Pro Football Hall of Famer Brian Urlacher had a sharp criticism for Illinois Democrats on the Chicago Bears‘ contentious stadium saga. The team is set to build a new stadium in Hammond, Indiana, after Illinois lawmakers failed to pass an incentive package for an alternate site.
Urlacher, who spent 13 years with the Bears, voiced his deep frustration during his appearance on Fox News on Thursday. He called out the state lawmakers for prioritizing spending on undocumented immigrants over an incentives package to keep the franchise in Illinois.
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“If I were those guys, I would probably do what I had to do to keep them in the state of Illinois,” Urlacher said. “Maybe not at Soldier Field, because that was already off the table, but they had Arlington Heights planned out. They have the land bought already. Find a way to keep them there.
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“You look at all the money they’ve given to illegal immigrants and the money they’ve set aside for that, it’s like two and a half, three billion dollars that they’ve spent on the illegal immigrants. That money could be for the Bears, could be trying to keep them, not for the Bears, but trying to keep their stadium in town instead of keeping people that aren’t supposed to be in our country here.”
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Brian Urlacher’s take on the political decision of Illinois lawmakers regarding the Bears’ stadium plan prompted a rebuttal from longtime NFL insider Clarence Hill Jr. Reacting to Urlacher’s opinion on social media, Hill dropped a sharp two-word message to counter him.
“Clueless Urlacher,” Hill wrote on X.
Brian Urlacher answers whether President Trump should interfere in the Bears’ Stadium issue.
While discussing the Bears stadium issue on Fox News Digital, Brian Urlacher was asked if he would want President Donald Trump to interfere and help keep the Bears in Chicago. The Hall of Fame linebacker was uncertain about the possibility of that.
“He probably has all the power in the world,” Urlacher said. “He could do that if he wanted to, but I don’t know if that’s in his realm or not. He is smart about everything he does business-wise and he’s a pretty support-savvy guy as well, but I’m not sure he could have any impact on that.
“You never know. His words carry some weight, but not maybe not this question. I don’t know. … Indiana, for sure. Quite excited to go into Indiana. It’s a great state. Big, big red state. So tax-wise, it’s gonna be great for the Bears.”
The Bears, who are one of the remaining two founding members of the NFL, have played in Chicago since 1921 and within the state of Illinois since they were founded in September 1920. This makes the planned relocation to Indiana a difficult pill to swallow for Brian Urlacher and the Bears faithful.
Edited by Farouk Yusuf