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I'll take another look at it, but I read that the speculation was more about Kyle Shanahan going to the Bears than Bezos buying the team.
Report: Bezos to buy the Bears from McCaskeys (and Shanahan to follow?)
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Anyone should feel free to correct me if I am wrong, but in another thread I mentioned how the McCaskey owned shares are divided up among the entire (including extended) family. I *think* I've read/heard that if second cousin Orville McCaskey wants to sell his shares he first has to get approval from Virginia, and she does not allow that to happen.
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Virginia really runs the show. George is just the lap dog.
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My read on things - based on what I believe I've heard in that post you quoted - is that Virginia's only real involvement is to keep everything in the family. The other part to her having the final say on if family can sell shares is that many of those family members, George, Michael, and Bryan included, want to sell once she croaks.
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How soon do they sell after she dies? 10 minutes? Couple days? A week?
There has to be a betting line on that somewhere.
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Yeah this is about as reliable is the rumors that are always floating around about Jordan, Jared Payton and Oprah (or some other iteration of high profile Chicago personalities) putting together group to buy the Bears.
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That's no longer allowed is it? I thought Packers were the only ones who could have that while it lasts.
If all the fans who get season tickets would stop buying tickets and put that money in an offer bin the McCaskeys would eventually have to sell.
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Bezos and Shanahan? My god would that be a dream.
Anybody know the details of what happen when Virginia dies? Isn't there some stipulation where she loses enough voting shares from her grandchildren that makes it difficult to keep the team in the family?
Anybody know the details of what happen when Virginia dies? Isn't there some stipulation where she loses enough voting shares from her grandchildren that makes it difficult to keep the team in the family?
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Believe MCCaskey family has 80%. Virginia has 20% on her own but the trust that owns the other 60% is controlled by her and she votes those shares.
If McCaskey's were smart they would sell like a 60% stake so they can monetize a large portion of their interest and keep 20% so the family still has annual profits from the Bears while someone with better management skills can own and run the Bears.
If McCaskey's were smart they would sell like a 60% stake so they can monetize a large portion of their interest and keep 20% so the family still has annual profits from the Bears while someone with better management skills can own and run the Bears.
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Yeah I think she loses all her votes after she croaks
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So the McCaskeys have been working on a stadium deal for several years only to sell the team off....
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