Jed York owns the 49ers. The franchise is worth nearly $9 billion.
York bragged today that hosting the Super Bowl and World Cup in the same year will bring in about $1 billion.
His employees (players) have voiced concerns about this issue and want research and studies done to see if it’s impacting them at least a little bit.
He shot down the electrical substation theory, saying Jerry Rice stayed healthy. Rice tore his ACL as a Niner.
He said the Niners have been practicing next to the substation since 1987. True, but he didn’t acknowledge that the substation expanded when Levi’s Stadium was built, which coincides with the uptick of the team’s injury issues or the $20 million proposal to have it removed, which was billed to his family before the stadium opened.
These injuries have cost his multi-billion dollar business a lot of money. He said the Niners must figure out the injury problems.
But he doesn’t seem willing to move the practice field because it will cost him money?
Come on, man. At least practice somewhere else for a year or two to see if this is negatively impacting the health of the team.
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