Tommy Young

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@BearDownGirl I’m with you!! Lets Goo

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@nolimit_luke_ Amen!

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@micheal_ws18 3 mins depending on what exercise. The 3 min ones are 3 sets. The “minor muscles” are 2 reps and 60-90 mins. What I do but in no way am I saying I’m right

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@micheal_ws18 Usually in the gym over an hour and able to up weights and finish my reps. I usually have enough energy to do a few extra ones just for fun.

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@CountryTasha86 Absolutely!!!

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@ggabefootball What the Bears are asking Illinois to do to stay doesnt compare to the deal that Indiana is willing to give them. And yet the Bears are willing to take less to try and stay in Illinois. This is 100% on Illinois Politicians.

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How long before other Chicago Sports Teams leave? This move financially makes way more sense than what Illinois was offering, even though the Bears gave Illinois an opportunity to work out a doable deal.

[Greg Braggs Jr. @GBraggsJr23]

Mayor of Hammond, @tommcdermottjr, with a statement:

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@CountryTasha86 Nice!

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@DarrenBaileyIL He's losing everything but.........yep you guessed it weight

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IMO pathetic effort by the Illinois Politicians-

If the Bears move their stadium to Indiana, Illinois won't just lose football games. They'll lose millions in player taxes, ticket taxes, concessions, parking, hotels, restaurants, concerts, and other stadium revenue. The real loss could be tens of millions in tax revenue every year.

As a Bears fan, I'd rather see the team stay in Illinois. If the stadium moves to Indiana, Illinois loses more than a football team—it loses player tax revenue, sales taxes, jobs, tourism dollars, and future development. That's a lot of money crossing the state line.

Illinois politicians should be paying attention. If the Bears build in Indiana, tax revenue from players, coaches, tickets, concessions, parking, hotels, restaurants, and concerts follows them. That's potentially tens of millions of dollars leaving Illinois every year.

If the Bears move their stadium to Indiana, how much money will Illinois lose from player taxes, ticket sales, concessions, parking, hotels, restaurants, and stadium jobs? Seems like a lot more than just losing a football stadium. #Bears #ChicagoBears #Illinois #IndianaPunchy

The Bears moving to Indiana isn't just about a stadium. It's about tax dollars. Players, coaches, fans, hotels, restaurants, parking, concerts, jobs—millions of dollars that could stay in Illinois may end up in Indiana instead. #Bears #NFL #ChicagoBears 🐻⬇️

Revenue Source
Estimated Illinois Loss Player & coach state income taxes earned at home games
Several million dollars/yearStadium employees, vendors, security, concessions taxesMillions/yearSales taxes from tickets, merchandise, food, parking, hotels, restaurants
Millions to tens of millions/year Lost economic activity around stadium district Potentially hundreds of millions/year Property tax and development-related revenue from a new Illinois stadium districtTens of millions/year
One of the Bears' own proposals for an Illinois stadium projected roughly $60 million annually in local and state tax revenue and about $1.3 billion in annual economic impact from the stadium district and surrounding development. If a similar project is built in Indiana instead, much of that benefit would shift across the state line.
For player salaries specifically, the impact is smaller than many people think. NFL teams have:
53 active players

coaches and front-office staff

hundreds of game-day workers

The bigger money is often:

ticket sales
parking
hotels
restaurants
bars
retail spending
concerts and non-NFL events at the stadium

Those activities generate sales and income taxes year after year.
The irony is that Illinois officials were debating tax incentives to keep the Bears because they believed the long-term tax and economic benefits were worth more than the incentives. Indiana is currently offering a package worth up to about $1 billion to attract the project.
So if I had to make an educated estimate today, Illinois would likely lose somewhere in the neighborhood of $20–$60+ million per year in direct tax revenue, plus a much larger amount of economic activity that would instead occur in Indiana.
The exact number depends on the final stadium size, entertainment district, hotels, restaurants, and whether Bears players and staff continue to live primarily in Illinois or move across the border.

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Absolutely pathetic from the State of Illinois!

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

The Bears’ Board of Directors voted Thursday to advance the stadium development in Hammond, Indiana, with the exact to be selected. This is this first time that the Bears’ board has voted on any stadium site.

As one source said, “There is more work to do but barring anything very strange, it’s a done deal.”

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@downbadbears of course

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Illinois has to be one of the most pathetic states!! Unbelievable.

[Caleb Williams Fan Club @CalebFC18]

The Bears released a quote after Illinois legislators didn’t bring their stadium bill to a vote in the state house:

“We will finalize our evaluation of both Arlington Heights and Hammond, and remain on the late spring/early summer timeline that we have previously communicated.”

Only one problems with this. The next vote won’t take place until the fall. Illinois just made the decision for the Bears.

Welcome to Hammond, Indiana.

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@Msalexisjade 🐻⬇️

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@Dice_Says Nope, I didn't either and now I'm wandering why I didn't

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@CountryTasha86 Make the moments count!!!

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Happy Sunny Sunday! “Don’t forget to keep smiling!!”

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@BearDownGirl Bring on the hard 🐻⬇️

[Tommy Young @tom27young]

I used to hate the hard workouts.
Now I crave them.
Because I realized the struggle is what changes you — physically and mentally.

Anybody can talk about getting in shape.
Very few will suffer enough to actually do it.

I’m choosing hard. How about you?