Murphy’s Law Has Turned 49ers into One of NFL’s Worst Teams

August 11, 2015   ·   Brad Gagnon   ·   Jump to comments

Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. 
When aerospace engineer Ed Murphy coined his informal law 65 years ago, he was attempting to champion defensive design practices in the manufacturing industry.
But if there's an example of Murphy's Law in the sports world right now, it's playing out at the Marie P. DeBartolo Sports Center in Santa Clara, Calif., where the reeling San Francisco 49ers have been forced to hold training-camp practices without spectators because the sod at the adjacent stadium—which they recently built for $1.3 billion—is in such bad shape that it poses a safety risk to the players. 
It's fitting that a phrase commonly used in place of Murphy's Law—and one that actually outdates Murphy—is Sod's Law. 
Because if it were isolated, the sod problem would merely represent a tough break. But the fact that the 49ers can't even get their playing field to cooperate indicates the franchise truly is experie...

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