You may have seen some photos and videos from Monday’s NFL Week 4 Monday Night Football matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams at Levi’s Stadium and wondered what was up.
No, it wasn’t some excited Niners fans making a statement like they were in the crowd at a soccer game.
It turned out to be a protester who made it on to the field, and it appears to be the same ones associated with other protests we’ve seen in pro sports this past year a few times.
Let’s dive in and explain who’s taking credit for this and what it’s all about:
Here's the video
THE TRADITION IS BACK! Idiot On The Field, as called by Kevin Harlan: pic.twitter.com/5oRvHo0qTJ
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) October 4, 2022
OMG BOBBY WAGNER JUST TRUCKED THE FAN THAT RAN ON THE FIELD pic.twitter.com/uwoEzkrFxc
— Cameron Salerno (@cameronsalerno1) October 4, 2022
Who's claiming responsibility?
Again, it’s Direct Action Everywhere:
BREAKING: Activist disrupts MNF game with pink smoke flare to elevate the #SmithfieldTrial and support the #RightToRescue. If the masses are not allowed to see the trial, we will bring the issue to the masses. Press release at https://t.co/lvGRZp6CeD pic.twitter.com/XBlGBtxYFV
— Direct Action Everywhere (@DxEverywhere) October 4, 2022
Wait, they've done this before?
Sure have. At the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest:
Chestnut just obliterated him🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/dry7Oy8KZK
— jonah block (@JonahBlock05) July 4, 2022
And at three Minnesota Timberwolves games, with one person chaining themselves to the basket stanchion and another gluing herself to the floor:
She chained herself to the basket stanchion pic.twitter.com/fAbi6uREdR
— CJ Fogler (@cjzer0) April 16, 2022
A fan was escorted off after attempting to glue themselves to the floor during the Clippers-Timberwolves Play-in Game pic.twitter.com/RreK0kjPSG
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 13, 2022
We saw pink smoke bombs at Bills-Rams in Week 1:
This person really wanted people to see this pink stuff
(via michael.rogy / TikTok) pic.twitter.com/9Q0QaTlzEE
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) September 9, 2022
