I’ve been a Bears fan since 1951, when I was 10 years old. Being retired now, I can’t afford tickets to Bears games, but I do spend $40 or $50 a year on Bears logo T-shirts, sweatshirts, caps, etc.
If I had been able to buy a couple of those $85 or $100 tickets to the Packers game for my wife and I, I would have been more disappointed in the Bears’ loss than I am now. But having heard members of the team call the game meaningless was more than I could take.
It was an inconsiderate insult to all loyal fans. If the fans can live and die with the Bears through thick and thin, the Bears certainly should try and make every game mean something for the fans. The people who attended that game after inconveniencing themselves and their friends by changing their plans for the evening wasted their time by attending a “meaningless” game. It’s only fair to announce ahead of time that the Bears considered it a meaningless game so fans may determine whether to attend or even turn on the game at home.
The attitude must be catching in Chicago. We listened to the White Sox in July and August say there’s a lot more baseball to play and a couple of losing streaks are nothing to be concerned about. Then they ran out of games. Those losing streaks they weren’t concerned about? They must have been meaningless games.
