Should 'da Bears' be renamed to the 'City of Chicago Bears?'

Last Thursday, the Chicago Bears gave us another woeful evening national TV performance, losing miserably to the Packers 35-14.

Today, news arrived that Chicago would replace its starting quarterback Michael Glennon with rookie Mitchell Trubisky in the next game.

Swapping one millionaire for another. Earlier this year, Glennon reportedly signed a three-year contract with the Bears paying him $18 million a year guaranteed, and a $3 million signing bonus. Entering the season, Trubisky signed a contract reportedly paying him $29 million over the next four years, on top of a signing bonus of $19 million.

Football teams have lots of other players besides quarterbacks, and they have lots of other expenses, too -- and profits, for their owners.

Who pays for this stuff? Granted, fans and commercials fork over a lot of dough, and very willingly.

But how extensive are taxpayer subsidies – local, state, and federal – in professional sports?

You can read the rest of this post at truthinaccounting.org.