Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
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Rahimi Harrison-Grody, 10-2 on 104.3 The Score.
Dan, thanks for joining us.
Hi, guys. Welcome to the NFL offseason. Oh, it's crazy. We made it. Look at that. The weed man has spoken. The season is over.
Dan, Mark is trying to call you the weed man, and I'm pretty sure that refers to something else. How do you feel about this?
Weed man, weed man, weed man.
Come on in, Mike. Come on, weed man.
All of the people that knew me in childhood just call me Weed. And so my nickname has kind of evolved over the years during various markets and on this station as well.
When I was in college, I used to get wicked hammered. My nickname was Puke. Probably would have gotten expelled if I'd let it affect my grades, but I aced all my courses. They called me Ace. It was totally awesome. Got straight Bs. They call me Buzz. You can call me just about anything you want. Wait, wait, wait. What is your preferred nickname?
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Chapter 2: What are the latest developments in the Bears' stadium saga?
Yeah, 670 is for the distance. 104.3 is for like our building. We couldn't get anything behind our building. So, you know, we fill in the gaps with everything else. So that's how this goes. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. As I mentioned, we want to get your thoughts on just whether or not the stadium should be here. Should it be in Indiana? Do you care?
Do you want to pay for it? And you're already paying for it. Chances are, if you're listening to us, 312-644-6767 is the number. Our producers are Ray Diaz and Tyler Buterbaugh. You just heard Marshall Harris and Mark Grody. I'm Layla Rahimi. You can join us on Twitch as well, twitch.tv slash thescorechicago or YouTube. The Score Chicago is our address there as well.
Connor O'Donnell, Jacob Stutz, and Max Curtis are our video team. Brandon Fryer helps us out as well. And we have more coming up on this topic, which is sponsored by AlmostFreeTeeth.com. Affordable implants, life-changing smiles. Do we actually think shovels will be in the ground this year? Let's start with that concept. I'm done with that game.
I mean, well, three years later after you buy a property is always what you like to build, right? It sounds like the shovels are going to be in the ground. It's just going to be a matter of are they going to be in the ground in Illinois or in Indiana? Hold your thought. Let's discuss that next.
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This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score talking about the latest happening with the Bears and Arlington Heights. Illinois, J.B. Pritzker, Cam Buckner, who's going to be on the afternoon show at 4 o'clock, by the way. You won't want to miss that on Spiegel and Holmes. He'll give us some more explanation. Cam Buckner has been outspoken about this. And sports.
I always like to hear what he has to say because I feel like he's a good sports fan. And so are you. 312-644-6767 is our number we're gonna start with mike on the south side mike this is rahimi harrison grody how are you hey i'm good what's up mike yeah yes i was listening to you guys you know i think that um i'm sick of watching uh people get pushed around by private interests and
It's supposed to be the government who defends us from them. So I think that the city should use eminent domain to take control of the team. It's the Chicago Bears. Bears. Eminent domain to take the team? I mean, I've heard of some land plays. How do you get to the team, Mike? I mean, the CPD, that's what, like a 3,000 strong personal private army that the mayor controls?
What are they going to do? It's the government. You can't fight City Hall, like they say. You can't fight City Hall. That's the first time I've heard it used to talk about taking over an entire football organization. We'll take that back. Thank you very much. So we have the meatball of the day. The city of Chicago marches into Arlington Heights and takes their team back. I don't know.
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Chapter 3: How are Illinois lawmakers responding to the Bears' stadium proposal?
and other things that are available to any business that's growing or building something new in the state of Illinois that is putting people to work. Those are normal incentives, and that's what I'd expect we'll end up with for the Bears. So then the question becomes, what is the pilot legislation going to dictate? And does that number even get the Bears to come to the table?
Because if that's not a number they like, they still have the concept of Indiana being a part of this. Yeah, and I know a lot of people think Indiana is just a complete bluff. I think at the end of the day, money talks, and you know it walks. And if Illinois doesn't come up with something that the Bears find, I don't know if favorable is even the right word, but to their liking...
The Indiana thing is just a sweetheart deal.
It really is.
I mean, depending on what it is, though, we don't have the details. Illinois obviously did not treat it as leverage, as a bluff. They might think way in the back of their head it is, but there's a big part. They're like, we can't afford to lose.
Yeah, like this one, they are taking the Bears very seriously, or they wouldn't have gone right to the table in December when the Bears note came out and we were all mad at the Bears because the Bears were winning games. How dare you ruin our vibe? Distraction action is what we like to call that. But as it turned out, it was a bold move by the Bears.
Now the Fox 32 report says, so this is close to the Bears, say the only site that they're considering in Indiana is near Wolf Lake and Hammond, which is right across from the Chicago border. So I guess the entity that they want to create in Indiana, the bond issuing authority there, that would be the land that would be part of this discussion. So that's something to consider as well.
But all of this is still a far cry from the Bears obviously holding property in Arlington Heights that they built and told us with the expressed intent of a stadium. That's why I just don't budge much on this. If I had known this over the weekend, because I was literally in Hammond, Indiana over the weekend, I would have taken a stronger look around the place. A sight survey.
