NFL Players Sound off on the First Decade of Roger Goodell

August 8, 2016   ·   Brad Gagnon   ·   Jump to comments

Over the course of the last 56 years, only three commissioners have reigned over the National Football League. Pete Rozelle ruled well before and well after the NFL and AFL merged in 1970, serving 29 years in that office. His successor, Paul Tagliabue, spent 17 years as commish. And this summer, modern-day commissioner No. 3, Roger Goodell, is celebrating a decade as the head honcho. 
That's right—it was on Aug. 8, 2006, when Goodell, then the league's chief operating officer, was elected commissioner by way of a 23-8 ownership vote (with Al Davis of the Raiders abstaining) at a suburban Chicago hotel. 
Despite facing a wide variety of challenges in realms such as player behavior, discipline, player safety and collective bargaining, Goodell, 57, has helped the NFL become more lucrative than ever. The league's 32 owners are his bosses, and he serves them well, which is why he earned an average of more than $20 million per year during his first nine years as com...

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