NFL owners are expected to finalize a multi-year contract extension for commissioner Roger Goodell at next week’s owners meetings in Phoenix, according to ESPN.
The NFL’s compensation committee will reportedly present the extension proposal to team owners Tuesday during a special insider session that only one member of each team can attend.
The sides have discussed a three-year extension, according to ESPN, but no official length has yet been agreed upon. The financial framework of Goodell’s new deal is also not known, but it is expected to be loaded with incentives and likely the most lucrative deal ever given to any commissioner in any sport.
This would be the fourth extension for Goodell, 64, who took over for Paul Tagliabue on Sept. 1, 2006. The previous extensions came in 2009, 2012 and 2017. Goodell is just the fifth commissioner in league history, following Elmer Layden (1941-46), Bert Bell (1946-59), Pete Rozelle (1960-89) and Tagliabue (1989-2006).
During this most recent extension, Goodell and NFL owners agreed to a collective bargaining agreement in 2020 with players that established the 17-game regular season and 14-team playoff format. The league agreed to an 11-year, $113 billion media rights deal through 2021 with FOX, CBS, NBC, ESPN and Amazon under Goodell’s leadership.
Goodell made nearly $64 million last year and has earned roughly $500 million in his 17-year tenure as league commissioner. according to a 2020 report from the New York Times. That’s more than any player in NFL history.
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