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As the Cleveland Browns set their sights on the suburbs, Ohio’s top cop is weighing in on the escalating fight over the Modell law, a state law designed to make it harder for pro sports teams to leave publicly subsidized facilities.On Wednesday, Attorney General Dave Yost asked a federal court judge to pause or dismiss a lawsuit that the Browns filed last fall. He says the law is clear — and that the legal battle over whether it applies to the Browns should play out in state court.
“This is an extraordinarily small price for a team to pay in exchange for tens, if not hundreds, of millions of taxpayer dollars that are often provided,” the state’s motion says.Yost acknowledges that the Modell law has never been fully tested; however, he believes questions about whether it applies to the Browns and their Brook Park plans are a matter for an Ohio court instead.
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