“He owns a minority stake… with the Rooney family. They’re not going anywhere, they’re entrenched in that franchise, so it might be something where he wants a bigger stake in  team and this is the way to do it. Now he’s going to have a heck of a lot of explaining to do as you know when he gets to Cleveland.”

That’s because Haslam recently declared himself a one-thousand percent Steelers fan.

Haslam is from Tennessee and his family runs the Pilot/Flying J truck stops, the 11^th largest privately held company in the country. But Hammond does not believe Haslam is likely to move the Browns, because NFL rules likely would not permit it.

Still, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson reminded the Browns in a press release today that their lease on Browns stadium runs through 2029, and mentioned – if need be -- the city is ready to sue to enforce that.