by David Zizmor

SANTA CLARA–Not only are the San Francisco 49ers struggling with their on field product who haven’t won a ball game since opening night back in early September but now the team is facing a city audit by the City of Santa Clara who are threatening to take over stadium operations if the 49ers can’t demonstrate they did not use city funds to pay for Levis stadium.

Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor told the media that the 49ers are not cooperating when city auditors met with team officials who requested documents, reports, receipts or any accounting that the team wasn’t spending money on Levis Stadium from the city general fund. Gillmor said that if there is documentation proving that the 49ers are spending city money on Levis Stadium the city would take over the operations of the stadium.

The 49ers countered by saying that the team was not using stadium money saying, “the mayor’s accusation that the money is going from the city’s general fund into the stadium is false and irresponsible.” According to a San Francisco Chronicle report the 49ers are expected to hand over financial documents to the city auditor itemizing what the city funds were spent on to city auditors on Monday.

David Zizmor does the 49ers weekly commentary for http://www.sportsradioservice.com