I've never understood what could possibly bring people to fight over a sporting event. It's one of the reasons that I've never much cared for trash talking. Some people obviously take it a bit too far. It was certainly taken too far at Candlestick (or whatever they call that place now) during the Raiders-49ers preseason game this past weekend. The jawing went so far as to have a fan shot 2 to 4 times in the stomach. That's shot, as in with a gun. He has life threatening injuries. Another fan received minor injuries when he was shot in the face. Again, with a gun. It might be the same gun. Maybe it's not. Maybe there were two idiots running around with guns. Another fan was beaten until unconscious. His injuries were also serious enough to be considered life threatening. There were several other fights scattered throughout the stadium, throughout the game. It may surprise a few that this fun wasn't in Oakland. The NFL has decided that the Bay Area is too ridiculous to ever again host a 49ers-Raiders preseason game. Thanks to a handful of idiots the series is ended for everyone. I just don't get it. I also don't get the jollies that some yahoos get filming these fights just to throw them up on Youtube. This isn't entertainment. It's a sad world.
San Francisco and Oakland don't keep all of their idiots in the stands. Some are in the front offices of the teams. The little kid running the 49ers, Jed York, came out and said that this violence is proof that we'd be better off with an 18 game regular season. We rarely hear anything out of the little tyke and he tosses out this nonsense. It's an absolute mystery as to how he landed on this conclusion. It's even worse that he uses this violence to try and push Roger Goodell's pet project. Little York is out of his mind, and, so it seems, are several Bay Area football fans.
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