After not making progress on financing a new stadium in nearby Santa Clara, the 49ers are now considering building a new stadium in San Francisco that they will share and jointly finance with the Raiders. Meanwhile, the team and city of San Francisco, which owns Candlestick Park, agreed in March to settle the lawsuits they had with each other. The 49ers agreed to stay in Candlestick Park through at least May 2015, while the city gave the team a onetime $3 million "stadium improvement payment" for the 49ers to use on upkeep (which we used to lower the team's expenses for the 2010 season), as well as a total of $6.4 million in annual rent credits through the term of the lease beginning with the 2011 season..Representing more than 1,800 NFL players, NFL Players Inc. "takes the helmets off" the players and markets them as personalities as well as professional athletes. Through an exclusive sponsorship agreement with the NFL, players are integrated into NFL sponsor a