ATLANTA (Ticker) -- The sale of the Washington Redskins to a group headed by communications executive Daniel Snyder will be high on the agenda when NFL owners begin two days of meetings today. The NFL finance committee last week unanimously recommended the Redskins' sale for $800 million and approval is expected in a vote from at least 24 of the league's 31 owners. The sale would be a record price for a North American sports franchise and would make the 34-year-old Snyder the youngest owner in the NFL. Ownership issues regarding the Los Angeles expansion franchise and the New York Jets and the New England Patriots' stadium situation also are expected to be topics of discussion. The trustees for the estate of late Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke reached an agreement to sell the team to Snyder on April 26. In January, Snyder was part of a group headed by New York banker Howard Milstein that agreed to buy the team and stadium for $800 million from the trustees. But Milstein withdrew the bid after the NFL cited major problems with the financing plan. Snyder then decided to head his own group and put together a financial structure that was more favorable to the NFL. The $800 million price raises the bar on the value of sports franchises and ends a quarter-century of control by the Cooke family. The sale price was boosted in part by the valuable Washington market and the inclusion of Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, a two-year-old facility in Raljon, Maryland, as part of the deal. The deal dwarfs the $530 million paid for the expansion Cleveland Browns by billionaire businessman Alfred Lerner. Of additional concern to the owners could be a lawsuit filed by Milstein against Redskins president John Kent Cooke and general manager Charley Casserly claiming they worked to "undermine the bidding process." John Kent Cooke failed in his attempt to gain ownership of the team from his father's estate and withdrew from the bidding process. The Redskins, one of the most stable franchises in sports, have been under the control of Jack Kent Cooke and his estate since 1974. NFL owners previously voted to place a 32nd team in Los Angeles and two ownership groups are vying for the lucrative market. If neither is able to meet the league's criteria by September 15, the 32nd team would go to Houston, which already has a stadium being built. Former Disney executive Michael Ovitz heads one group and the other is led by Eli Broad and Los Angeles Kings co-owner Edward Roski. The Jets announced last week that the estate of late owner Leon Hess has hired Goldman Sachs & Co. to manage the sale process of the team. Hess, who four months ago was within one game of seeing his team advance to the Super Bowl for the first time in three decades, died May 7 of complications from a blood disease. No timetable was given to complete a sale. Patriots owner Bob Kraft turned down a stadium package from Connecticut last month, electing to keep his team in Foxboro, Massachusetts and receive a new facility partially funded by the NFL. The NFL did not want to be left without a team in the Boston market and was strongly against the Patriots' move to Hartford. Connecticut officials are believed to be threatening a lawsuit against the NFL and the Patriots.  