The turmoil of deciding between Rex Grossman and Kyle Orton (while not currently a technical choice) is probably enough to shred a locker room apart on its own. So, when you add in the decision that is the 2008 Presidential Election, it’s entirely plausible to believe that the first place Chicago Bears are a nation divided.

According to NBC Chicago, thems be the facts.

“I would say this locker room is split,” McKie explained, calling the conversations with his teammates after each of the Presidential debates “heated.” The normally tight-knit linebacker corp is divided. Jamar Williams is not afraid to campaign in the locker room for Obama, while fellow linebacker Hunter Hillenmeyer preaches the Republican viewpoint.

In a locker room with million-dollar athletes, their number one issue of concern comes as no surprise.

“Taxes,” said kicker Robbie Gould, “that’s what everyone in this locker room is most concerned with.”

Well, Robbie, I think we all worry about taxes. For instance, while I’m all about social change and yada, yada, I really need to protect the millions I’ve made while blogging.

In all seriousness though, I would imagine that this is a pretty standard scene across all sports locker rooms. For as much as we like to point out that athletes have little to worry about, nowhere in America is there a more juxtaposed congregation of new-schooled money. That is to say that many of the political ideals present in athletes may oftentimes compete against their beliefs as instituted by money.

And, of course, that’s not to say there aren’t plenty of cases like this all across America, it’s just that I think the way in which many athletes become rich overnight makes it a much different case from the general voting populace of this country.