They were told to wait to cash their checks until this Friday" San Francisco 49ers NewsNFL News“40 Yards of Gold” participants have yet to be paidNew Ahkello Witherspoon Color Rush Jersey ,70commentsThey were told to wait to cash their checks until this FridayPDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:“40 Yards of Gold” participants have yet to be paidTwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmailPhoto by Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty ImagesLast Saturday’s 40 yards of Gold was a lot more entertaining than many figured it would be. It was a unique setup full of competition. San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Marquise Goodwin didn’t even have to race his stiffest competition, who was disqualified in the first round for two false starts. Goodwin went on to defeat Carolina Panthers speedster, Donte Jackson.Goodwin took a photo that included a giant check worth a million bucks:It turns out; he may have to wait to cash the check.According to Daniel Kaplan of the Athletic, organizers of this past weekend “40 Yards of Gold” event—that featured more than 20 NFL players—have told the competitors that they can’t cash their checks until this Friday.Charles Stewart co-organized the event https://www.49ersfanshop.com/C.-J.-Beathard-Jersey , but wouldn’t say why participants had to wait to cash their checks. Here’s what he did say:What an embarrassment. The event was organized at the last minute. We were under the impression it was Ted Ginn’s idea—who dropped out of the race last minute. An agent who had a player involved spoke on the event as well:I don’t blame players for dropping out due to injury risk. Plenty of players that were expected to run—including 49ers wide receiver Richie James—didn’t even show up to the event. Perhaps they could see the writing on the wall. It was fishy to fork out that amount of money to begin with. Hopefully, all the players are appropriately compensated, and this doesn’t turn into another AAF fiasco. We’ll see on Friday, I suppose. 49ers GM John Lynch had exciting new regarding Jimmy Garoppolo’s rehab. Just months after surgery Matt Breida Jersey , Jimmy was out throwing passes to Jerick McKinnon, who was also rehabbing from a torn ACL. Having those two guys participating in any football activities is a welcome sign to the 49ers. It’s doubtful that Jimmy was moving around much when he was throwing, but just him going through the motions is an important step in his rehab. Hopefully both players will be a full go for the offseason programKyle Shanahan and his coaching staff are down in Mobile, Alabama for the Senior Bowl. It will give them valuable time to work out draft prospects before they have to select in the draft in April. His 2 new coaching hires Trent Taylor Color Rush Jersey , Joe Woods and Kris Kocurek, were given the opportunity to miss the Senior Bowl. Both are experienced coaches, so Kyle is giving his younger coaches the opportunity to work with the draft prospects to give them much needed experience. 49ers linksLynch on coaching in the Senior Bowl (Fann)A welcome sign | Jimmy G throwing to Jerick (Alper)Updates from Kyle Shanahan (Fann)Not giving up good coaches unless they are being offered promotions | Kyle on blocking coaching interviews (Madson)Kyle let coaches leave that were getting promotions (Gantt)New hires given Senior Bowl off | New coaches skip Senior Bowl (Madson)Kyle on missed PI call (Madson)Jimmy is back to throwing (Madson)Need a new QB coach | 2 vacant offensive coach spots (Maiocco)Restructuring training and conditioning programs (Maiocco)Day 1 standouts (Asher)The top need for the 49ers | Top FA edge rushers (Almquist)Jimmy G’s rehab (Biderman)WR (Sacco)Correcting officials’ errors (Maiocco)49ers videoGreat moment in 49ers Super Bowl history (NFL video)