Michael Bennett mocks 49ers' empty stadium, ticket prices

The announced paid attendance at Levi's Stadium Sunday was 70,134, a surprisingly high number considering how often the Santa Clara, California venue is ridiculed for its lack of patrons.

Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett is the latest to offer his commentary on the constantly vacant stadium, telling Janie McCauley of the Associated Press after Seattle's 24-13 victory over the now 1-10 49ers: "There might not be any fans in the stadium, which there wasn't a lot of fans in the stadium. I looked online you could've gotten a ticket for $17."

Indeed, ticket prices for 49ers home games are routinely inexpensive. Tickets for San Francisco's next home game, against the Tennessee Titans on Dec.17, can currently be purchased for as low as $22.

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Seattle Seahawks' Michael Bennett signs autographs before an NFL football game, Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Seattle Seahawks' Michael Bennett signs autographs before an NFL football game, Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Photo: Ted S. Warren/AP Photo: Ted S. Warren/AP Image 1 of / 27 Caption Close Michael Bennett mocks 49ers' empty stadium, ticket prices 1 / 27 Back to Gallery

The following game versus the Jaguars? You can attended that for as little as $14, which is far below the market value for entry into Bennett's home.

"You can't even get a ticket for $17 to my house...Tickets to my house would be $300 a pop," Bennett told the AP, simultaneously raising questions about what exactly occurs at the 32-year-old's home that would require such a pricey entry fee.

Bennett has catapulted into the national spotlight for his year-long protest during the national anthem. Often moonlighting as an activist/philanthropist when he's not leading the Seahawks in sacks, Bennett has sat during the national anthem in all but a handful of games this year, motivated by the same racial injustices that led to Colin Kaepernick's protest last season.

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Those protests are often viewed as a slight to the military -- a notion those protesting have repeatedly denied -- however on Sunday Bennett received a unit coin from Vietnam, given to him by a Vietnam War veteran.

Michael Bennett shares Army unit coin he got from a Vietnam vet after game. Seahawks DE sat for anthem after honoring military recent weeks. pic.twitter.com/jVjXsbS1LM — Janie McCauley (@JanieMcCAP) November 27, 2017

"He lost half his battalion. He was telling me about the POWs and the people missing in action. He gave that to me, says he loves everything I stand for," Bennett told reporters afterward, according to ESPN's Brady Henderson. "That's just an honor to be able to get something like that. That's a big deal."

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