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ROGER GOODELL RUMORS
Goodell: NFL responsible for Super Bowl seating problems
DALLAS (AP) NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says in a taped deposition that the league was responsible for problems that left hundreds of fans without seats or with restricted views during the 2011 Super Bowl at Cowboys Stadium.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram newspaper in Texas reports (http://bit.ly/1NhWMAs ) that Goodell's videotaped testimony was heard Wednesday by a Dallas federal...
Via AP on Fox
15 hours ago
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Judge overturns Peterson suspension; NFL to appeal
So much for this being a slow time of the year around the NFL. As has been the case over the past several months, off-field issues are making headlines around the league.
Hours after independent arbitrator and federal court judge David Doty ruled that the league could not apply the current personal conduct policy to Adrian Peterson stemming from his child abuse case, reports are...
Via Sportsnaut
6 days ago
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Members Of Congress Press Roger Goodell In Letter Regarding Domestic Violence
WASHINGTON — Two members of Congress have asked NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to clarify whether teams can lose draft picks if they do not properly address domestic violence.
In a letter sent Tuesday to Goodell, Sen. Brian Schatz, a Democrat from Hawaii, and Rep. Jackie Speier, a Democrat from California, wrote: “We urge you to create accountability...
Roger Goodell made $35 million in 2013, $9 million less than 2012
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell took a massive pay cut from 2012 to 2013. The poor guy only made $35 million last year. According to Ken Belson of the New York Times, Goodell’s compensation was released as part of the NFL’s annual tax filing with the Internal Revenue Service’s this week. The $35 million figure represents...Read More
Via Larry Brown Sports
19 days ago
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Ed Sabol changed the way we understand football
On Monday, Ed Sabol passed away at 98 years old. Sabol, the Godfather of NFL Films, changed the way the public viewed football forever when he started Blair Motion Pictures, all the way back in 1962. With Sabol’s passing, a generation who grew up watching the NFL through programs such as This Week in Pro Football and NFL Game of the Week all lose a titan of the industry.
Sabol...
Via Awful Announcing
22 days ago
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Goodell turns down interview with NBC before Super Bowl
Roger Goodell might have to fine himself.
The NFL commissioner declined a live interview with NBC on Sunday ahead of Super Bowl XLIX, Bob Costas reported during the network’s pregame show.
In case you forgot, this is the same Roger Goodell who criticized Marshawn Lynch just two days ago for his unwillingness to speak to the media and fined the Seattle Seahawks...
Roger Goodell grilled on Deflategate during presser
PHOENIX — Roger Goodell held a 45-minute news conference Friday and was asked six questions about the New England Patriots’ DeflateGate controversy.
Goodell also addressed the issue during his opening statements, which came two days before the Patriots’ Super Bowl XLIX matchup against the Seattle Seahawks.
Check out what Goodell had to say on DeflateGate below.
“On the...
Michaels, Collinsworth backed by NBC over Goodell comments
NBC’s broadcast team of Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth are routinely described as the best and most professoinal announcing pairing in football. Maybe even in all of sports. When you combine their years of experience and respect gained over those years, the duo might just be unmatched. But they drew a rare moment of criticism in the Divisonal Round of the playoffs when...
Via Awful Announcing
January 15, 2015
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Is the NFL playoff system heading south?
A heated discussion is taking place involving the NFL, its teams, and its fans—and thankfully the debate has nothing to do with Ray Rice or Adrian Peterson. Rather, one of two teams in the NFC South will win the division and host a playoff game—and neither can end up with a winning record.
In just about any other year, such a tight divisional race would be just what the parity...
Via The Sports Post
December 25, 2014
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Report: No NFL team is moving to Los Angeles in 2015
Despite a ton of rumors suggesting otherwise, it appears that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has informed the three potentially interested teams that there will be no NFL team moving to Los Angeles next season.
According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, Goodell told the San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders and St. Louis Rams that there will not be an NFL team in LA in 2015.
The...
Via Sportsnaut
December 20, 2014
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