NFL commissioner Roger Goodell: Bears 'looking at' Illinois stadium site

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What is the background of the Bears’ stadium saga and why is it a mess?

Mark Grote 0:00

Rahimi and Grody. The you and I are obsessed. Why you so obsessed with me? Middays, ten AM to two on the score. Um I don't know, the Hammond Hams, I guess we'll call them. 4 AH. The Arlington Heights Bear. It's not gonna happen. We welcome you back into Rahemian Grody on 1043 the score. Thanks for being with us today. I see all of you. I hear all of you. I feel all of you. I see our producers on the other side of the glass.

Vinny Rotino 0:29

Man, this is the phrasing show of the year between you and PCA.

Mark Grote 0:34

Pause. PCA is the best. That was

Vinny Rotino 0:37

that was very sports talk radio esque of PCA.

Mark Grote 0:41

It was. Yeah. They screw well. He's got a few

Vinny Rotino 0:43

fart jokes in him, I fear.

Mark Grote 0:45

He paused, but then later on. So was he pausing trying to stop himself from saying something? No, he

Vinny Rotino 0:50

was pointing out a joke without pointing out the joke.

Mark Grote 0:54

Thanks to Ray Diaz and Tyler Butterbaugh. Five Butte Day for Tyler.

Vinny Rotino 0:58

Also very important, friends. I'm glad we found the yes by Stoney in yesterday's game, working with Connor McKnight because they sounded like they were having a great time.

Mark Grote 1:07

Yes.

What did the recent USA Today article reveal about Goodell’s meetings with Illinois lawmakers?

Mark Grote 1:08

That was great.

Vinny Rotino 1:08

Yeah, I'm really glad we're on top of all of those now.

Mark Grote 1:11

Yes.

Vinny Rotino 1:12

Because the one we'd been using was him and Bob Costas.

Mark Grote 1:15

Yes. Well, he's probably said it a dozen times through the years, but uh hundreds. Yeah. I don't know that he's ever used the and again from Hawk on his report from Todd Fraser. I gotta go see Todd and

Vinny Rotino 1:30

It's one of my favorite things.

Mark Grote 1:32

It really is beautiful. Never gets old. Uh Connor O'Donnell is a video producer, does a wonderful job, as do Max Curtis and Jacob Stutz. We appreciate the heck out of those guys.

Vinny Rotino 1:43

Cody Westerland too running our social media.

Mark Grote 1:46

No, it's not on my list here. I guess these guys don't like Cody Westerlin.

Vinny Rotino 1:49

No, they're just used to me memorizing it the whole time because I'm a memorizer.

Mark Grote 1:53

Okay. I am not. So I will need that in front of me in print or on digital. But love Cody Westerland as well. Love his bulls coverage. They all do a great job. If you are one that wants the Chicago Bears to build an Illinois, and I probably kind of am one of those, because if it really happens in Indiana, I'm not sure how I'm gonna take it, but it's a fluid situation in my brain. Um Roger this is from USA. Today. It's it's a pretty short article, so I'm just gonna read it all. Okay. Yeah. Uh okay. Roger Goodell, that is the the commissioner of the National Football League kids, confirmed that he recently met with select lawmakers in Illinois in to to help in efforts for the Chicago Bears to finalize plans to build the new stadium.

Mark Grote 2:42

Yet the The NFL commissioner offered no clues about whether those meetings indicated that the Bears, who have a standing offer to move to a site in Hammond, Indiana, are any closer to closing the door on the chance of building in AH, Illinois, where the team also owns land. Can't help myself. Of course, this decision was expected to be finalized weeks ago, but an Illinois bill that could incentivize the Bears to move to Arlington Heights has yet to make it to the Floor for a vote that could determine the team's course of action. So when? asks the author of the article, Jerry. Quote, there's no specific timetable from my standpoint other than we know that they are looking at the alternate groups Indiana or Arlington Heights, Goodell told reporters after team owners met at an airport hotel.

Mark Grote 3:35

Love a good airport hotel. It's

Vinny Rotino 3:37

gotta be a myriad, really.

Mark Grote 3:38

Probably. We want to make sure that Arlington Heights and Illinois have an opportunity as well as Indiana to put their best foot forward. Couple more graphs here. Goodell's meeting with lawmakers seems significant, yet he downplayed that involvement and characterized it as a normal part of NFL business, and this is quoting Goodell again. I'm involved in a lot of stadium efforts, he said. It's not unusual for me to be involved in conversations with either public officials or others or our staff. There are important decisions, not just for the communities, but for the teams and the NFL. So these are important things for us.

How did Roger Goodell describe his involvement in stadium negotiations?

Mark Grote 4:18

Final thing here. And even though Bears Chairman George McCaskey and team president Kevin Warren have recently reiterated publicly that they are focused on the project.