Overview
- Agents told the Washington Post that some clients have raised questions about the practice-field location, with a few discussing whether the team might need to move it.
- Medical physicists and EMF researchers quoted by UCSF, UC Davis and Bristol dismiss a causal link, citing low exposure levels and unproven mechanisms, while a minority of experts say it merits formal measurement.
- The Mission Substation next to the Santa Clara practice fields has operated since 1986, predating the team’s move there and encompassing stretches when the 49ers were relatively healthy.
- Independent analyses show San Francisco has led the NFL in cumulative games lost in recent years, with sports-medicine voices pointing to style of play, turf and training factors as likelier explanations.
- No peer-reviewed studies or official field surveys have established a connection, and neither the 49ers nor Silicon Valley Power has issued a substantive rebuttal.