With the NFL lockout coming to a close on Monday, sources close to both the NFL and NFLPA indicate that Commissioner Roger Goodell and Exec. Director DeMaurice Smith will be receive pay retroactively that they voluntarily refused during the work stoppage.
Goodell cut his salary to $1 just two days after the lockout started with Smith going a bit further five days later saying he would take no pay what so ever.
Goodell reportedly has a salary of $10 million annually with bonuses while Smith’s salary is $1.8 million. With those figures and a lockout that lasted 136 days, Goodell will receive approx. $3.7 million in back pay while Smith will get approx. $670,000. As for bonuses, one would not be surprised if both men did receive them, although sources did not indicate that to be the case at this time.The back pay to the two executives come as NFL clubs began to repay employees that had pay cut during the work stoppage, as well. According to sources close to the NFLPA, no staff member...
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