I don't understand the different mindsets about the Jets in contrast to the current NFL Browns. Cleveland seemed to accept that the new Browns were not the same so why can't we Winnipeggers do the same?
I also say scrape the Manitoba name. In the end, Winnipeg money is propping this team up. No offense to the maybe 100 per game that might come from Portage/Brandon but it is the truth.
You guys also need to read up on what a Moose is to backtrack on wanting this as your team name. lots of people in this thread have created way better names.
The Moose is a borrowed name anyway so fight so hard to keep a name that was never ours and has to true relevance to Winnipeggers and Manitobans?
Im almost 100% sure when the old Cleveland Browns left, all remnants of the team, records, stats, history, etc was left with the city of Cleveland, and when they became the Ravens, they were not affiliated with the Cleveland Browns history whatsoever. Almost like a Browns folding/Ravens new team sort of thing although they technically moved. So it was like the Browns was a dormant franchise waiting to resume.
When the Browns returned, they resumed all history and all previous stats by the NFL.