The NFL is a powerhouse and the man at the top, like it or not, is Commissioner Roger Goodell.
On Friday, Sports Business Journal reported the NFL Commissioner is negotiating a new deal for himself.
A new extension for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is being negotiated, per @sbjsbd. Goodell, who has been commissioner since 2006, is currently under contract through March of 2024. If a deal gets done, it would be the fourth time he has been extended. https://t.co/7LZ74mjkU6
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) February 18, 2022
The NFL team owners’ desire to renew Goodell’s contract marks a big vote of confidence in his leadership through the pandemic and can be seen as a sign of his own growing confidence and security in the role since the last deal he signed in 2017.
“He’s at the top of his game right now,” said one owner. “Why would we want him walking out the door?”
The NFL denied negotiations are occurring. “There is no truth to this report,” said Brian McCarthy, league vice president of communications.
… When he signed his last extension in 2017, then-NFL spokesman Joe Lockhart stressed that this would be Goodell’s last contract, though Goodell himself never said that. Goodell turns 63 on Saturday, Feb. 19.
Goodell stepped into his role in 2006 and has had contracts added/extended in 2009, ’12 and ’17.