TAGLIABUE TO MEET WITH DEBARTOLO, SISTER TO RESOLVE DISPUTE

          NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue "said he plans to meet"
     with 49ers co-Owners Eddie DeBartolo and his sister Denise
     DeBartolo York in February "to help resolve their dispute
     over control of the team," according to Clark Judge of the
     SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS.  DeBartolo "is expected to sell" his
     50% share of the team to his sister "when an agreement
     anticipated since summer is completed." DeBartolo, who has
     been suspended from running the team for the last year, "is
     eligible to return as active owner" after February 1, but
     Tagliabue said that he "foresees" DeBartolo York operating
     the 49ers "for the foreseeable future" (MERCURY NEWS, 1/29). 
     DeBartolo York exec Sam Singer: "I can say unequivocally,
     there has been no discussion ever of selling the [49ers] by
     the Yorks."  Singer added that the Yorks "have been looking
     to hire a team president who will control the business and
     marketing side of the organization as well as spearhead the
     stalled stadium/mall project" (CONTRA COSTA TIMES, 1/29).