You don’t get to pick your parents, and you don’t get to pick the people who own the professional teams you follow. But it is worth noting that you can disown your parents. Not enough sports fans emancipate themselves from owners.
That brings us to the McCaskeys because it always does when the subject of what’s wrong with the Bears comes up. The subject comes up a lot. That tends to happen when a description of the franchise’s long-ago Super Bowl title starts with, “The cost of a plow was $200, ‘Our American Cousin’ was playing at Ford’s Theatre and …’’
After five straight losses, the public outcry is for the McCaskeys to sell the team.