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[Bigggggg @Biggs520]

Caleb Williams IS the new face of the league.

Get used to it haters.

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@CALEBcsw @nfl

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[Yogi @Houseofyogi]

Chicago lost the Bears this week. A team that's been in the city since 1921.

They didn't lose them to a bigger market or a better deal. The Bears decided they'd rather be a tenant in Indiana than deal with Illinois for one more year.

Think about how badly you have to run a place for that to be the smart move.

They lost them for two reasons.

The people running Illinois would rather villainize a builder than keep one. And they're bad at their jobs.

In 2021 the Bears spent $197M on the old Arlington Park racetrack.

Before they could break ground, Cook County valued the empty lot at $192M (Bears said $60M). They were salivating at the chance to extort a building that didn't even exist yet.

That fight dragged on for years.

The Bears were ready to put $2B into the stadium. All they wanted was a promise the county wouldn't reassess them into oblivion, plus $855M for infrastructure everyone uses. Roads, transit, utilities. A $3B project, two thirds of it private money pouring into Illinois.

Springfield had since 2021 to get this done. They dragged it to the final night of session, passed it through the Senate at 3:39AM, and the House went home without voting.

So now it's all gone.

The funniest part? This started because Cook County tried to grab the tax early. They knew a built stadium would pay $53M a year. Now they get under $4M on a vacant lot. No jobs, no buildout, no new anything.

Congrats on fighting for scraps and losing the whole prize.

Pritzker: they're "an $8.5B valued business" that doesn't need propping up.

But be smart for a second. Almost every NFL city throws in public money for a stadium. Not charity. The return is real. Tourism, hotels, restaurants, jobs, game days, property tax on a huge development. The math works.

Indiana did the math. While Illinois sat on it for years, Indiana passed a bill in months, put up $1B, and took the team.

And the Bears took a worse deal to get there. In Illinois they were going to own their stadium. In Indiana they rent it from the state. A team that wanted to build its own home gave up ownership just to escape Chicago.

Nobody won but Indiana. The Bears lost their stadium. Illinois lost the team, the $2B, and $53M a year in taxes.

Pritzker after they left: "I wasn't willing to give up billions of dollars of taxpayer money to give it to a billionaire-owned family or team."

There it is. "Billionaire-owned."

That's how Democrats talk about any business right before they run it out of town. Call them a billionaire, act like you're saving working families, take a victory lap while the tax base drives across the state line.

Meanwhile they're running the whole state into the ground. And you already know how this ends. You're living in it.

Pensions are $143B in the hole, worst in the country and not close. You pay $6,285 a year in property taxes, double the $2,969 national average, for a city that's $1.15B in the red. The mayor called its finances "the point of no return."

When you run things this badly, you sell what's left.

They leased the parking meters for 75 years to Morgan Stanley and a sovereign wealth fund in Abu Dhabi. Took $1.15B and burned through it in two years. The investors already made it all back, with 58 years left to collect.

Sold the Skyway. Sold the downtown garages. Every asset that made money, gone for one check.

But a fixed property tax rate for a team that's been here 106 years? That's "propping up billionaires."

Companies are leaving. Boeing for Virginia. Caterpillar for Texas. Citadel for Miami. In 2023 alone Illinois lost 56,000 people and $6B in income to other states. The ones who left earned a third more than the ones who moved in.

Indiana didn't outbid anyone. AAA credit, 16 years straight. A $676M surplus. Fourth-lowest debt per person in the country. They just weren't a disaster.

Illinois could have collected $53M a year. It chose zero. Ignore all the bad management but make sure to stick it to those evil, pesky billionaires.

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@ChrisMWilliams @IfindRetards here's another

[Reverend Jordan Wells @WellsJorda89710]

To everyone saying Chicago taxpayers shouldn’t help fund a new Bears stadium…

Indiana is offering a better deal and stepping up to fund it.
A sports team pays for itself. It generates billions in taxes and billions more in economic activity. Hotels, restaurants, bars, shops — they all explode when an NFL team calls your city home.

Indiana is about to double its state revenue and give its businesses a massive boom.
Chicago is about to lose billions in taxes, watch businesses suffer, and kiss the Bears goodbye.
Every Democrat who let this happen should be fired immediately.
Wake up, Chicago.
#ChicagoBears #BearsStadium #KeepTheBears #IndianaVsChicago #TaxpayerDollars #EconomicBoom #ChicagoPolitics #FireTheDemocrats #MAGA #AmericaFirst

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@creamsleeve Don't drool. This steak was well done and was sent back.

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@creamsleeve Mine didn't change much.

[Vince Langman @LangmanVince]

The Chicago Bears managed to stay in Chicago despite the 1929 Great Depression, WWII, and the 2008 financial crisis, but they couldn't survive two incompetent Democratic leaders in Illinois and now they are moving next door to the Republican run red state of Indiana!

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@CourtneyRCronin Gaslighting

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@jacobinfante24 New to politics?

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

This is Ramsey. He is a mail delivery dog. Shipping is free, and while packages might not be handled with care, they are handled with enthusiasm. 14/10

[A MOTIVATED DAYO ODEYINGBO @HalasHooligan]

What Bears fans see😄
Vs.
What the League sees.😈

[Varney & Co. @Varneyco]

"We moved at the speed of business. And when you look at our economy, how much more stadium you'd get for the dollars you'd spend, you'd be able to tailgate, do all the things. And logistically, you'd probably be closer to the current stadium than fighting your way through the traffic." - Indiana Governor Mike Braun (@GovBraun) on the Chicago Bears potentially moving to Indiana!

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[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

ESPN sources: Green Bay WR Christian Watson and the Packers reached agreement today on a four-year, $110.5 million contract extension that includes a $31 million signing bonus.

[Blonde of War (JJ) @BlondeOfWar]

The number of times I have watched this is bordering on obsessive.
I’m ded. ☠️
Send help. 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[Herd w/Colin Cowherd @TheHerd]

"Caleb is very unique and rare. He is still underrated as a number one pick at quarterback... I'm not sure, outside of Josh Allen, anybody has his talent in the NFL playing that position."

@colincowherd reacts to Caleb Williams being named the Madden 27 cover athlete

[Bigggggg @Biggs520]

He likely won't be the same player ever again. Certainly not next year

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

Packers’ standout edge rusher Micah Parsons said he will not return from his torn ACL injury until at least mid-October.

Story via @RobDemovsky:

https://t.co/EmbSBaRh8l

[Bigggggg @Biggs520]

Bears at 16! 🤣🤣
Espn 🤣🤣

[Seth Walder @SethWalder]

ESPN's Football Power Index is out!

The Rams are No. 1, the Seahawks are No. 4 and the Patriots are...No. 14!

Projections, most likely Super Bowl matchups and more in today's story: https://t.co/a3gvnREcZ3

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Best?

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

More:

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Let's not talk about the Madden

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

The #Madden27 Cover:

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

The #Madden27 Cover:

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Where am I?