In 1933, Bert Bell, understanding that prerequisites to a NFL franchise being granted to him were changes in the blue laws, played the primary role of convincing then Governor Gifford Pinchot to issue a bill before the Pennsylvanian legislature to deprecate the Blue Laws.

The Baltimore Ravens are officially a quasi-expansion franchise, having originated in 1996 with the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy after Art Modell, then owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced his intention to relocate the team to Baltimore.

Since then the format has become a worldwide TV franchise, airing in many countries in varying adaptations.

He then led the team to a 7 – 9 record the following year, before leading the Panthers to their worst record in franchise history.

They then won back to back World Series titles in 1907 – 08 In 1902, Spalding, who by this time had revamped the roster to boast what would soon be one of the best teams of the early century, sold the club to Jim Hart, and the franchise became known as the Chicago Cubs.

Marshall then opposed any franchise for Murchison in Dallas.

Five months later in January 1960, after significant pressure from the NFL, the ownership group, along with Bernie Ridder, reneged on its agreement with the AFL and then was awarded the National Football League's 14th franchise with play to begin in 1961.

The Vikings then advanced to their second Super Bowl in franchise history, Super Bowl VIII, against the Miami Dolphins at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas.

Les Steckel, who was an offensive assistant with the Vikings for 5 seasons, was then named the 3rd head coach in franchise history.

Although its opponents would include winners of 9 of the last 15 NFL MVP awards, the team advanced to the 2010 NFC Championship game where they defeated the Minnesota Vikings, led by Brett Favre, 31 – 28 in overtime ( at 9: 19 CST ), and then went on to win their first Super Bowl appearance in franchise history.

Under new ownership, the current name was adopted in 1963 and the franchise was relocated to Shea Stadium in 1964 and then to the Meadowlands Sports Complex in 1984.

The history of the Athletics Major League Baseball franchise spans the period from 1901 to the present day, having begun in Philadelphia before moving to Kansas City in 1955 and then to its current home in Oakland, California in 1968.

In 1969, Leonard Tose bought the Philadelphia Eagles from Wolman for $ 16, 155, 000 ( equal to $ today ), then a record for a professional sports franchise.

Running back Joe Morris finished the regular season with a then franchise record 1, 516 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns, while also catching 21 passes for 223 yards and another touchdown.

In 1957 Postgate was appointed a stage manager with Associated-Rediffusion, which then held the commercial television franchise for London.

In the early years of the franchise, WTVT, then a CBS affiliate, broadcast some Buccaneer preseason games.

However, the city gained another American Association franchise the next year, when the Boston Braves transferred to Milwaukee in March 1953, displacing their farm club, the Milwaukee Brewers, which then shifted to Toledo as the " Sox ".

In the early 1980s, Mercia Television was an unsuccessful contender for the Midlands franchise, then owned by ATV.

Because the then recently reorganized Associated Press refused to sell its services to several of his papers, most of them evening dailies in competition with existing AP franchise holders, in 1907 Scripps merged three smaller syndicates under his ownership or control, the Publishers Press Association, the Scripps-McRae Press Association, and the Scripps News Association, to form United Press Associations, with headquarters in New York City.

The so-called franchise war then shifted to the Chicago City Council — an arena in which Yerkes ordinarily thrived.

It is a question of 45 % dividends " and that England ( which did not then have universal male suffrage ) was more in need of franchise reform than the Boer republics.

Fezter also created Kalamazoo's first cable television system, then known as Fetzer Cable ; it is a predecessor of Kalamazoo's current cable franchise, Charter Communications.

To the grievances, she added " He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise ", and to the Sentiments, she added a line about man depriving woman of " the elective franchise, thereby leaving her without representation in the halls of legislation ..." Stanton then copied the Declaration and resolutions into final draft form for presentation at the meeting.

Colangelo's group was so certain that they would be awarded a franchise that they held a name-the-team contest for it ; they took out a full-page ad in the sports section of the February 13, 1995 edition of the state's leading newspaper, the Arizona Republic.

The admission of the middle classes to the franchise and to the House of Commons led eventually to the development of a systematic middle class liberalism and the end of Whiggery, although for many years reforming aristocrats held senior positions in the party.

The Panthers have held their summer training camp at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina every year since the franchise began.

* 1970 – The first ever general election on the basis of direct adult franchise is held in Pakistan for 313 National Assembly seats.

They were the first in Europe to gain the franchise, and by the 1980s they routinely constituted about one-third of the membership of the Eduskunta ( parliament ) and held several ministerial posts.

The first postwar elections were held in 1948 ( women were given the franchise for the first time in 1947 ), and the Liberal Party's vice president, Yoshida Shigeru ( 1878 – 1967 ), became prime minister.

Subsidiary Zung Fu, which has held the Mercedes-Benz franchise in Hong Kong for over 50 years, has achieved one of the highest market penetrations in the world for the luxury brand and ranks among its top international performers.

In the history of English common law, a jurisdiction could be held as a form of property ( or more precisely an incorporeal hereditament ) called a franchise.

Traditional franchise jurisdictions of various powers were held by municipal corporations, religious houses, guilds, early universities, Welsh Marches, and Counties Palatine.

Britain organized the first general election to be held under universal franchise on 5 – 10 February 1951.

A contest was held in 1965 to choose the name of the new Miami AFL franchise.

The first election under the universal adult franchise, held in June 1931, was for the Ceylon State Council.

Featuring a video on the history of the Star Trek franchise, Nunan held up previous installments of the franchise as proof-of-concept that Enterprise would succeed.

Following the 1945 elections to the Constituent Assembly in France, which were held with a very limited franchise, the French authorities gradually extended the franchise until in November 1955 the principle of universal sufferage was passed into law and implemented the following year.

The Japanese company gained a controlling share of 7-Eleven in 1991, In 2008, 7-Eleven was named the number one franchise by Entrepreneur, beating out Subway, which had held the number one spot for 15 years.

Henderson is the all-time stolen base leader for the Oakland A's and previously held the New York Yankees ' franchise record from 1988-2011.

Though only in New York for four and a half seasons, Henderson set the Yankees ' franchise record with 326 stolen bases ; the previous high ( 248 ) had been held by Hal Chase.

Bermuda's first election held on the basis of universal adult suffrage and equal voting took place on 22 May 1968 ; previously, the franchise had been limited to property owners and those above the age of 21.

In 1974, in anticipation of moving into the NBA, the franchise held a contest to choose a new team nickname, as Rockets was already in use by the Houston Rockets.

Two weeks after the NBA awarded Portland an expansion franchise in 1970, team management held a contest to select the team's name and received more than 10, 000 entries.

Most Price reruns are held not entirely by FremantleMedia, but also through CBS Television Distribution, as CBS currently licenses the American Price franchise from Fremantle.