Players only have four years in college, and if they do it right and are lucky, they can have a nice nest egg the day they leave campus. If you’re not NFL-caliber and college is your end goal, you should make hay while the NIL light shines.
More of a traveling circus than a football team, those Bears offered up not only ringleader Mike Ditka but also ‘‘Punky QB’’ Jim McMahon, suave wide receiver Willie Gault, famous running back Walter Payton and beyond-famous William ‘‘The Refrigerator’’ Perry.
Standing here on a clear fall day at The 78, in the batter’s box of a pop-up baseball diamond, staring north at downtown Chicago, a fellow is filled with thoughts. No. 1: Where did this place come from?
After rallying in the last minute of regulation to tie the score and winning the coin toss in overtime Sunday, all the Bears had to do was score a touchdown and the game would have been over. Of course, they didn’t.