Over the last year, as fan resentment toward San Francisco 49ers ownership intensified, a common demand was that the York family sell the franchise. Rumors have actually circulated off and on over the last couple years that Oracle executive and really rich dude Larry Ellison was interested in purchasing the team. Ellison has been trying to purchase a Bay Area franchise for at least a decade, most recently coming up short in his attempts to purchase the Golden State Warriors.
Some rumors circulated in recent weeks that he might be pushing to purchase the 49ers, and from what I gather, rumors were floating around Silicon Valley in the fall of 2014 as well.