49ers tape, unreal!

Punu · Post by **Punu** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 5:05 pm

www.sfgate.com

moved to: http://www.sfgate.com/sports/

basically the PR guy made a tape for new player coming to SF... man it was discraceful... It has topless lesbians and racial discrimination... I have no idea what they were thinking, but you guys have to see this!

ToxicSkin · Post by **ToxicSkin** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 5:53 pm

that video was foul. How could a great organization like that stoop so low?

Fios · Post by **Fios** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 7:17 pm

Yes ... awful ... lesbians ... that's ... um ... truly awful ...

I haven't seen the video yet, methinks my company would be none too fond of that decision.

1niksder · Post by **1niksder** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 7:18 pm

The only excuse I've heard so far for this is that it wasn't meant for public consumption.

Clinton Portis · Post by **Clinton Portis** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:50 pm

It didnt seem so bad to me...

But I'm almost 16, I grow up in a world full of BET, MTV and Vh1. So I think this is just more of the same foul humor that us kids are used to now adays.

However for a organazation in a professional sport played by ADULTS...this is a very immature and ridiculous video. 25 year old men should not be watching this to get themselves motivated for the season.

My 2 cents

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die cowboys die · Post by **die cowboys die** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 1:30 am

this guy must've been trying to get himself fired. there is no way he could possibly be this stupid.

the worst thing is the videos aren't even slightly funny.

hatsOFF2gibbs · Post by **hatsOFF2gibbs** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:53 pm

NFL applauds 49ers' actions

Statement from 49ers owners Denise and John York
NEW YORK (June 1, 2005) -- The following is a statement from a league spokesman regarding current events in the San Francisco 49ers organization:

"We applaud 49ers' owners Denise and John York for their strong public criticism of the media training video that was shown to their team last summer and for taking appropriate disciplinary action in response.

"We share their view that the video was inappropriate, offensive in every respect, and of no value whatsoever. It does not reflect the 49ers' values and traditions or those of the League and its member clubs."

http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/SF/8524649

General Failure · Post by **General Failure** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:36 pm

Clinton Portis wrote:It didnt seem so bad to me...

You don't live in San Fran, where every joke done in bad taste is a War Against Equality.

Fios · Post by **Fios** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 5:08 pm

General Failure wrote:
Clinton Portis wrote:It didnt seem so bad to me...

You don't live in San Fran, where every joke done in bad taste is a War Against Equality.

I agree that SF is hypersensitive as a town but I think any team (save the Raiders) that made this tape would face a firestorm of criticism.
I can't even imagine the beating the Skins would take for a tape of this nature.

General Failure · Post by **General Failure** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 4:45 am

I'm sure there'd be a lot of skin-beating goin' on over the nudie lesbian tape, yeah.

Gibbs' Hog · Post by **Gibbs' Hog** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:50 am

Why has the Skins OTA tape been in the same headlines as the 49ers tape? Don't get me wrong, I always appreciate a good girl-on-girl showing (btw, any non-blurred video of this?), but the 49ers tape was much more headline-worthy than the Skins OTA tape, IMO.

JansenFan · Post by **JansenFan** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:58 am

Maybe so, but no one in the media really hates the 49ers that much. They are lovable losers.

Redskins4Life · Post by **Redskins4Life** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:07 pm

can someone post the link with the actual video instead of the sites link? i cant find the video

hatsOFF2gibbs · Post by **hatsOFF2gibbs** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:28 pm

Team acknowledges second tape in poor tasteAssociated Press

SAN FRANCISCO -- The in-house video featuring racist jokes, lesbian soft-porn and topless blondes that embarrassed the San Francisco 49ers last week wasn't the first offensive video the team's disgraced public relations director made.

The team acknowledged Tuesday that a video made in 2003 by Kirk Reynolds contained "objectionable content showing bikini-clad women."

A copy of the video, obtained by San Francisco television station KRON, shows Reynolds in a strip club, a restroom stall, and in the shower. The video shows a lap dancer burying the head of a 49ers' staffer in her bosom.

"The video is offensive in every manner," team lawyer Ed Goines said in a statement. "We deeply regret that anyone from our organization would produce such senseless, inexcusable material. Policies have been put into place to ensure that nothing like this happens in the future. The individuals responsible for the video are no longer employed by the team."

Reynolds was unavailable for comment late Tuesday night. He said last week that the 2004 video was a "terrible mistake" and apologized "to anybody who was offended."

The 2003 tape did not include any racist or homophobic jokes or include any scenes from Mayor Gavin Newsom's office like last year's edition did.

The release of the 2004 video to the San Francisco Chronicle last week caused outrage by the mayor, the city's gay leaders and the team's owners.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2079568

Gibbs' Hog · Post by **Gibbs' Hog** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:41 pm

Some of it is blurred, but you can see the video here...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/06/01/MNdisclaimer01.DTL