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CLEVELAND (The Borowitz Report)—Two days after their team completed a losing season for the fifteenth time in seventeen years, a consortium of Cleveland Browns fans has formally applied to relocate the N.F.L. franchise to Los Angeles.

Unlike other teams vying to move to L.A., such as the St. Louis Rams, the San Diego Chargers, and the Oakland Raiders, the Browns’ application is believed to be the only one submitted entirely by fans.

The Browns’ owner, Jimmy Haslam, said that he was unaware when he purchased the team that the city’s fans could unilaterally relocate it. “Obviously, being an N.F.L. owner has been something of a steep learning curve for me,” he said.

According to Butch Rydzewski, the Browns fan who is masterminding the relocation effort, Los Angeles is the ideal destination for the team “because it is two thousand miles away and someplace most of us have no intention of ever visiting.”

In addition to relocating the team, Rydzewski said that Browns fans were putting measures in place to make sure that the team never returns.

“We are lobbying the city council to demolish FirstEnergy Stadium,” he said. “Only then can the healing begin.”

But, even as Cleveland fans pushed forward on the relocation plan, city officials in Los Angeles were taking steps to prevent the Browns from moving there, including taking out a restraining order against quarterback Johnny Manziel.