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The rivalry between the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks has spilled over into a grudge between fans... and has erected a billboard.
According to ESPN.com, Niners fans have raised more than $8,000 to purchase a billboard in Seattle taunting residents about the success of the Bay Area football team. On it will be five Super Bowl trophies the 49ers have won as a franchise.
The billboard is expected to cost $7,000, so the remaining funds will be contributed to Seattle's Children's Hospital, according to project manager Aasheesh Shravah.
Funded through the website, GoFundMe.com, the project had raised $8,970 as of press time.
The proposed billboard features an image of "The Catch," Dwight Clark's legendary game-winning grab in the 1982 NFC Championship game against the Dallas Cowboys, hidden behind the five Lombardi Trophies the Niners have won.
According to the website, the group has "contacted companies in Seattle with multiple billboard ad locations" and want to keep the ad visible "for at least 1 month, all during December and some of January for their playoff games."
The billboard would come after Seahawks fans' brought a brick at the 49ers' new stadium and arranged earlier this month for a 12th Man banner to be flown over Candlestick Park, home of the 49ers.
According to ESPN.com, Niners fans have raised more than $8,000 to purchase a billboard in Seattle taunting residents about the success of the Bay Area football team. On it will be five Super Bowl trophies the 49ers have won as a franchise.
The billboard is expected to cost $7,000, so the remaining funds will be contributed to Seattle's Children's Hospital, according to project manager Aasheesh Shravah.
Funded through the website, GoFundMe.com, the project had raised $8,970 as of press time.
The proposed billboard features an image of "The Catch," Dwight Clark's legendary game-winning grab in the 1982 NFC Championship game against the Dallas Cowboys, hidden behind the five Lombardi Trophies the Niners have won.
According to the website, the group has "contacted companies in Seattle with multiple billboard ad locations" and want to keep the ad visible "for at least 1 month, all during December and some of January for their playoff games."
The billboard would come after Seahawks fans' brought a brick at the 49ers' new stadium and arranged earlier this month for a 12th Man banner to be flown over Candlestick Park, home of the 49ers.