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Roger Goodell Flexes Muscles And Changes Draft Date To May

Well so much for the draft being in April next season. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced Tuesday at the NFL spring meetings in Boston that the draft will be in May next season due to a scheduling conflict with an Easter performance at Radio City Music Hall.Goodell stated that instead of finding another location that it would be easier to move the dates of what has been tradition...
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Says London Could Host More Games

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell believes football can thrive in England, which is why he's considering expanding the overseas schedule. Goodell spoke on Tuesday at the Spring League Meetings and addressed the media's questions on the subject. "Much to the disappointment of my staff when they told me the two games in London were sold out, I said, ???Okay, what'...
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Chris Long to Goodell: No one wants 18-game season

Following alterations to the offseason docket, which includes pushing the annual draft back into May, commissioner Roger Goodell indicated that an 18-game regular season remains a possibility. Like many others, Chris Long is wholeheartedly against the idea. On Wednesday, the Rams defensive lineman tweeted a message to Goodell, urging him not to fix what isn't broken. https...
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Roger Goodell Says Expanding NFL Season to 18 Games Still ‘On the Table’

The NFL has broached the idea of an 18-game season before, and some believe that it’s an inevitability that will eventually come. Commissioner Roger Goodell certainly gave some credence to those theories on Tuesday, when he spoke at the 2013 Spring League Meeting in Boston. “As I have said before, I think the structure of the season is something that we consistently reevaluate...
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Is an 18-game season looming for the NFL?

The NFL held it’s annual spring meeting yesterday, awarding Super Bowl L and LI to the Bay area and Houston respectively. The NFL also announced that the 2014 NFL Draft will be held next year in May, citing scheduling issues with Radio City Music Hall, but is the league laying the groundwork for an 18-game season? NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has made no bones about the fact...
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Column: Play ball with Goodell and NFL - or else

(Eds: With AP Photos.) By JIM LITKE AP Sports Columnist The NFL is free to twist arms, just like anybody else. So maybe it's just coincidence that all five of the new stadiums that will come on line during Roger Goodell's brief tenure as NFL commissioner have now been awarded Super Bowls. Or maybe not. Goodell emerged from an owners meeting Tuesday in Boston to announce...
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Levi’s Stadium to host 50th Super Bowl in 2016

The NFL’s owners voted on Tuesday to award the 2016 Super Bowl to the Bay Area (Santa Clarita to be exact), where the San Francisco 49ers will have a new home starting next season. When NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced the 2016 decision, the San Francisco bid committee erupted in an outburst of approval. They then followed that with a champagne toast. The Santa Clarita...
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Pro Bowl reportedly on thin ice

When Roger Goodell and the NFL began talking about the possibility of discontinuing the Pro Bowl due to a lack of performance by the players, the NFL's stars stepped up and gave us a better product in the 2013 Pro Bowl. That increased level hasn't stopped the NFL from considering ending the tradition. At this week's quarterly league meetings in Boston, the Pro Bowl...
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NFL reportedly ‘on verge’ of pushing draft into May

The offseason as we know it is about to be altered. Sources tell ESPN's Adam Schefter that the NFL and NFLPA are "on the verge" of pushing the draft back into May and moving up the start of the league year. Schefter added that the sides are "close to enacting these calendar changes for the next three years." If this were to go through, free agency signings...
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ROGER THAT

Goodell wants Tim Tebow in the NFL

Even though the quarterback currently is without a job, Roger Goodell stated that he wants Tim Tebow in the NFL, saying, "Well, he’s a great young man." 

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11 days ago  |  1 Comment
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