The Power Outage at Candlestick Was One Big Conspiracy According to Ryan Clark

Let's get some facts straight first. Candlestick Park opened in 1960 as a baseball only ballpark. The 49ers moved to Candlestick in the early 1970's. Candlestick Park was a dump in the 1960's when the park was brand new and that hasn't changed in 50 years. The Park was built on a wind swept point on the cheap. It's a dump and everyone knows this.

The Giants fled the point for the China Basin over ten years ago. The 49ers are on the verge themselves on getting the hell out of Candlestick Point. The stadium is old and falling apart. This is clear. Now let's clear the air on this, the 49ers didn't purposely break the power breakers to prove that they need a new stadium. The cracks in the cement on the concourses are proof and 40 degree weather in the middle of summer are enough that the 49ers need a new stadium. Just don't tell this to Pittsburgh Steelers corner Ryan Clark.

“I just feel like San Francisco took a big stage to show the NFL and to show the state of California that they needed a new stadium. I think it was a very strategic move and Candlestick may be no more very soon,” Ryan Clark said.

Read the news every once in a while Ryan. I'm sure you were in San Francisco the day before Monday's game. The Santa Clara stadium news is all over the newspapers in the Bay Area lately. But don't let facts get in the way of your conspiracy theory. I'm sure Mr. Clark you also believe Apollo 11 didn't actually land on the moon but was actually shot in a movie studio in Hollywood.

Now James Farrior on the other hand has a reasonable conspiracy theory that I do actually buy.

“This is an old place,” Steelers linebacker James Farrior said, “or they didn’t pay their light bill.”

I buy this because I know how cheap the York family is. There was an legend during the last days of the Steve Mariucci days that the coaching staff had to ask a secretary for pens and paper because Dr. John York was monitoring if office supplies were being wasted and for he didn't have to spend money on them.

Also I love how the NFL would have moved this game to the Oakland Coliseum if there was another power outage. Because you know moving from one dump to another would totally be fine. It's not like there's a perfectly capable college stadium where the 49ers have played before after Candlestick was damaged by the 89 earthquake where these two teams could have finished the game.

(Via Niners Insider)