A Serious Lack of Hindsight

"'I think when you have a preseason game, when you don't have your regular-season ticket holders coming to the game, I think that plays a big factor into it,' 49ers president Jed York said. He said that's another reason why the NFL wants to eliminate some preseason games in favor of 18 regular-season games."- Jed York via the Sacramento Bee. 

I couldn't be more ashamed that this man owns the football team I cheer for. I'm actually ashamed that entire Clampett clan from Youngstown owns the 49ers. But they're the owners so we have to deal with them even if Jed lacks some serious hindsight.

The quote stems from a serious of shootings and fights at Candlestick Park on Saturday during a 49ers-Raiders game. I've heard every excuse made why these serious of events happen and yet no one will state the real reason why three different incidents took place on Saturday. Candlestick is a dump and the Yorks are too cheap to pay for security.

Candlestick Park has always been a dump but since the Giants left the place is a toilet inside a dump. And for whatever reason, places like that attract the worst humanity. A's fans like to complain that Giants fans who fill AT&T Park are bandwagon fans, and maybe they are, but at least the people at AT&T Park show respect to one another. Sure you have fans there as well that get drunk and talk trash, but they at least keep it civil.

The other problem that Jed is too gutless to talk about, his family is too cheap to pay for more security guards. When you go to the Giants games, there's an usher in every aisle. At Candlestick during 49ers games, there's maybe one usher every five aisles. How can you keep calm with so few ushers/security guards?

A couple of years ago I attended a 49ers game. I counted at least two fights that broke out in the stands. One of the fights ended before any security arrived. And the other fight lasted a least a couple of minutes before a security guard stopped the two idiots. I remember sitting there in my seats thinking, "I'm never returning to this hole again". And I haven't. Not until Jed Clampett realizes he doesn't employ enough security guards. Not until Jed Clampett realizes it's the 49ers faults why these incidents keep happening. 

So go ahead and stop playing the 49ers-Raiders game. Ask for an expanded season to keep the scalpers away. Curb the tailgating at Candlestick. Blame alcohol. Keep lying to yourselves and everyone around you that it was just a Raiders-49ers thing. More of these incidents are going to happen at Candlestick though until the Clampetts hire more security guards. They have no one but themselves to blame.

I'll get off my high horse now.