Carmen Policy (born January 26, 1943) is an

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and American football executive best known for his work for the San Francisco 49ers during the 1980s and 1990s. He also led the Cleveland Browns until he sold his minority ownership stake in 2004.

Education

A native of Youngstown, Ohio, Policy graduated in 1963 from

Youngstown University Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the largest city and county seat of Mahoning County. At the 2020 census, Youngstown had a city population of 60,068. It is a principal city of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area, which ...

and is a 1966 Graduate of Georgetown University Law Center.

NFL career

San Francisco 49ers

Policy joined the San Francisco 49ers in 1981 as Counsel to the Owner and in 1983 was vice president and general counsel. In 1991, he became president and CEO of the San Francisco 49ers and played a key role in the 49ers

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victories in

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

, and

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

. In 1994, he was named the National Football League Executive of the Year by '' The Sporting News'' and '' Pro Football Weekly'', as voted on by NFL owners and executives. ''The Sporting News'' and '' GQ'' also named him one of the "Most Influential People in Professional Sports". His partnership with 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo ended in the late 1990s due to "mistrust and front-office power plays".

Cleveland Browns

He was involved with the current incarnation of the Cleveland Browns. While serving as President and CEO of the Browns, Policy served as a member of the NFL Business Ventures Committee as well as the Super Bowl Advisory Committee and the Los Angeles Market Advisory Group. He also served as a member of the NFL Finance Committee. Policy stepped down as president and CEO of the Cleveland Browns on May 1, 2004.

Los Angeles

In 1994, then-commissioner Paul Tagliabue appointed Policy and owners Jerry Richardson of the Carolina Panthers and Pat Bowlen of the Denver Broncos to "negotiate on behalf of the NFL" for the Los Angeles Raiders to play in a proposed stadium in Hollywood Park. However, the deal fell through and owner

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moved the team back to Oakland. Carmen Policy was hired by the

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and

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on May 18, 2015, to lead their efforts in building a stadium in

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. He was the headman of the Carson stadium project until the project was defeated by Stan Kroenke of the St. Louis Rams and Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys on January 12, 2016 in favor of SoFi Stadium in

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Denver Broncos ownership dispute

In 2019, the NFL announced that Policy would lead an arbitration effort to settle an ongoing dispute regarding the ownership of the Denver Broncos, the dispute being between the trustees who run the team—Broncos president/CEO Joe Ellis, team counsel Rich Slivka and local attorney Mary Kelly—and two of owner Pat Bowlen's daughters, Amie Klemmer and Beth Bowlen Wallace. The announcement of Policy's involvement was made by NFL commissioner

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at the annual league meeting held in March 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Family

Policy and his wife Gail endowed the Carmen and Gail Policy Clinical Fellowship at the Georgetown University Law Center, which promotes advocacy of civil rights issues. Carmen is the parent of three sons and two daughters.

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, is the current Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel for the

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and former Deputy Commissioner of the Arena Football League, taking over in an interim basis after Commissioner David Baker stepped down two days before the ArenaBowl in 2008. James Policy, is an orthopedic surgeon at

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specializing in pediatric spine surgery. Daniel Policy and Kathleen Marie Baroumand work as attorneys. Kerry Rae Groth is an MBA graduate. After he retired from the NFL in 2004, Policy has focused on developing his Casa Piena Wines from the Policy Vineyard in

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, California.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Policy, Carmen 1943 births Living people Cleveland Browns executives San Francisco 49ers executives Youngstown State Penguins football players National Football League general managers National Football League team presidents Georgetown University Law Center alumni People from Yountville, California Players of American football from Youngstown, Ohio