NFL owners and commissioner Roger Goodell agreed to a three-year contract extension through March 2027, the league announced Wednesday.
“I’m obviously honored to do this job,” Goodell said. “It’s not going to change how I’m approaching my day-to-day job, and it hasn’t to date.”
Goodell took over from Paul Tagliabue in 2006 and will be in charge of the NFL for at least 22 years with his new deal. Tagliabue was commissioner for 17 years.
Viewership is at the highest it’s ever been and business is BOOMING for the NFL. Due to this, this move comes to little to no shock. Goodell helped finalize a collective bargaining agreement in March 2020 that most notably added a 17th regular-season game and expanded the playoffs from 12 to 14 teams. The following year, he guided the league to a media rights deal with CBS, NBC, Fox, ESPN, and Amazon worth over $100 billion.
The commissioner’s previous average salary of just under $64 million per season far eclipses that of the NFL’s current highest-paid player, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, who earns $55 million a year.
Look for the NFL to continue to explode in popularity, as Goodell and the NFL continue to look overseas for expansion.
Jaden Chandler-Parnell, or “JC” is a Sports & Sports Betting Insider for Stare Down Sports. You can Follow him on X @Jaden95Chandler
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