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it is a perfect location. but the mckaskeys are terrible businessmen who think with their hearts (bear weather, playing on the lakefront) rather than their heads. these drawings look great but we'll see if it gets built. there are a lot of interests to keep the lakefront clear of big glass monstrosities. otoh, the bears have a lot of powerful friends and a stupid, unpopular mayor who needs a PR win. there is a movement to put the financing on the ballot. i doubt that will happen because if it did the bears would lose.

the soccer team does not come close to selling out soldier field. they had a smaller stadium built for them 20+ years ago in a southwest suburb but they moved out of it recently. their fan base is probably milennials who live on the northside and hispanics on the west side. maybe. there is a women's soccer team! it was news to me too. the sox stadium looks great, but they want at least a billion from the state. reinsdorf is such a jack ass i hope they get nothing and move to nashville. eff the sox. the state still pays them money when they dont get enough fans. reinsdorf messed up new comiskey 30 years ago. they had plans to make it a nice open field with lots of street vendors and shops and bars but he nixed it because he wanted everyone to spend their money in the park and lots of paid parking the sox would control. he's a penny pinching miser with no vision.

the men's soccer team plays there now. the white sox also came along with their hand out looking for a new stadium (while also meeting with nashville). at the same time the women's soccer team said they wanted a new stadium too. the city is about to go off a financial cliff, the state has some of the worst finances in the country, and jerry reinsdorf/the mckaskeys want billions in hand outs. they still owe $500 million for the last stadium!

btw, the bears are so stupid. they spent $200 million on land in the burbs that would be PERFECT for a new stadium/complex. but they didnt get the tax break they wanted (which they should jave worked out before they bought it but its the bears and they are stupid) so they pouted and moved back to the lakefront. its the dumbest, most inconvienient place to put a stadium. far from public transportation, limited parking, traffic jams galore. but nears ownership - the same idiots that put a toilet bowl on top of soldier field because they didnt want to give up "bear weather" - want a stadium on the lake because the views are great. THEY WONT OWN THIS STADIUM OUTRIGHT. just like they dont own soldier field now. they are the prime example of a bunch of idiots who lucked into the genetic lottery by being related to papa bear halas. its infuriating how stupid they are at business. they are going to get a lot of resistance to this plan from the state. hopefully they grow a pair and tell the bears to gfthemselves.

brandon johnson is a fraud who is so far over his head its hilarious. well, it would be hilarious if it wasnt so sad. you'll notice that the chicago teachers union - who used to be against using any public money for stadiums and just demanded a 9% raise per year in perpetuity - is now all about the bears proposal. and theyre about to reassess the loop and north side property taxes which is going to be a nice surprise for home owners when their taxes go up exponentially because loop buildings are worth 90% less than they used to be.

by fancy stats, at 5v5 the wings were one of the worst teams in the league. they had pne of the best shooting %s in the league and alex lyon did his best terry sawchuck impersonation for two months. i expect regression next year without something drastic. i'd rather see them call up the youngsters and roll with it. good discussion on wwp today.

make sure you start the "jared goff" chant when the bears and viqueens are taking qbs.

they made their own problems by trading for petry, extending maata, and signing holl. there was no reason to do all three with all the defensemen they had on the cusp of coming up.

rooting for brad marchand makes my physically ill.

the falcons traded up from 27 to 6 to get julio jones. it cost them two firsts, a second, and two fourths. would you trade 29, 61, and next year's first, and next year's two fourths (one from eagles) for the 4th pick to take harrison or nabors?

dumars over bing all day. dumars was a very good player for a long time. bing had a high peak but was not as good as long as dumars was.

brad holmes needs a new deal that makes him the highest paid gm in the league.

one of the issues with drafting sarr would be how he would fit with duren. not sure why brooklyn would then take that on. but who knows. they could see sarr as a potential floor spacing big.

justin jefferson just got very excited.

would brooklyn do that?

what team will you root for when gores names isiah as team president?

all vegas spleens heal in time for game one...

you said it in your last sentence, he's light. he's a pass rusher. t'vondrae sweat would be a reader replacement. that said, the lions take bpa and he could fit the bill regardless of whether they re-sign mcneil or not.

michael hall has character concerns so i would doubt it. and because i said that, the lions will definitely take him.

the refs had a nice hand in the end of both games. that said, i would rather let them play than call everything in the last minute of the game.

reader is a massive run stuffer. newton is a pass rusher. different body types and roles.

newton would be a good replacement for mcneill if they cant re-sign him.

that's just the type of stupid hiring the hornets would make. or the pistons.

two crazy endings. knicks got away with one.

but if all it takes to go up and get a guy they want is 2 4ths next year? then by all means, do it.