Article: Bears have their say on locker room controversy

For many Bears players, having females in their locker room is about as tolerable as having opponents in their end zone.

The team policy is to open the locker room to all accredited reporters after games. During the week only males are allowed in the locker room in most cases, but the public relations staff accommodates female reporters by bringing players to them.

Bears public relations director Bryan Harlan estimates there are between six and 10 females in the Bears locker room after each home game. Of those, about four are reporters. The remainder are television camerawomen or technicians.

There have been no ugly incidents in the Bears postgame locker room recently as a result ...

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