[CBFF] Owner rankings

[Jason Cetina]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/michael_silver/06/27/ownerrankings/index.html

Apparently, Mike McCaskey owns the Bears, which is why they are ranked 26th.

I actually think that Virginia and Ed's decision to give Michael the boot
upstairs after the McGinnis fiasco has helped turn the franchise around. If
they continue on course, they are on par with Art Rooney.

Quote:

 26. Michael McCaskey, Bears

Just as the Yorks don't seem capable of parlaying the nearby Silicon Valley
wealth into big-picture endeavors that buoy the franchise, McCaskey is a
massive marketing underachiever. He has a storied team in the nation's
second-most-populated market where pro football is played; a team, mind you,
coming off its first Super Bowl appearance in 21 years. Yet the biggest buzz
coming out of Chi-town over the offseason has been:

a) The team's cheap stance toward underpaid coach *Lovie Smith*, who finally
signed a contract extension after his agent announced it wasn't likely to
happen?

b) Smith's curious decision to cut loose highly regarded defensive
coordinator *Ron Rivera* -- and, a cynic would note, remove a potential
candidate to replace Smith as his own contract situation played out?

c) The organization's hard-line stance toward franchised playmaking
linebacker *Lance Briggs*, to whom they have no intention of offering a
long-term contract, and apparently aren't open to trading, likely ensuring
he'll miss more than half of the season?

d) Troubled defensive tackle *Tank Johnson*'s jail stint, traffic stop in
Arizona and subsequent release, with Smith and general manager *Jerry Angelo
* acting utterly stunned by his misbehavior?

The answer is, Who cares? It's McCaskey's world; the rest of us just laugh
at it. Chicago fans should be less stressed about *Rex Grossman* and more
appalled at the performance of *this* signal-caller.