Although tickets don't go on sale until Wednesday, twitter-friendly Niners President and CEO Jed York wants to make sure one lucky member of the faithful gets a seat at the NFC Championship game. In a tweet this afternoon, York wanted to know why he, benevolent rich person that he is, should give one lucky fan four tickets and pregame field passes to this Sunday's matchup with the New York Giants. The best answer (tweeted at him, we assume?) by Tuesday at 5 p.m. wins the Jed York Hashtag Niner Faithful NFC Championship Package. If you're throwing your hat in to the twitter-ring, here's a look at the entries you're already up against:
Avoid the "I've been a fan since..." posturing. That's already been done and somewhere some old diehard is asking his grandson to sign him up for twitter.
@JedYork Because I've been a faithful Niner fan since 3rd grade, living in Tennessee, and this is my last chance ever to go to the 'Stick
— JCoop (@JCoop49) January 16, 2012
Then there's the "I live really far away..." move. It's the hail mary of twitter-based free ticket contests and because we can safely assume most readers are in the Bay Area, you've already lost:
@JedYork Niner fan all my life from frozen Ottawa. Wrote Bill Walsh when I was 10. He wrote back. Will fly to Candlestick from Toronto.
— Andrew Clark (@Aclarkcomedy) January 16, 2012
@JedYork been a #49er fan since the 70's live in England, will never be able to afford tickets, i will die a #49er
—#UK49ER (@nickcorke) January 16, 2012
And let's not forget the classic "I knew Bill Walsh when..." move:
@JedYork I was Bill Walsh's caddy!
— Tim (@Loxsoceles) January 16, 2012
Anyhow, good luck out there, hopeful fans. Surely one of you can tweet something that will tickle Jed's funny bone just so...
[@JedYork]