Overview
- DeBartolo delivered the one-line response when asked by an NBC Sports Bay Area reporter how frustrating such a drought would be for an owner.
- CBS Sports Bay Area’s Matt Lively posted video of the exchange from the screening for AMC’s Rise of the 49ers.
- San Francisco has gone roughly 31 years without a Super Bowl title, with losses in the 2012, 2019, and 2023 games.
- DeBartolo owned the team from 1977 to 2000 and oversaw five championships before stepping away following a league sanction tied to a Louisiana investigation.
- Ownership moved to his sister Denise DeBartolo York in 2000, and Jed York, CEO since 2008, became principal owner in 2024, with no new team changes reported alongside this flare-up in attention.