The San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders continued their push toward moving to Los Angeles by hiring former NFL executive Carmen Policy to head their efforts to build a stadium in nearby Carson.
Policy and Chargers executive Mark Fabiani confirmed the hire Monday. For the Chargers, the move coincided with an announcement by the San Diego Citizens Stadium Advisory Group about a funding plan for a new stadium there.
Policy, 72, spent nearly 25 years as an executive with the San Francisco 49ers and the Cleveland Browns. He was part of the front office of the 49ers for four of the team's five titles and is credited by many for calming Hall of Fame coach Bill Walsh and then-49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo during numerous fights between the two.