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Mark Grody

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5421 total appearances

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Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Bears aren’t letting go of the idea of obtaining compensatory draft picks (Hour 1)

847.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Bears aren’t letting go of the idea of obtaining compensatory draft picks (Hour 1)

This is humorous to me.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Bears aren’t letting go of the idea of obtaining compensatory draft picks (Hour 1)

On the text line, 847, Arlington Park was the big house on the corner that finally goes up for sale and you buy it without an inspection.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Bears aren’t letting go of the idea of obtaining compensatory draft picks (Hour 1)

Several steps had to be taken.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Bears aren’t letting go of the idea of obtaining compensatory draft picks (Hour 1)

Several steps.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Bears aren’t letting go of the idea of obtaining compensatory draft picks (Hour 1)

And like I said, the whole thing is, yes, you can make that purchase if there are other people bidding on the land, but you got to get the tax certainty down or else you're going to be, I don't know, where we are now, several years later.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Bears aren’t letting go of the idea of obtaining compensatory draft picks (Hour 1)

It may end up being the best deal for the Bears because, look, while it is costing the Bears lots of money to have taken as long as they have taken to put the proverbial shovels into the ground, as long as it ends up in Arlington Heights, it's going to be a win for the Bears.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Bears aren’t letting go of the idea of obtaining compensatory draft picks (Hour 1)

They're doing a good job, in my opinion, of recreating.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Bears aren’t letting go of the idea of obtaining compensatory draft picks (Hour 1)

I mean, look at what Indiana's offering.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Bears aren’t letting go of the idea of obtaining compensatory draft picks (Hour 1)

Of engineering it backwards?

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Bears aren’t letting go of the idea of obtaining compensatory draft picks (Hour 1)

Yeah, look.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Bears aren’t letting go of the idea of obtaining compensatory draft picks (Hour 1)

Again, Kevin Warren wasn't here when they made that land purchase.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Bears aren’t letting go of the idea of obtaining compensatory draft picks (Hour 1)

Kevin Warren had to come in on the back end and try to figure things out.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Bears aren’t letting go of the idea of obtaining compensatory draft picks (Hour 1)

And whether we want to talk about his failed attempts to turn what is now Soldier Field into a place for a new stadium or the fact that the Bears now have lost a lot of money waiting to put the shovels into the ground.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Bears aren’t letting go of the idea of obtaining compensatory draft picks (Hour 1)

This is best case scenario now, is that Indiana is saying they will foot the bill and now you can get Illinois to give you what you want to build on your own land.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Bears aren’t letting go of the idea of obtaining compensatory draft picks (Hour 1)

What's not believable about it?

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Bears aren’t letting go of the idea of obtaining compensatory draft picks (Hour 1)

It does to me.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Bears aren’t letting go of the idea of obtaining compensatory draft picks (Hour 1)

Here's why.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Bears aren’t letting go of the idea of obtaining compensatory draft picks (Hour 1)

Because everything he just said is factually correct.

Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Bears aren’t letting go of the idea of obtaining compensatory draft picks (Hour 1)

Except for the very beginning where he says that fans will be, I guess, unaffected by a camera and the exact wording he used.