While that likely seems true, why is Naperville playing along with it? It’s like sending Benny the Bull to sign a free agent.

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“How do you get to be president and you’re stupid?” Donald J Trump - 4/10/25
When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus. - Turkish Proverb

Shooters shoot.

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The McCaskeys aren't really good at this, are they?

I was just thinking about bigfan and all his dumb posts about how great MCDOME would be but JERRY was blocking it, and it occurred to me, yeah, if Reinsdorf could keep a dome from going up at McCormick Place, why not Arlington Heights, too?

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Can the Packers be sold?

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GO BEARS!!!

I'd love to see their valuation with their extremely limited revenue streams.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Forbes has them at $4.25B, but that doesn't really matter because there's no real way to buy the team and there's no shareholder value to increase. They just exist.

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Per Adam Schefter, the Chicago Bears are day-to-day with congenital incompetence.

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Uh-oh Meatball Frank is gonna call you (& him) bitter haters.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

I really think that they are stalling for mama bear to pass away and to sell the team. I do not think they have enough money to build the stadium unless they sell a minority stake.

I think that Cincinnati is in exactly the same boat. It's really a stupid NFL rule.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

My wife told me the same thing last night about myself.

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My Maserati does 186.

They can't get financing for the stadium with the current crew? How is Mama Bear?

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Move to where Old Chicago was in Bolingbrook. Oh yaaa

This is what smart franchises do. They'll win.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I've been saying this the entire time...the McCaskeys have very little cash. Either they've already bought in cash-rich owner (quietly) to get this done or they had hoped Mama Bear would have died by now and they'd sell.

I would imagine this is just the Bears being the Bears. Eventually...someone will buy into the team and this gets done. It will take someone who's not related to the McCaskeys.

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You don't need cash to get these stadiums done. You need a belief that it will pay for itself and make everyone money.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

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The Vikings stadium will be paid off 23 years early. Hopefully, Brother Warren can get with Brother Pritzker and the mayor to get the Bears a similar deal for Chicago.

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vikings, and all the new stadiums just built before/during the pandemic are a bargain now. rampant inflation only happens every couple decades. that said, we very well might not be done with the current crisis, so might as well buy in now. prices certainly wont be going down.

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the world will always the world. your entire existence is defined by your response.

Is there any truth that Virginia's estate taxes could somehow be circumvented by selling the team? I thought I read somewhere that selling the team would be financially sound for the McCaskeys once she passes.

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Unless they got a waiver from the NFL, I think the failchildren would have to sell the team because no single failchild would have a large enough share to be the owner of record.

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I think that another legacy team dealt with that. Maybe the Giants or the Steelers?

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

Forcing out descendants of Papa Bear wouldn't be a great day for the NFL. There is no NFL or even Packers without the great George Halas.

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Part of this is on Halas himself for having weak sperm and producing no male heir.

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Raiders fans believe the McCaskeys killed Mugs. I would put my money on his crazy wife. Besides, the football gods could only do so much.

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The last renovation cost $587m. The Bears chipped in a paltry $100m, as did the NFL, with the city borrowing $387 for the rest. After making payments for 20 years and various refinancings, the city currently owes $640m (!). That kind of malfeasance should scare any taxpayer from allowing their government to pay for a billionaire's plaything--especially now that stadiums are 10x the cost.

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Lmao. No wonder cook county is pushing for them to pay for it.

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the world will always the world. your entire existence is defined by your response.

There's some dots to connect but now that we know Terry Link was wired up at the time the gaming bill was negotiated, I suspect more than a few players are squirming right now.

It was odd that Neil Bluhm didn't get the Chicago casino when it looked like that was a done deal.

We may find out about the machinations between Bluhm, CDI, and the gaming board.

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General Jim wears Fort Bragg down... to get it!

Is Mugs the male heir that was never produced?

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