dan bierman, a spokesperson for the city of santa clara says minority contractors were not excluded from the bidding process. >> the 49ers spent billions of dollars advertising the new stadium. you couldn't miss that this thing was going on. >> reporter: the question we asked is what is due diligence? we spoke with a professor at uc berkley and he says rules are vague when it comes to privately funded projects. he says excludeing minority is more about public relations blunder. frederick jordan is the president of the african american chamber of commerce. >> today, big contractors don't think about bringing in small contractors and minority contractors because it bothers them, see. and they don't want to be bothered with. >> the santa clara spokesperson went onto say he knows of one subcontractor, a minority, that is on this project. reporting live, nbc bay area news. >> okay, cheryl, thank you. as we mentioned, the 49ers have a new player. the niners and the raiders making some big time moves before they made their picks. >> i believe it. i believe that i will get this because i didn't