San Francisco 49ers dig deeper
Readers of this San Francisco Chronicle story viewed the accompanying training video some 200,000 yesterday. The video and diversity training last year were a result of one player's anti-gay remarks. Instead of fixing the problem it seems the 49ers have continued to dig themselves deeper.
It was meant to be funny — but no one is laughing now in the San Francisco 49ers' front office over an in-house training film that featured off- color racial jokes, lesbian porn, a spoof of gay marriage and a trio of buxom, topless blondes frolicking with team public relations director Kirk Reynolds.
The 15-minute video (see it here), some of which was filmed in the City Hall office of Mayor Gavin Newsom — who comes in for a few unsubtle swipes — was intended as a primer on how players should handle the media in diverse San Francisco.
...Another show stopper: "49ers love being in community. Very patriotic . . . support president and his George Bush erection."