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Ravens' move is blow to Westminster, but the right call for the team

Ravens' move is blow to Westminster, but the right call for the team

Steve Jones – Carroll Eagle: Ravens' move is blow to Westminster, but the right call for the team

December 8, 2011

http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/sports/ph-ce-sideline-view-1211-20111207,0,3683646.story

Sideline View By Steve Jones

The decision last week by the Baltimore Ravens to move their summer training camp from Westminster's McDaniel College to the team facility in Owings Mills came down to hearts and minds.

To thousands of football fans in the Baltimore area whose hearts belong to the football team, the Ravens were presented with an easy choice.

Since coming to Baltimore from Cleveland in 1996, the Ravens conducted training camp at McDaniel every summer until this past one, when the club remained at its Owings Mills base due to a late resolution to the lockout. It seemed logical that the Ravens would return in 2012, because you don't break with tradition.

But tradition isn't what it used to be, especially in sports, and the world is light-years removed from 1996.

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The Ravens' brass used their heads when finalizing last week's decision to move training camp to their spacious and comfortable Owings Mills complex. Sad as it may be to Carroll and Westminster, the decision makes sense on many levels...

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Ravens' move is blow to Westminster, but the right call for the team

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