Babe Blog: Hooray For Roger Goodell
While the New Orleans Saints were handing out money for "cart offs and knockouts," it was the commissioner who threw the ultimate haymaker.
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While the New Orleans Saints were handing out money for "cart offs and knockouts," it was the commissioner who threw the ultimate haymaker.
Commissioner Roger Goodell has ordered the owners of all 32 NFL teams to make sure their clubs are not offering bounties like the New Orleans Saints did from 2009-11.
The NFL has suspended New Orleans head coach Sean Payton for the 2012 season because of the team's bounty program that targeted opposing players.
We will soon have a new clubhouse leader for the most severe penalties ever handed out by the NFL and it will be Gregg Williams –– now the defensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams –– and the New Orleans Saints.
Roger Goodell recently received a five-year contract extension from the NFL and, according to a report, his salary will "double" up to $20 million annually.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says he is disappointed in the quality of last week's Pro Bowl and changes must be considered, perhaps even dropping the game altogether.
Last year, Goodell, 52, helped secure a landmark 10-year collective bargaining agreement with the NFLPA.
The NFL awarded the 2015 Super Bowl to Arizona on Tuesday and also committed to playing regular-season games in Britain through 2016.
Goodell told reporters: "I think the science has proven there's a valid (HGH) test, and we're hoping we'll get the green light from the union.''
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith have signed the new collective bargaining agreement on a makeshift table on the steps of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
NFL players voted to OK a final deal Monday, days after the owners approved a tentative agreement, and the sides finally managed to put an end to the 4 1/2-month lockout, the longest work stoppage in league history.
NFL owners voted overwhelmingly in favor of a tentative 10-year agreement to end the lockout, pending player approval.
Friday marks the fourth straight day of negotiations. The lockout began March 12, with the central issue being how to split revenues for the $9 billion business.
Three people told the AP that the two power brokers and staff members got together to resume negotiations aimed at ending a lockout now in its fourth month.
With the lockout in its fourth month, representatives from all 32 teams are being updated by Commissioner Roger Goodell and his negotiating committee.
It has been two weeks since a federal judge ordered them back to the table. She is expected to decide soon on the players' request to lift the NFL's first work stoppage since 1987.
The NFL has added a second option for the roughly 400 fans who had to give up their seats at the Super Bowl: They can choose to attend any future Super Bowl instead of being limited to the 2012 game.
The NFL knew last week there were problems with the installation of temporary Super Bowl seating sections.
Outlining major sticking points, Goodell talked about revenue division, rookie salaries and benefits for retired players.
NFL commissioners can't root, so Roger Goodell will just sit back and smile as he watches this Super Bowl.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, expressing his frustration over the lack of progress in labor talks, says, "It's time to get to the table and negotiate.''
Goodell says "economic realities are forcing everyone to make tough choices and the NFL is no different."
