because of "'Causing an embarassing Scine in Cleveland." Due to the amount of intoxicated fans at the game! Bollocks!
Bruce! Art Modell deserves a moment of silence not just at Cleveland Browns Stadium, but throughout Cleveland, and all stadiums at all NFL games.
If your only argument is to how a bunch of fans will react that are already intoxicated by the beginning of the game, the national anthem......well ........Then I really do not consider them true Brown's fans! They are drunken buffoons!
What kind of people do we have in this area where people have to carry such hatred and bitterness!
To hell with the drunks, and worrying about a "Another Scene in Cleveland.'
I respect you much too much to think that you could honestly hide behind an excuse like that! Good God

pat i suggest you learn the rules on how salery cap works every team has to meet it. as for modell all the best to his family

I'm sorry. I can't participate in mourning Art Modell. He broke my heart. My daddy passed his great love of the Cleveland Browns down to me. Art took that away in 1996 in the middle of the night. I still love my Brownies, but it isn't the same. 'May he find Heaven, sure, but never Canton' ... Vince Grzegorek, Cleveland Scene. Well said, Vince.

Hope the bury him in Baltimore. Back to Ohio in Canton - Nevermore

Condolences to the family. But Art, RIB- Rot In Baltimore.

Nixon died, Agnew died, and now art modell.....what shall i live for now? Maybe Cheneys death.

Rest in Peace. All of us do good and bad. Depends on who is looking or talking. What is done is done.

time to put it behind us, we have all done things we regret, without Art football would not be the sport that it is today

Yes he did make one major mistake moving the team and we know he had little financial support to make updates and changes that would have kept the team here... but he did a number of things in contributing to the city's growth/needs (cleveland clinic, hospice..) and he brought the NFL to television

Our nation is crumbling to the ground right before our very eyes, everyday a little worse, and all people seem to care about is football. This certainly explains a lot when it comes to what's wrong in our society. People's priorities are totally backwards.

death is a sad time for all. i still hate him for taking my (out BROWNS away from us all. baltimore welcomed them with open arms. geeeeeeee baltimore should remember some one accepted & took the original colts , they should know how it feels. i have no sympathyfor them or modell.

Cleveland is the land of the losers, who can blame him from wanting to win!!!!

Huh

Give him a break He's DEAD