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San Francisco is the first franchise approved for funding under the NFL's G4 loan policy initiated after the new collective bargaining agreement was reached last summer. It replaces a plan that allowed a maximum of $150,000 per team in loans. Default? Bloomberg readies for earthquake.There is a lot of pressure for general managers at the top of this year's draft, especially because it doesn't seem as clearcut as in