DISGUSTED: Matt Spiegel is tired of Bears playing games in stadium pursuit | Spiegel & Holmes

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1. Steigel, maybe throw some blame at IL government for sitting on their butts for 3 years. Holmes your democrat is showing by how much you say it’s the Bears fault.

2. We're tired of the news covering the story. Just let them make a decision then discuss it.

3. Stop voting Blue!

4. Be disgusted with your city and state representatives, not the Bears lol 😂😂

5. The Bears would save millions in taxes by moving to Indiana. I think they're going to move.

6. This is 100% on idiot Brandon Johnson and scumbag Pritzker. I don't blame the Bears one bit. In fact, I'm glad they are leaving Illinois. This state is a sinking ship. Get away from Illinois' bad politics, crime, and corruption.

7. Illinois taxpayer here doesn't give a damn where or if they ever play again. How stupid can one be, whining about a sports team.

8. Spiegs, un-clutch your pearls. This is how big business is done, and this is big business.

9. The Bears are a joke on this crap and until last season they where a joke in games to stay leave who gives a flying freak they will be lucky to get this thing done by 2032 and maybe if they get lucky agaoin might win 10 games next year

10. They moving to Hammond.

11. I'm glad Illinois won't be getting anymore money from the Bears

12. Typical Chicago media. Can't even listen to you guys anymore.

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14. Illinois is going to FAFO

15. IL just being difficult. This doesn’t have to be. Can’t blame the bears for most of this.

16. Why be discussed with the bears you should be discussed with the state of Illinois

17. Oh that's funny I'm tired of Chicago and the JB Epstein Files Pritzker playing games. If they let the Bears go to Indiana this legacy of shame is on the Pritzker family alone.

18. Every year, players hit free agency. Would they like to stay with the team they're on? Most likely, but if another team makes a better offer, they're going to do what's in their best interest because that's what players do. We as fans might be disappointed, especially if it's a popular player, but we understand that at the end of the day, it's business. A team is the same way. The Bears are looking for the best deal because they are a business and that's what businesses do. Do I want them to leave IL? No, but I understand if they do.

19. Who cares; they were competitive for one year. Let em go don't let the door hit you on the way out. Give the Bears a one year lease at soldier field. Take that extremely valuable soldier field property and turn it into an event Mecca to be enjoyed by all people for 365 days a year instead of 10 Sundays.

20. Spiegel is a total lib. He’s running cover for Humpty Dumpty in Springfield. He’s disgusted at the Bears for playing games? Wtf has the state done over the last 3 years? He’s so smug. Laurence gets it much more.

21. Another sports oligarchy that doesn't want to pay taxes.

22. this whole situation is BEYONE asinine!! the goal of Kevin Warren is build a winning program and MAXIMIZE the teams TOTAL VALUE.
    What sane person thinks a team in Hammond indiana will EVER have the same value as a team in the Chicago market.

23. It doesnt make sense for them to stay in illinois…especially from a business stand point. Why, stay in a state that is in a massively large debt. When they go somewhere that has a higher return on all avenues of their business structure due to not being in a state with a large deficit of debt. Its business 101, not that hard to get.

24. So surprised at the people who are butt hurt that billionaires aren't getting "tax certainty". Where is our "tax certainty"?

25. Right the Bears want free money, Bears fans appear to want to pay, I personally do not.

26. NFL teams are going to love to fly into Gary Indiana, and staying at hotels in Hammond.

27. Billion dollar companies are fleeing Chicago and to possibly lose a sports franchise to another state will be an embarrassing blow to the city and state

28. Warren needs to go now

29. Sure, it’s easy to give away land that is polluted, worthless and abandoned.
    Drive to this location, geese avoid it, good luck Kev.
    It will be shuttered within a decade!

30. Best part about Indiana is that Colts fans have to pay for our stadium and I will never let them forget it.

31. Build that stadium in Hammond. Do it. Help the McCaskeys steal money from Indiana school kids.

32. The Bears are gone. Illinois cannot offer a financial package anywhere close to Indiana. The Bears are sticking a middle finger to Pritzker, Johnson and Illinois politicians in general. This will be another major business deciding to leave Illinois. Predictable. If it happens, let’s take our anger out at the ballot boxes.

33. This isn’t on the Bears…

34. Good luck building a stadium on land that had oil refineries. Good luck getting clean water.

35. Both Matt and Lawrence got this wrong. This was not a bluff

36. It's called a bargaining chip, Spiegs.

37. Maybe IL should unfrak their high taxes and fees so that IL can be competitive and attract businesses again. Even if the Bears lose a chunk of their fans, they'll still come out ahead because of taxes.

38. Watching the media bend to absolve Pritzker is hilarious.

39. Sorry, didn't the state say that this is not an issue that they will discuss in 2026. Who you crappin'

40. But yet again you don’t talk about how the state of Illinois dropped the ball on this

41. Why is Matt Spiegel wearing a hospital gown?

42. The Democrats will lose everything including the Bears

43. Kevin Warren has been a hack. Hes no messiah. Hes a joke

44. Spiegel sounds like a pritzker simp.

45. Indiana is giving them that land because it’s worthless and poisoned land. But they get to save a buck and that’s all they care about! Kevin Warren is a joke.

46. They both said nothing of substance how can you come down on the bears and Kevin for trying to increase revenue this is not there fault it’s Illinois fault and the governor fault for not taking the bears seriously and mismanagement of taxpayers money !!!

47. Indiana runs a surplus…..Illinois runs a deficit. Do the math