Tragic: San Francisco 49ers GM John Lynch Announce His Resignation from 49ers and Further Explain His Decision

San Francisco 49ers GM John Lynch Announce His Resignation from 49ers and Further Explain His Decision

General manager of the San Francisco 49ers John Lynch disclosed the error that lost the team a 2025 draft selection. It’s the kind of absurd error you wouldn’t anticipate a billion-dollar sports franchise to make.

It was revealed a few weeks ago that the 49ers, who committed a clerical error that violated NFL regulations, would forfeit their fifth-round selection for the next season and be placed at the back of the compensatory pick line in the fourth round this year.

It was unclear what the organization did to deserve such a severe punishment from the league when the news first broke. At the annual offseason owners meeting on Monday, 49ers general manager John Lynch gave an explanation to the media about what transpired. It was the kind of payroll mishap that could occur at a tiny business with 20 employees rather than a professional football club that manages hundreds.

“There was a new system in place; it was a clerical error. Our share is our own,” Lynch remarked. “We dealt with the entire mitigating situation. However, the league made the decision to enforce that, so you accept your medication and go on. That was the area of our responsibility. So, that has taught us something.

Lynch said that the team had overpaid a player by $75,000, but he did not identify the individual or indicate whether or not the roster member had given back the additional sum. Since every dollar spent is tracked, each payment an organization makes to a player must be reported to the NFL right away.