NFL owners meetings could yield progress in LA relocation

LOS ANGELES -- The NFL's owners could take a significant step toward the league's return to Los Angeles this week.

Or they could decide to take another big step back.

Nobody seems certain of the next move in this exhausting dance when the full ownership convenes Wednesday for its annual meetings at a luxury resort outside Dallas.

While nothing is expected to be resolved this week, the NFL might set a date for that resolution by scheduling a relocation vote for early next year. On the other hand, the league also might emerge with a consensus to delay this entire debate for yet another year.

The owners' gathering, which begins with committee meetings Tuesday, will be dominated by discussion of…