Cold Hard Facts
I'm stealing the following information from Ira Miller's Dec 26
articles that appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle. Since this
is not a term paper and I have stated my sources, don't get in a tizzy
about plagiarism. All I am trying to do is state the cold hard
facts.
Fact # 1 - The 49ers
are at the bottom of the NFL in spending money in 2004.
"League salary figures for the 2004 season
obtained by The Chronicle show that San Francisco spent less than any
other team on players -- a total of $63.6 million to cover salaries and
bonuses. That's $19 million under the league average and $3 million
less than the next-lowest team payroll."
Fact # 2 - In
2003, the 49ers' payroll was next-to-lowest in the NFL.
"The 49ers' ranking has been significantly lower
over the last five years than it was previously. That's no coincidence.
Five years ago, Eddie DeBartolo's departure as the owner became
official and his sister, Denise DeBartolo York, and her husband, John
York, took over the team."
Fact # 3 - John
York is spending less than the league average
"Since the 2000 season, the 49ers have paid on
average $67.8 million annually in player salaries and bonuses, or about
$6.3 million a year below the NFL average."
"During the previous six years, after the salary
cap went into effect in 1994 but with Eddie DeBartolo in charge, the
49ers spent an average of $53.4 million a year in salaries and bonuses,
or about $3.7 million above the league average."
Fact # 4 - This
so called Cap Hell was created by this management team.
1999 and 2000 Cap Hell was because of the old
management team. This Cap Hell is because of this management
team, under the leadership of Dr. John York.
The team elected to cut players and assign $28
million of dead money to this years cap. The salary cap for this
year was $80.582 million per team.
Since they cut Jeff Garcia, the Forty Niners "had
to account for about $10 million of signing bonus previously paid to
him but not yet counted against the cap."
Fact #5 - Under
John York, the Forty Niners are not spending to the cap level.
Fans often do not
recognize the difference between actual cash and the cap. Cash is what
the teams spend. The salary cap for this year
was $80.582 million per team.
"Over the last five years, according to the
league's figures, all but eight teams spent more than the cap figure. The 49ers were one of the eight that spent
less."
Sources - San Francisco Chronicle - Ira
Miller
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