Don't know how much credit Goodell deserves for the NFL revenues. Seems to me, gambling and fantasy FB has driven up the interest, and Goodell hasn't anything to do with that. Most of it has come on TV contracts. Don't know if he's the main negotiator for those. I believe Bud Selig is a much better CEO as the baseball commissioner. And Stern took the NBA from having championship series games on tape-delay to a monster business. Goodell seems to be a mamby-pamby who inherited a cash-making machine.
a man who commits perjury in a legal hearing is not a good commissioner, he's a criminal
the commissioner has to be trusted by the players, a very key role for his position. He's not, he's despised
and almost everyone here has argued the NFL is a lessor product in recent years, and getting worse. how on earth can that be "good leadership"?
he deserves to lose his job
the commissioner has to be trusted by the players, a very key role for his position. He's not, he's despised
and almost everyone here has argued the NFL is a lessor product in recent years, and getting worse. how on earth can that be "good leadership"?
he deserves to lose his job
The NFL Tax Exception doesn't mean much.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2014/02/01/flap-about-nfl-tax-exemption-seems-silly/
They are not printing money because of Goodell . They are printing it despite of Goodell
Really?
The CBA allowed Goodell to negotiate nine-year network broadcast agreements with CBS, Fox and NBC. As a result the league will collect $4.9 billion in broadcast revenues in 2014. More important, the NFL remains the only league that offers all regular season and playoff games on free, over-the-air television in the markets of competing teams.
Sports Business Journal reports that Goodell's salary amounted to $44.2 million for the 12-month period that ended March 31, 2013, making him the highest paid NFL employee (including players).
"Goodell’s compensation reflects our pay-for-performance philosophy and is appropriate given the fact that the NFL under his consistently strong leadership continues to grow," NFL owners Arthur Blank, Robert Kraft and Jerry Richardson wrote in a letter to their fellow owners.
Additionally:Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson became so convinced that Goodell remained the best man for the job that he circulated a petition supporting him. This isn’t a coincidence. Richardson played a major role in the NFL’s 2011 collective bargaining negotiations with its players, a battle that Goodell and the league are widely considered to have won. So did John Mara of the New York Giants and Robert Kraft of the New England Patriots—two owners who were quick to say that Goodell’s job wasn’t in jeopardy and haven’t said anything different since.
You might also want to read this
http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/116956/inside-slant-nfl-growth-via-roger-goodell
PS: In 2013, the NFL realized an annual revenue of $9.2 billion, a $2.7 billion increase from 2006, when Goodell became NFL Commissioner.
You sound like you know a lot about this topic.
Dunno about public pressure. It is largely old news in the 24/7 news cycle. Don't think anyone cares anymore.
Also, for the 1000th time to anyone who thinks Goodell has much to do with the rule changes how clearly can we spell it out for you?
More scoring is correlated with more revenue. This has been happening since 1978, again in 1991, etc
Report shows NFL never saw video
"We found no evidence that anyone at the NFL had or saw the in-elevator video before it was publicly shown. We also found no evidence that a woman at the NFL acknowledged receipt of that video in a voicemail message on April 9, 2014," the report said.
The Associated Press originally reported that a law enforcement official showed the AP the video and played for it a 12-second voice mail dated April 9 in which a woman verifies receipt of the video.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...-rice-elevator-video-according-mueller-report
"We found no evidence that anyone at the NFL had or saw the in-elevator video before it was publicly shown. We also found no evidence that a woman at the NFL acknowledged receipt of that video in a voicemail message on April 9, 2014," the report said.
The Associated Press originally reported that a law enforcement official showed the AP the video and played for it a 12-second voice mail dated April 9 in which a woman verifies receipt of the video.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...-rice-elevator-video-according-mueller-report
