Fans haven’t been happy with the Chicago Bears lately. Like at all. Once considered a premier franchise in the NFL, it has sunk to depths never experienced before. For the first time since the league instituted a 16-game season in 1978, the Bears finished 3-13. It’s their second-worst record in franchise history (finished 1-13 in 1969).
Needless to say this painful experience has put the entire team brass under fire from the press and social media. From head coach John Fox to GM Ryan Pace. However, perhaps none have drawn more heat over the past half decade than the ownership. Virginia McCaskey and her family have owned the Bears since 1983 when her father, the great George Halas died.
Since then the team has won just one Super Bowl and managed to make the playoffs just four times since the start of the new millennium in 2000. Some have long since reached the conclusion that this family is ill-equipped to run a modern professional football team. That in turn has led to ceaseless calls for them to sell the franchise.
Would they ever consider it?
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