Beloved Former 49ers Star Shockingly Fired By Bay Area TV Network

Beloved Former 49ers Star Shockingly Fired By Bay Area TV Network

Former San Francisco 49ers Pro Bowl defensive back Donte Whitner was fired by NBC Sports Bay Area reportedly over budgetary concerns.  This news comes as a disappointment to 49ers fans, many of whom loved to see Whitner on TV. In an article published by SFGate on Friday July 25, 2025, Whitner said that the news came as a total shock. “I got a lot of really good feedback from the San Francisco fans when I was out in the community about how much t…

'They didn't have any money': NBC Sports Bay Area drops ex-49ers fan favorite

"I don't know how it ended the way it did."

Ex-49ers star Donte Whitner out at NBC Sports Bay Area

The 49ers are going to look a lot different in 2025. So is NBC Sports Bay Area. Donte Whitner is out. The former Niners safety, who spent the last seven years giving brutally honest takes on the team for the network, confirmed to SFGate that NBC let him go earlier this offseason. According to Whitner, they told him it was a budget thing, that he was the highest-paid personality at the network and they couldn’t afford to keep him. “They told me t…