{"id":"1793753150174-sports-segment","slug":"bears-most-valuable-franchise-in-three-years","title":"Bears most valuable franchise in three years","summary":"There is no credible evidence that NFL or college football games are systemically rigged. NFL officials and players are heavily monitored, and league finances make rigging highly improbable. This is a subjective or trolling question, not a checkable factual claim. Kyler Murray is not a Minnesota Vikings quarterback, so the premise does not really hold.\n\nNo credible evidence supports the claim that the NFL game in question was fixed or that the league is rigged. Analysts point to genuine outcomes and extensive monitoring.","publishedAt":"2026-11-04T00:45:50.174Z","channel":{"id":"sports","name":"Oncast Sports","language":"en"},"show":"The Pregame","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: There is no credible evidence that NFL or college football games are systemically rigged. NFL officials and players are heavily monitored, and league finances make rigging highly improbable. This is a subjective or trolling question, not a checkable factual claim. Kyler Murray is not a Minnesota Vikings quarterback, so the premise does not really hold.\nSource: [totalprosports.com](https://www.totalprosports.com/nfl/fact-check-is-the-nfl-rigged-debunking-viral-rumors-about-the-national-football-league/) POST 2117777931 (https://x.com/0urL3gacy/status/2117777935491043741)\n\nFALSE: No credible evidence supports the claim that the NFL game in question was fixed or that the league is rigged. Analysts point to genuine outcomes and extensive monitoring.\nSource: [totalprosports.com](https://www.totalprosports.com/nfl/fact-check-is-the-nfl-rigged-debunking-viral-rumors-about-the-national-football-league/) (https://bsky.app/profile/gaychel.bsky.social/post/3mzepf6ppp22s)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"There is no credible evidence that NFL or college football games are systemically rigged. NFL officials and players are heavily monitored, and league finances make rigging highly improbable. This is a subjective or trolling question, not a checkable factual claim. Kyler Murray is not a Minnesota Vikings quarterback, so the premise does not really hold.","sourceName":"[totalprosports.com](https://www.totalprosports.com/nfl/fact-check-is-the-nfl-rigged-debunking-viral-rumors-about-the-national-football-league/) POST 2117777931","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/0urL3gacy/status/2117777935491043741","claim":"there is no rigging in college football or nfl","author":"trout westfallen (@0urL3gacy)"},{"verdict":"FALSE","summary":"No credible evidence supports the claim that the NFL game in question was fixed or that the league is rigged. Analysts point to genuine outcomes and extensive monitoring.","sourceName":"[totalprosports.com](https://www.totalprosports.com/nfl/fact-check-is-the-nfl-rigged-debunking-viral-rumors-about-the-national-football-league/)","sourceUrl":"https://bsky.app/profile/gaychel.bsky.social/post/3mzepf6ppp22s","claim":"Fucking insane, the nfl fix is in god damn","author":"AGay Barner (@gaychel.bsky.social)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/0urL3gacy/status/2117777935491043741","name":"[totalprosports.com](https://www.totalprosports.com/nfl/fact-check-is-the-nfl-rigged-debunking-viral-rumors-about-the-national-football-league/) POST 2117777931","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"trout westfallen (@0urL3gacy)"},{"url":"https://bsky.app/profile/gaychel.bsky.social/post/3mzepf6ppp22s","name":"[totalprosports.com](https://www.totalprosports.com/nfl/fact-check-is-the-nfl-rigged-debunking-viral-rumors-about-the-national-football-league/)","kind":"bluesky","verdict":"FALSE","author":"AGay Barner (@gaychel.bsky.social)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793753150174-sports-segment-bears-most-valuable-franchise-in-three-years","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/sports","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793753150174-sports-segment-bears-most-valuable-franchise-in-three-years","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793753150174-sports-segment-bears-most-valuable-franchise-in-three-years and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Liam","text":"Bears fans are already planning the parade."},{"host":"Liam","text":"One guy says Chicago will be the most valuable sports franchise in the world in three years."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Three years? From nine point seven billion to past Dallas at seventeen?"},{"host":"Liam","text":"That's the post from Biggs on X. And you know what? I don't hate it."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"You don't hate it because you don't run the numbers."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Run the numbers: NFL valuations have doubled before. Chicago is a top-three media market. New stadium revenue could change the score."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"The Bears are seven billion behind Dallas."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"To pass them, Dallas has to stall and Chicago has to nearly double. In three years. That's a fever dream."},{"host":"Liam","text":"The Cowboys aren't winning anything either, and they're still number one because of brand."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Chicago has a huge fan base and a huge market. A new building could blow up the brand."