Chicago Bears owner George McCaskey hasn’t been favorable to his fanbase for a long time, but NFL fans gave him a lot of praise Thursday afternoon.
According to Jonathan Jones with CBS Sports, McCaskey was the only NFL owner to vote against the league’s expansion of their foreign schedule from four to eight games in 2025. The vote passed 31-1, but McCaskey expressed his concerns that local fans would lose out on more high-quality matchups:
“In previous years, the league has allowed teams to protect four home games from being selected to go internationally. With the new measure voted upon Wednesday, those protections were cut in half to two. The point being that higher quality games could be selected to go out of the country.
McCaskey spoke up in the meeting on this topic. According to sources, he told membership that fans will want to see some of the best quarterbacks come to town, and he wanted to preserve the right to host those games.
“We have generational talents coming in,” McCaskey said, according to a source in the room. “Fans want to see Patrick Mahomes coming in. They want to see Josh Allen coming in. They want to see Jalen Hurts coming in. They want to see Tommy DeVito coming in.”
The room burst into laughter.”
NFL fans agree with the Chicago Bears owner
Fans took to social media to praise McCaskey for his sentiment on protecting marquee matchups for local fans. International games, on the whole, usually aren’t very good. Players and coaches don’t even like them, as it can affect their play in a turnaround week due to jetlag.
And let’s not forget taxes.
Here are the best takes on X of fans complementing McCaskey for his vote at the league meeting.
Funny one George!
— Len Dzielski (@lendzielski) December 14, 2023
So 1 NFL team that isn’t a greedy slob franchise…got it
— MDonz (@MDonz610) December 14, 2023
Huge W 🐻⬇️
— Glob Dabolina 🐻🍯 (@GlobDabolina) December 14, 2023
Not actually bad move by them since they can spin zone that into caring about players
— Bear Down (@pmtynwa) December 14, 2023
Thank You Bears!! No More International games! If Goodell wants American Football in Europe then just resurrect NFL Europe
— Dr. Tua The Turtle, PhD MD (@TuaTurtle) December 14, 2023
For once, I stand with the Bears.
— 🇺🇸 Randall B.🇺🇸 (@rwbart1) December 14, 2023
Rare McCaskey W
— Lerrato 🐻⬇️ (@chilerrato) December 14, 2023
Bears did something right?!?
— Jerry Kelly (@gjk815_jerry) December 14, 2023
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