Schilit goes into detail about how companies twist, bend and even break accounting rules tocoverup bad news and make their fiscal status seem better than it really is.
"It's always a balancing act between how much mileage you are going tocover from a reliability issue and from a set-up point of view working with the new car, " he said.
But the 49ers must cover stadium operating costs regardless of how high they run, while the taxpayers of Minnesota will have to pony up if operating costs exceed expectations.