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Dallas didn't build a new stadium to become number one — they just are."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"The Bears could get a new palace and still be the same old Bears. A stadium doesn't make you the most valuable franchise on Earth."},{"host":"Liam","text":"But if they put a roof on it, host a Super Bowl, a Final Four, concerts every week, revenue is completely different."},{"host":"Liam","text":"That's how you close the gap fast."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"You're going to bet on the Bears executing a business plan?"},{"host":"Marcus","text":"They've been promising a new stadium for years, and they haven't won a Super Bowl since 1985. Valuation follows winning."},{"host":"Liam","text":"The valuation follows revenue. The Cowboys haven't won a Super Bowl since the nineties."},{"host":"Liam","text":"The Knicks are valuable and they stink. You don't need wins to print money."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Okay, that part is true. Market size beats win-loss records."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"But the gap is more than seven billion. You need private equity, a new stadium, and a media deal miracle all at once."},{"host":"Liam","text":"We just saw NFL teams get sold at numbers people said were impossible five years ago."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Three years in this league is an era."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"An era of the Bears not making an NFC Championship game."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Now you're just being mean."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"I'm being realistic. If the Bears double in value, I'll buy the hat."},{"host":"Liam","text":"You already have three hats."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Fine. I'll buy a fourth. But I'm not planning the parade."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Alright, let's find a take that makes that one look reasonable."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"I've got one. A Vikings fan on X named Mr. Skoliosis just asked if Kyler Murray is the worst Vikings quarterback since Tarvaris Jackson."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Kyler Murray is not a Viking."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"That's the best part of the question. He plays for the Cardinals."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Maybe the fan knows something we don't. Maybe Kyler's been playing two positions and two teams."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"No, he's in Arizona. Tarvaris Jackson was the Vikings quarterback. So the whole question is built on a bad roster."},{"host":"Liam","text":"It's also a low bar. But at least Tarvaris Jackson actually suited up for Minnesota."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Also, \"Tavares Jackson\" isn't even spelled right. It's Tarvaris."},{"host":"Liam","text":"The typo might be the most accurate part of the take."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"This is like asking if Aaron Judge is the worst Red Sox shortstop. It's not even wrong, it's from another universe."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Cardinals fans are probably thrilled somebody's trying to trade Kyler without giving up a pick."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Vikings fans are already looking past the season. They're picking quarterbacks from other rosters as their worst. That's dedication."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Shoutout to the fan, though. You have to respect the confidence to post that without checking the roster."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Different world entirely: a fan named trout westfallen posted on X, \"there is no rigging in college football or nfl.\""},{"host":"Marcus","text":"He's right. There's no credible evidence of systemic rigging. The league monitors officials, and the money makes it almost impossible."},{"host":"Liam","text":"But fans don't watch money trails. They watch a flag on third down and they think the whole thing is cooked."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"A bad call is not a fix. That's the entire argument. Officials miss things every week, but that's not the league writing outcomes."},{"host":"Liam","text":"So when a phantom hold kills a drive, what do you tell the fan who just lost a parlay?"},{"host":"Marcus","text":"I tell him the ref blew it. Not that the NFL scripted his loss."},{"host":"Liam","text":"I hate that you're right here."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Look, if the league were fixed, someone would have talked. Too many people, too much money, too many moving parts. It would've leaked."},{"host":"Liam","text":"But college football has wild money. Is it crazy to think one ref could get paid?"},{"host":"Marcus","text":"That's a big leap from \"boosters pay players\" to \"the whole sport is rigged.\" The post is talking about systemic rigging. That doesn't hold."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Fine. No credible evidence. But the anger is real, because the call comes at the worst time."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"But a bad call feels like a fix when it costs you a game. That's why fans need the truth, not conspiracies."},{"host":"Liam","text":"The post is right, even if the pain is real."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Exactly. The games are real, and so are the mistakes. The fix is not."}]}