Stan Kroenke's bid to purchase the 60-percent share of the St. Louis Rams currently for sale by siblings Chip Rosenbloom and Lucia Rodriguez appears to be approaching the finish line.

The NFL's finance committee met via conference call last Thursday. According to Greg Aiello, the league's senior vice president of public relations, the committee discussed a variety of matters during the call, including the proposed sale of the Rams.

A special league meeting has been scheduled for Aug. 25 in Atlanta, at which time the finance committee is expected to report to the full membership on the Rams sale.

Barring the unexpected, league teams will vote on Kroenke's bid at the Atlanta meeting.

"Everybody wants him as an owner, I can tell you," New Orleans owner Tom Benson, the chairman of the finance committee, told the Post-Dispatch in late May.