A sight survey of my own. To be clear, I still think it ends up in Arlington Heights. I think it all stops.
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of the Bears potentially moving to Indiana?
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This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score talking about the latest news from the state of Illinois regarding the possibility of the Bears getting some legislation that would help with their property tax discussion regarding the property they bought in Arlington Heights. Cam Buckner is going to be on the afternoon show on Spiegel and Holmes to give us some more clarity.
That will happen at 4 o'clock today. In the meantime, we're taking your calls because it's your money. So if it's your money, then you should be able to call today. 312-644-6767 is the number. Let's go to Mario in Hyde Park. Mario, you're on 104.3 The Score.
That sounds so crazy. 104.3 The Score. Wow. I like that.
You sound great, man. You sound, Mario, you are made for FM. More than you know, Mark, girl. Oh, yeah? I feel like what I said earlier, a year ago is kind of still in play. They're not leaving Illinois. I agree with Marshall.
Indiana's not a bluff at all. That's real. I think it's more real than it's ever been. That's why this new move from the state legislature to maybe come up with a bill to pass aside the needs of the Bears is going to probably happen. I don't think if J.B. Pritzker is thinking about an extended run,
here in Illinois being governor or perhaps going national and maybe running for president, I don't think that he thinks it's a good idea to have that on his list of things that he let the Bears lead in the, I'm sorry, Illinois. But I go back to the beginning. The Bears are a cash cow for the state. They'll do what they have to do to get them to stay. Where it gets kind of cloudy is
what are taxpayers willing to accept?
Not what are they willing to pay?
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Chapter 5: What are the implications of the Bears' stadium saga?
Is that wrong? Micah, right there in that soundbite, said he'd be glad to be a member of that team. Yeah, I think there are actually a lot of people who would probably want to play for the team. But then does the international team really just not deserve any home? Like, that's... Like, at some point, you need some regularity with your life.
Chapter 6: How does the team's home base affect player performance?
You know? You have to, like, know where you're practicing each week and, like, have some routine. Some routine, right? Like, that's the whole point of football teams is to provide schedule and routine. Bears!
Chapter 7: What are the potential outcomes for international NFL teams?
So they're not... they don't have a home base or they just come together. Well, he said it's like Notre Dame. So I guess they, uh, it has to be like, I assume they'd be independent, but like they're always traveling to other places. Like, do they have their own home? Maybe it's every year or every three or four years you move the location.
Now, I understood that Notre Dame has its own home stadium. I'm not saying that. I'm saying like the concept of them being independent. Yeah, like what's their home then?
Chapter 8: How do player contracts impact team strategy?
Like where do they practice? Pick an international city that's had longstanding ties to the NFL. We get to vote on that? It'd be like the Pope? We don't vote on the Pope, but I'm saying like anybody in the world could be awarded the team? Yes, I think that it's more like an expansion team situation. I'm old enough to remember people saying the Jacksonville Jaguars were going to go to Europe.
Yeah, well, they're London's team. Yes, so that's what I'm saying. Does London want the Jags? They have a good relationship. They like the owner. Yeah. Yeah, they have a very good relationship. So I think this is somewhat doable, maybe not in the way that Micah Parsons is thinking about it, but certainly if a team decided to move. Now, expansion, you wonder how Roger Goodell looks at this.
I mean... I'm old enough to remember when they came up with NFL Europe. It's kind of like this minor league system, which also was supposed to get Europeans more excited about American football. I like the idea. The Ryan Fire. Yes. RIP to the Ryan Fire.
Very popular team.
The only NFL Europe team I can remember. But understand this. This is the goal. Bad Bunny was out there Bad Bunny-ing for a reason. They want this thing international. And it may take close to the next decade, but I expect between half decade to a decade, there will be an international franchise somewhere.
Yeah, I think that there would be a team in London proper before there would be an international team. I feel like that's a plausible direction. I don't know if it would be Jacksonville necessarily relocating. I doubt that. Maybe they would just make a whole new team there. But I could see that happening. The international thing is definitely intriguing, but does not feel plausible.
Look, we got our hands full with Bears 2 as well. We can't be thinking about another team to put together. Bears 2 will play anywhere the stadium is built. They are ready. Bears 2 would probably play in Hammond. Bears 2 is saving all of their own money. Bears 2 doesn't care. Bears 2 might even play in Kenosha. They've been camping out in Hammond trying to get Bears leftovers.
Bears 2 will have cheerleaders. We're Bears 2. And maybe some of the inappropriate names that you guys suggested. Bears 2. Number three. This is five on it on 104.3 The Score with Laila Rahimi, Marshall Harris, and Mark Grody. Here's question number three. Which Cubs player do you think has a higher likelihood of signing a contract extension this spring?
Second baseman Nico Horner or outfielder Pete Crow Armstrong, a.k.a. PCA? Well, if it isn't part two of the discussion that plagued our lives last year on the Midday Show. I look at Marshall with a smirk and he looks back at me with a smirk. It was the extend PCA conversation. He deserves all this money and the price went way up and then the price went down.
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