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San Francisco 49 has a difficult relationship with the city of Santa Clara. The team recently had no problems with Santa Clara County.
Strict feelings continue about the way Quinty handled the decision to issue the order, which forced 49 people to play their home games elsewhere.
The team and Santa Clara County previously had great communication. According to multiple sources, at one point before issuing the order, the county asked 49 people to consider creating a soft bubble, with one player and coach coming to work and going home, with the team agreeing to buy, not eat, etc. And gave information to the players.
The 49ers heard nothing more about the agreement with the county’s request. After that, the county decided to shut it all down, without giving the team an advance notice prior to the announcement or explaining why the soft bubble approach would not work.
That has contributed to the back and forth between the team and the county emerging this week, with 49ers coach Kyle Shanah expressing frustration over the failure to negotiate.
Dr. Jeff Smith, executive of Santa Clara County, openly questioned the team’s values and suggested that if they cared for the player’s safety, they would not play at all during the epidemic.
“Historically, sport is about building a team and keeping that team safe,” Smith said. “Coaches, managers and owners wanted to protect their players from harm. Those values appear to have been kept on hold during the COVID epidemic. . . . If leaders want to protect their teams and communities, they should not play anywhere unless it is safe. ”
Shane was recently asked for his reaction to Smith’s comment.
“I have no reaction to him questioning our values which we do not know,” Shanah told reporters. “It shows who we are dealing with. So it doesn’t matter. . . . [T]The situation in which we are is very safe. The city is a little different compared to where we were, but we should try as hard as we can to be part of the city. “
Ers ers people will play their next two home games in Arizona, as orders extend until December 21st. The 49ers will end their season with a “home” game in Arizona against the Seahawks if expanded.
If the order is lifted by Dec. 21, the 49ers will be able to return from Arizona – a week against the Cardinals for a 16-way game and before returning there.
Eventually, the 49ers will play in Santa Clara under the remainder of a four-decade lease. Given the relationship between the team and the city / county, 49-year-olds can already count the days until their 40-year term ends.
