Jeff Buchholz
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The Bears โ none of this is โ there's no rational appeal here at all, right?
This isn't something you can look at on a balance sheet.
People are attached to their football teams, right?
The Bears in particular โ I mean, anybody who's listening to this station knows how very invested everybody in this area is in the Bears โ
And I think the McCaskey family understands that.
And I think the McCaskey family understands at some level that if they end up moving to Indiana, they're going to end up looking worse in the eyes of the fans.
I was talking to Judson Richards, who I know is a host on The Score and often fills in on our side of the floor as well.
And he was taking calls on his last show, and I asked him โ
When you talk to people who were calling in, who would they be prepared to blame if the Bears bolt to Indiana?
And he said, most people said the McCaskey family.
And I think they understand that.
I think they understand it's a business and we have to get people in the door in order to make this work.
And if cutting a deal like this in Indiana causes us to lose some of that fan base...
you know, that's got to be taken into consideration.
I agree with you, Marshall.
I do think they're going to wind up in Arlington Heights.
It's just a matter of how much money it's going to cost them.
Yeah, I think part of โ so the Bears have already said โ and there's been a lot of conversation, and I was talking to some people I know not that long ago who were like, well, Illinois shouldn't build the Bears a stadium.
And, of course, that's not on the table.
The Bears have said, we're going to build the stadium.