Sen. Bernie Sanders’ bill aims to slow — or stop — teams like the Chicago Bears from moving to other states

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1. Common Bernie W

2. On one hand Chicago becoming the second team to be publicly owned after GB would be very funny and would sap them of that one talking point they love to trot out.

   On the other hand a timeline where the City of Chicago buys them and starts running them would be a circus (yes, I know the bill allows for more than just municipal ownership bids, this is just a hypothetical). We’d end up selling the next 50 years of concessions sales to the Qataris.

3. Awful idea that wont pass

4. Classic Bernie-style “populism/fundriaser” Ugh

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6. God I knew I liked Bernie

7. This has little chance of passing and he probably knows this, but I respect his game of backing up a hot take by turning it into a bill and making Congress debate it

8. Bernie might be a low key Bears fan who isn’t down with Indiana.

9. > “There is a reason why … the NFL is quite explicit in prohibiting other communities from doing what Green Bay is doing,” Sanders said. “I think they do it because they understand the profitability that other communities can enjoy if they did what Green Bay is doing. So Green Bay is a good model. We should look at it.”

   It’s also not a coincidence that Lambeau is one of the best stadiums in the NFL. When sports teams aren’t just for lining some billionaires pockets, they can actually do nice things for the community

10. OMG, as if I needed another reason to love Bernie!!

11. What can congress realistically do about this? The Bears are a private company and have every legal right to move, even if some see it as a dick move.

12. Still feeling the Bern

13. Why is a senator from the East Coast involved in the Bears stadium project haha?

14. The government should have zero power of where a company chooses to move to. Why should the Bears (or any company) stay in a business dead zone in Illinois vs moving to a more friendly place Nextdoor? Bernie’s old ass needs to retire. 

15. Quick, flood Bernie’s senate office with Bears merch!!!!!

16. Teams should be owned by the public and run by an elected board of directors.

17. Paywalled for me.

    Not that I don’t understand the Subscription model. But the fact that I have like 10 subscriptions to different shit means I’m just not going to do anymore.

18. This would be a teeeeeerible idea. Almost as bad as the Bears moving out of the state.

19. Okay I vote for Burnie next time he goes up if he gets it passed straight up

20. Not a big Sanders fan but I kinda like the idea. 

21. HOW MUCH SLOWER CAN THE BEARS TAKE!! ITS BEEN 3 YEARS!!!

22. we need bernie on the d line