EmBearassing

Even more embarassing to the Bears than Sunday night's debacle in Green Bay...

The Chicago Park District doesn't want the statue of Walter Payton the great running back's family has commissioned to be erected outside Soldier Field. And while I hadn't realized this, another Bear great (both on the field and on the sidelines)- Mike Ditka- was petulently excluded by the McCaskey family from a granite relief already on display at Soldier Field portraying outstanding players from the team with the most NFL Hall of Fame members and the second most NFL championships in history.

The desire to preserve Soldier Field as a memorial soley to those who have given their lives in the service of their country, while commendable, has already gone by the boards. Payton deserves a statue of his own. And given the slight, so does Ditka.