Carmen Policy: NFL Owners Want L.A. Teams To Be Equal Partners

NFL owners prefer that if two teams move to the L.A. area, they do so simultaneously and are equal partners in a new stadium, said Carmen Policy, who is overseeing the Chargers' and Raiders' efforts to potentially build a stadium in Carson, Calif. By contrast, Rams Owner Stan Kroenke has already by himself bought the land to build a stadium in Inglewood, Calif. While he could at this stage bring on another team on as an equal partner, he already is working with a real estate developer.

A source said that at the NFL L.A. Committee meeting next Wednesday in N.Y., a key issue will be the terms of a potential lease for a second team in a building. The committee will take a look at all the possible permutations of which teams work best together. Policy emphasized that the owners do not want one team as a tenant in a building with another in control.