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Greg Casar: “The exact same thing applies right now to the Chicago Bears.”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Rep. Greg Casar on new bill that could help cities keep their sports teams

Published | Video Starts at 04:06

Someone in Seattle would have, a huge city could have come together and said, you know what, we're going to buy the team and keep it in Seattle. It was a successful team. The exact same thing applies right now to the Chicago Bears. This is a huge keep the Bears in Chicago bill. You've got a billionaire family owning the Bears, threatening to move over to Indiana, and now you have a war between Indiana and Illinois taxpayers. (04:06–04:10)

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