Update: Many readers reached out to us on this topic. Besides the comments at the bottom of this article, you can hear the voices of others here.

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With Jim Harbaugh’s firing two years ago, Jed York exhorted into multiple microphones to whoever would listen “Hold me accountable.”

Many wondered aloud at the time how that would exactly work. Those are easy words for a billionaire NFL owner to utter, but the meaning very hard to pin down.

At least one Bay Area pundit decided to give it a crack. Our very own Tim Kawakami declared that York ought to offer Levi’s Stadium PSL-holders a refund if the 49ers didn’t make it to the Super Bowl within two years.

Kawakami wrote…

What I’m saying here is that if York really wants to be accountable for what’s happening with this franchise, and if he allows that there is only one tangible way to do this – MONEY – then this is how he does it:

* York could officially offer to give Levi’s Stadium PSL-holders a refund if the 49ers don’t win a Super Bowl soon… and for the purposes of this piece, I’ll say two years as the time period, which gives them until the 2016 season – six seasons since York hired Trent Baalke and Jim Harbaugh to start this era.

* Also to be entirely practical and fair, IF the 49ers don’t win a Super Bowl by the 2016 season and Jed York has to start cutting checks to refund PSLs, I’m saying he would then have the right to sell those PSLs again, and recoup much of that money from fans who still believe in his vision.

* I really don’t think the 49ers would lose much by making this offer – York backs up his words, the fans see some tangible accountability, the 49ers’ liability would be limited ONLY TO PROFITS, and then if thousands of PSL-holders take them up on the refund in 2016, the 49ers can re-sell those PSLs, anyway.

* This is about the Yorks’ pocket money, really. They have a bunch of it now that they’ve built Levi’s and sold the PSLs and sponsorships.

Two years and 23 losses later, we’re guessing that there are a few PSL holders who would like the sound of this plan.

In fact, we’d love to hear from you and share your thoughts with others — Jed York himself even. Send an email to sports@mercurynews.com. Of course, if you’re happy sticking it out with the current management team and its vision, we’d like to hear about that too.

To read Kawakami’s original blog post from two years ago in full, go here. And if you’re reading this on an iPhone or iPad, check out our new Apple News app channel here.