Roger Goodell reportedly requests $50 million salary, lifetime private jet...

[T-post Tom]

Either he's lost his mind, this report is false or he really doesn't want the job anymore.


Roger Goodell reportedly requests $50 million salary, lifetime private jet in contract talks

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell reportedly has requested nearly $50 million per year in addition to the lifetime use of a private jet amid contract negotiations with the league.

Goodell, whose proposed contract with the NFL currently is undergoing an approval process, asked the league’s compensation committee in August to raise his salary from $30 million to $49.5 million per year, ESPN reported Sunday.

Goodell also reportedly asked to use a private jet for life, and also requested lifetime health insurance for his family.

The commissioner currently is embattled with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who has threatened to sue the NFL if negotiations regarding Goodell’s contract extension are finalized without approval from all NFL team owners.

An unnamed NFL owner told ESPN that there are “several owners in this league who don’t make $40 million a year.” The owner added: “That number for Roger just seems too much. It’s offensive. It’s unseemly.”

Goodell has made headlines in recent months for his handling of league players protesting during the national anthem ahead of NFL games.

He said last month that “we want our players to stand” during the anthem, but stopped short of imposing a rule for players to do so.

One team owner, regarding the possibility Goodell possibly would leave his position, said “the problem” with the NFL is “no one is talking about games anymore.”

“It’s about concussions, Jones vs. Goodell, [Ezekiel Elliott’s suspension], the anthem. No one is talking about football. It’s just killing the game,” the owner told ESPN.

Another owner told the sports network that “Roger is defiant,” and they don’t believe he’ll “take a pay cut” or resign as commissioner of the NFL.

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2017/1...act-talks.html

[T-post Tom]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

#1 pick. A-list Celebrity.
1st round - Former players with 5+ years in the league.
2nd round - B list celebrities.
3rd round - Fans.
4th round - Former players with less than 5 years in the league.
5th round - Stunts, acrobatics, and feats of derringdo.
6th round - Trained dogs.
7th round - Random people on the street who are handed envelopes with names.

You are a marketing genius. Don't let those talents go untapped. The NFL needs you.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by T-post Tom

You are a marketing genius. Don't let those talents go untapped. The NFL needs you.

I worry, though, that I forgot to include NFL cheerleaders. Maybe they should replace the random people in the 7th round to give fans something to anticipate.

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by Dayze

Joe Buck should announce the picks.



~

Joe buck puts me to sleep, I sear the guys idea of excitement is watching the grass grow. I swear I always thought Costas and him were a couple.

Remember his HBO talk show? This is classic: Artie Lange's appearance on premier of Joe Buck Live)

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

#1 pick. A-list Celebrity.
1st round - Former players with 5+ years in the league.
2nd round - B list celebrities.
3rd round - Fans.
4th round - Former players with less than 5 years in the league.
5th round - Stunts, acrobatics, and feats of derringdo.
6th round - Trained dogs.
7th round - Random people on the street who are handed envelopes with names.

You forgot to spotlight the substance and domestic abuse stars of the NFL.

[Cornstock]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

Condi Rice needs to be commissioner.

She loves the game.

Hell, she's a ****ing Browns fan. You have to be a cool person to claim that franchise.

Roger just loves himself.

His ego is out of control.

She is incredibly qualified, and a sports fan to boot. First woman to be granted membership to Augusta National iirc.

She checks a lot of PR boxes, but the fact that she is a conservative might put a target on her back for the media.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by cooper barrett

You forgot to spotlight the substance and domestic abuse stars of the NFL.

Clearly, they're doing the compensatory picks.

[big nasty kcnut]

I liked dennis miller on monday night football.

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I really like it when they bring the former players out to make the picks, so let's do the math.

Option 1. Former Player Announcements. They already have one former NFL player at each draft announcing the second round. If you added one more for each of the other six rounds, that would be 192 players. Assume $1,500 for business class airfare, $1,500 for hotel, $1,000 for food, $500 for incidentals, and a $1,000 honorarium, and you end up with a total cost of $1,056,000.

Option 2. Have Goodell do it. At a $50 million salary, the league's cost for him to attend the three-day draft is $600,000. Add in the private jet time and benefits and it's probably $650,000.

So we need to save about $400,000 to use players instead of Roger. That means we can afford 110 players. Would anyone mind if each player announced two rounds? You could also have fans announce a round or two.

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by Cornstock

She is incredibly qualified, and a sports fan to boot. First woman to be granted membership to Augusta National iirc. Fear of civil rights ligation.

She checks a lot of PR boxes, but the fact that she is a conservative might put a target on her back for the media.

Plus she can lie to your face and never raise her BP a millibar. Perfect as commish.

[T-post Tom]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I worry, though, that I forgot to include NFL cheerleaders. Maybe they should replace the random people in the 7th round to give fans something to anticipate.

Yes. I'm pretty sure sex still sells. Still missing something.... emails? Russians? Maybe some Russian cheerleaders?

[Easy 6]

Jones is sabotaging Goodell for selfish reasons, but at this point I don't care... there are plenty of valid, non-selfish reasons to wanna see that jackass take a hike

What other sports commissioner is lustily booed every time he shows his face at one of his leagues events?

He is despised for good reason, saying that he is just a puppet for the owners doesnt tell the whole story

[Hoover]

Roger is out of control.

His pay alone is over the top. I mean I struggle with the idea of having to pay a commissioner 10 million a year. I mean isn't 27k a day enough? Plus there are huge perks to the job already built into it.

I have no problem with the NFL owning a private jet or two, and letting the Commish use it for personal use a couple times a year, but Christ if you are making 50 million a year, you can and should be paying your own freight.

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by T-post Tom

Yes. I'm pretty sure sex still sells. Still missing something.... emails? Russians? Maybe some Russian cheerleaders?

I am always glad to see them come prepared, knee pads

[notorious]

We should have a filter that changes "Goodell" to "The Owners".

[WhiteWhale]

Originally Posted by GloucesterChief

GCs plan to make the NFL better:

1) Thursday night football is shitcanned.
2) London games are shitcanned.
3) Mexico games are okay.
4) Start a week earlier and include an additional bye week into the schedule.
5) More practice time for the above concession to the Players union.
6) Start pink slipping refs and the people in charge of reffing. They are either incompetent or committing fraud. Must restore confidence in the brand.
7) Find a way to end the Patriots dynasty. It has become toxic to the league.

Sabotaging franchises is not going to help the NFL's popularity at all.

The last thing fans want is to know the NFL is deciding who wins and who loses.