When the Baltimore Colts NFL franchise, owned by the Irsay family, packed up and left in the middle of the night, in the dead of winter, the community of Baltimore and the state of Maryland was left shocked and alone (at least, as far as their NFL ties were concerned). The NFL sat back and allowed a once proud NFL city to go without a team for nearly 12 years (1984-1996); however, Cleveland Browns owners Art Modell moved his organization to Baltimore in 1996 due to poor attendance and limited success in Ohio. 
Modell was viewed as enemy number one in Cleveland at the time, the same response Irsay received from Baltimore, but the return of a Baltimore NFL franchise was heralded as a classy move by the NFL, more specifically, the Modell family.
The now successful lineage of Baltimore football has been reborn with the face of the Ravens organization being Ray Lewis (allow for chuckles and scepticism here). The story of the city's football team appears to have had a happy ending...
With that in mind, take a minute to consider how you would feel if your favorite sports franchise were to leave its current city and take up residence in an entirely different state. Considering the questions below, respond in at least 5-7 sentences.
This is DUE ON THURSDAY, January 31st by the beginning of class (7:30 am).
How would you feel? What would you miss most about your team being gone? Do you think you would still cheer for that team? Be thorough and explain each of your responses.
