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PR Director Fired Over 49ers Training Tape

Wednesday June 8, 2005
San Francisco 49ers PR director Kirk Reynolds was fired over an in-house tape he made for the team. Reynolds made the tape to help players learn how to deal with the media. But the controversial 15-minute content was leaked to the media and more than 200,000 people viewed the video on the Internet just in the first day it was published.

The video features lesbian soft-porn, topless women and racist jokes. Reynolds calls his decision a "terrible mistake" and says he was only trying to help the players. To see the video, visit SFGate.com and be sure to read the warnings and disclaimers regarding the potentially offensive content.

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