With his contract due to expire in September, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has been given a new five-year deal that would extend his term through 2015.
From ESPN.com:
The NFL said a year ago that Goodell voluntarily took a cut of 20 to 25 percent, and that he and other league executives were freezing their salaries for 2009. That announcement was made at the same time the league announced it cut 169 jobs through buyouts, layoffs and other staff reductions, a drop of just over 15 percent of a work force that had been 1,100.
The tax return for the year ending last March 31 showed Goodell made $9,759,000, of which $2.9 million was salary and $6.55 million bonus and incentive compensation.
Next season, the last in the current agreement, is on track to be played without a salary cap. NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith said last week the union views the chance of a lockout as a “14” on a scale of 1-to-10. That would end a streak of labor peace since the 1987 strike led to the cancellation of 14 games and three weeks of play with replacement players.
I couldn’t imagine going through an entire year without professional football. Hopefully the greedy owners and greedy player’s union can come together on a deal that will pay both greedy parties what their greedy little minds think is fair.
Oh, and good for Goodell. He’s done some great things for the league (especially in terms of instituting stricter punishment for off-field misconduct) and here’s hoping he does everything in his power to get the owners and player’s union to agree on a new CBA deal.
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