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WrigleyField 22

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  1. Let's make sure IL doesn't negotiate against themselves too bad first before dunking in IN too bad
  2. Ownership as a concept is really about control. A government "owned" facility that you control equals massive financial gains. Whether it's Chicago or Arlington Heights at the other end of the negotiationing table, "lease payments" are then effectively 'payment in leiue of taxes' (and maybe a sprinkle of ancillary tax revenue)
  3. Remember when people questioned carrying Keenum as a 3rd QB
  4. I created my own custom commission and they did well
  5. Two politicians
  6. I think it's a announcement about running for re-election. He's scheduling it at that time because he wants people to think it's stadium related so they tune in.
  7. Yea of the players tests in that sample it was like 95%. So basically at least 25% of former players have CTE because... 25% were tested. Now granted, the tested sample probably is the sample more likely to want to be tested because they experienced notable symptoms. But we've officially had positive CTE results for teens who've only played youth/HS. It's a major risk factor.
  8. They have about a billion DL on the roster
  9. Marlen Sewell is not. The other two I think are (and brothers to Penei)
  10. It's a bad decision for the continuity and calls in season, but a good long term decision. But yea, use it as an opportunity to find a natural fit.
  11. I think Hammond or Chicago would get one. No more. And of course they'll schedule as much of the non-game stuff in Chicago and not Hammond. But they ain't making a return trip to either. February in Chicagoland suuucks. Even AT&T hasn't hosted a second SB. NFL will continue to hammer home ARI, Miami, New Orleans, LA and maybe now Vegas. Everyone else is in play like once a decade against another 4 or 5.
  12. I'm not aware of any mechanism the owners could use to stop the Bears. They'd have to vote on them leaving the market, but Hammond isn't them leaving the market. About the only leverage I think is the NFL stadium loan. Would probably be about $300M loan. They could forgo that, but if Bears/Indiana want to make Hammond work I don't think that would be a hindrance (if other owners even cared, which I'm not sure they do). I guess Super Bowl hosting is the only other variable. If they said "fine, but we're never approving a Super Bowl in freaking Hammond". Well that's pressure...
  13. My understanding of his 2027 guarantee is that it already vested. But I don't think I'll be able to go re-verify my source that said that (lost DM history) Edit -nevermind, supposedly 8M of 10M in 2027 is fully guaranteed. Full $10M is injury guaranteed So they can save $2M.
  14. Warren said he hasn't made any mistakes. But learned a lot because it's a complicated process. Also his wife had to tell him to stop putting out deadlines, so he opted to not give a deadline for a decision.
  15. I feel like there was at least some chatter that the patellar injury he had had a bad recovery track record but the combination of his age and advancements in the surgery left some possibility the historical recovery trends maybe weren't as meaningful.
  16. Not actively making the D razor thin would help. But we have an O now. horsefeathers defense.
  17. Coincidentally (or not, thanks cookie tracking) this just came accross my feed City of Chicago Department of Planning & Development WWW.FACEBOOK.COM Near South Side public infrastructure took a mega step forward this week with City...
  18. It's a site the city really wants to see developed. They'd probably spend that TIF infrastructure alongside any anchor tenant that would help realize that site. Although MLS isn't much better than NFL in terms of drawing a consistent consumer base. About half the cost is for a publicly owned parking garage podium. Reportedly that's a 4-5M annual revenue driver for city. Which is admittedly a long payoff period, by sounds like it will offer additional public benefit and possibly additional revenue streams (engineered to support additional development on top of garage). If it realizes it's potential, it's a potential big addition to that development and the city.
  19. So can you not foul out in Summer League?
  20. As many threes as he hit all year at UNC.
  21. I think a lot of kids want to do stuff like that still, even though they surely also want screen time and stuff. But kids also lack the freedom to do a lot of that stuff too compare to 30 years ago. Whether right or wrong, kids are a lot more restricted to just go off on their own like that and play ball
  22. Honestly I think that extra hour or two just needs to be pickup ball and stuff on their own and not structured. I'm obviously not talking about developing future premier leaguers, but just healthy age appropriate development. By age 12, I think that conversation changes slowly, but not before then. That time description sounds like what my league is. So hopefully it stays meaningfully fun and competetive. It just doesn't seem realistic to me that 8 or 9 year olds are sorting themselves into primary sports already that require extensive formal development.
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