Modell

"People didn't have the full information [of the move]," Modell said. "It's my fault for not going public with what I just said. I didn't feel it was appropriate for me to start talking to steelworkers about a football franchise going bankrupt. They've got their own problems in Youngstown. But I knew the facts surrounding the move would make people more understanding. I was not helped by the media. They portrayed me, understandably, as some buck-chasing guy . . . greedy. The cover of Sports Illustrated was a shocker. A shocker. I was a caricature of chasing the buck. I wasn't chasing the buck. I was chasing survival."

He's pulling out all the stops. Forget it Art. You stood forward as the embodiement of all that is wrong with professional sports institutions, and for you to be surprised by the response, well, that just proves how wrong you were. Enjoy your Super Bowl. You probably deserved a somewhat worse fate.