Browns' Policy set to step down

The team president will leave after next season.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Carmen Policy said Wednesday he intends to leave his role as president and chief executive officer of the Cleveland Browns in February, following the 2004 NFL season.
Policy said he will spend the upcoming season helping owner Randy Lerner transition into greater involvement running the Browns organization. Lerner took ownership of the NFL franchise after the death of his father, Al Lerner, in 2002.
Policy confirmed his intention in an interview broadcast this morning on WTAM-AM, which broadcasts the Browns games. Messages seeking direct comment were left at team offices Wednesday morning.
"What you are going to see now is a football side of the building and a business side of the building, with both sides answering to Randy," Policy, a YSU graduate, said. "The situation is prime for Randy to be able to step in now and really become involved on both sides of the equation."
Al Lerner and Policy, who had a 10 percent ownership stake, were granted an expansion franchise in 1998 and brought the Browns back into competition in 1999. Cleveland was without a team for three years after Art Modell -- with Al Lerner's support -- moved the Browns to Baltimore and established the Ravens.
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