With no fans allowed at Soldier Field games or its adjacent tailgating lots, Bears chairman George McCaskey found a more modern way to gauge fan reaction.
“For the last several weeks,” he said Wednesday, “I’ve been faithfully responding to my hate mail.”
His email inbox got a lot fuller after McCaskey announced that the Bears’ three principal leaders — president/CEO Ted Phillips, general manager Ryan Pace and coach Matt Nagy — would return for another season.
“Sometimes you have to take the route that you think is best, even when it’s not the most popular decision,” he said.