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What is going on with the Bears

in Indiana and Illinois?

And, well, what's going on

is the Bears want to move

because they're getting a better deal in Indiana.

And Chicago has its issues.

They're not offering a big deal. But Chicago also, even as of yesterday, they had these congressmen

saying, hey, look, man, we've been pretty clear on we want to keep them here in Chicago. We want

them to stay here with us. We wish that they wouldn't go public with all their requests of moving out. We're doing our best to make things work. We're trying to keep it private. But they're doing their best to keep them. So there's a little bit of a conflict of the bears are ready to leave. They're getting a better deal. And Chicago, of course, wants them. Here's a deal.

There's a little back and forth, but there's a lot of questions. Indiana lawmakers are advancing a bill that would create a Northwest Indiana Stadium, a public body empowered with land and bond.

All the info is here, but the bears are saying that it's a meaningful step forward in actually building a stadium in Indiana and moving the team. Now, of course, Chicago doesn't want the team leaving. That would be ridiculous. And they've made it very clear. So they're a little upset that it's gone this far. To be honest with you, when I heard this noise, within the last month or so, whatever,

and of course the fans are devastated. I'm talking about, you know, the politicians and people speaking on behalf of this. Cove, truth be told. It threw me for a loop. No, but the last month or so, I've ignored all these rumblings because I assumed it was just like rumors. Yeah, like, God, that's not really going to happen. I'm like, oh wait, this might really happen.

So I got to ask you, first and first, mostly, if the bears do move to Indiana, do the fans just roll with this and like, hey, business is business? Are they still the, quote, Chicago Bears? I mean, the Jets and the Giants are the New York Jets and Giants. They play in Jersey. The 49ers are an hour plus away in Santa Clara. And guess what? They're still the San Francisco 49ers. In fact, they show shots of the Bay Area when they do rejoins from commercials. There's the illusion that the 49ers in San Francisco. We were just there. They're not in San Francisco.

We lived in New York and New Jersey growing up. Cavino, giant stadium, MetLife is 15, 20 minutes from your family's house in Union, New Jersey.

Well, I just looked at up. They're not in New York. I'm not saying this is 100% accurate, but I just Googled real quick how far Chicago from Indiana. It's over three hours. So like this is... But it's over the border. No, it's not three hours. It's literally like 30 minutes away. That's it? It's over the border. Oh. Okay. So then it's closer than I thought. How far? Okay. So Google's wrong. Thanks. But, there's a couple of things to play here. Like, at least the Niners, although they're South, playing South, they're still in the state of California. They're on the periphery of San Francisco. And that's the thing. Rich brought up the Giants and Jets. There's no room in New York to be in the tri-state area though. If you're in New Jersey, I know people from New York will deny this, but if you live in New Jersey, you could sort of claim New York sometimes. Absolutely. You know, it's the same thing. And you go on vacation, if you're from Jersey, and it's almost like that little joke on the East Coast for our East Coast affiliates. You meet a couple at the swim up bar in Mexico.

Yeah. from Jersey and it's almost like that little joke on the East Coast or our East Coast affiliates you meet a couple at the swim up bar in Mexico. Hey, where are you from? Hey, where are you guys from? A lot of times people from New Jersey will say, oh, from New York. You could say that and get away with it, especially if you work in New York because most people in New Jersey work in New York, you know, and they're so connected and so close. I don't know if you could say the same. I don't think you can say the same with Indiana and Chicago. People get a little bit of slack for saying they're from Chicago when they're actually from the suburbs of Chicago. They're from like Decatur, Illinois. You're not from New York. You're not from Naperville or, you know, Geneva or St. Charles. My wife has family in the Naperville and Decatur area.

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