The team president will leave after next season.

The team president will leave after next season.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Carmen Policy will step down as president and chief executive officer of the Cleveland Browns on May 1, but will remain with the club as a consultant through the 2004 NFL season.
Policy will be replaced by John Collins, currently the NFL's senior vice president of marketing and sales, team spokesman Todd Stewart said Wednesday.
Policy, who graduated from Youngstown State University in 1969, was chosen by late Browns owner Al Lerner when Cleveland returned to the league as an expansion team in 1999 following a three-year absence.
Policy will serve as an executive adviser this year while helping owner Randy Lerner take a bigger role in running the team.
Randy Lerner took ownership of the franchise after his father's death in 2002.
At the younger Lerner's request, Policy signed a contract extension last season through 2008. The deal was structured so Policy could slowly turn over more responsibility to Lerner, who had no pro football experience before assuming ownership.
Lerner also bought back Policy's 10 percent ownership share last year.
Also in the past year, Policy purchased 10 acres of land in California's Napa Valley where he plans to build a home and a winery that will have his private label.
Before joining the Browns, Policy was president and CEO of the San Francisco 49ers and has longed to return to the Bay area.
Collins, 42, has been with the NFL since 1989. His current responsibilities include handling the league's corporate sponsorship, advertising sales and marketing.