00:00You know, I think anybody that saw when Kevin Warren retired, what the assignment was, which is to get the
00:09stadium deal across the finish line.
00:12And to be frank, I mean, I saw some posts yesterday on social media saying that Kevin Warren had been
00:20sidelined.
00:21Well, that's not really new.
00:23I mean, he hasn't been in these meetings.
00:26He hasn't been the front line person representing the Bears for at least a few months.
00:32I think you have to go back to the spring to when he was more involved.
00:37Yeah, I mean, I think that, you know, at least on talking to folks on the Illinois side, whether it's
00:46in government or lobbyists that are working on this issue, they are all pretty universal in that.
00:53That Kevin Warren was not the most helpful person in this process and that things started to move along a
01:03little bit more when other officials kind of picked up the ball.
01:07Karen Murphy is viewed as a trusted person.
01:11She's their stadium lead, you know, worked well with Illinois officials.
01:16And then Pat Ryan, again, is viewed as as helpful.
01:21But, yeah, I mean, I think that you can't it is kind of odd that such an important meeting would
01:28be held and you don't have the team president or the chairman of the board in the room.
