Every July, the National Football League asks its 32 teams to provide commissioner Roger Goodell with an updated franchise succession plan should an owner die.
Those planning documents are not public, and teams typically keep their plans private. The transition plan indicates whether ownership will be transferred to another family member or placed under a temporary trustee's control or the team will be sold.
Since plans might change from year to year, the annual updates reflect the owner's current intentions.
"They want to have an orderly transition, first of all, and they want it to be, as much as possible, managed by the family so the league doesn't have to get involved in the family disputes," an NFL league source told ESPN last year.