49ers | Stokes Will Be Gone

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49ers | Stokes Will Be Gone - posted at KFFL (http://nfl.kffl.com)
9:31 PT: Len Pasquarelli, of ESPN.com, reports the San Francisco 49ers have given WR J.J. Stokes permission to pursue a trade. If a trade cannot be made, he will be released after June 1 to reduce the team's salary-cap hit this season. Stokes is scheduled to earn base salaries of $2.25 million in 2003 and $5 million in 2004, so it is doubtful anyone will trade for him.

[Cntrygal]

The 49ers have granted wide receiver J.J. Stokes permission to seek a trade.
Team general manager Terry Donahue said Thursday that Stokes' request was OK'd after a "very amicable meeting" with the player. Stokes failed to develop into the dominant player the 49ers had hoped for when they drafted him in the first round of the 1995 draft.

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