Who is Goodell's boss?

I don't keep up with the workings of the NFL, but I assume that Goodell is hired by the 32 NFL teams owners. Is his contract year to year or long term? It is unfathonable to me that a majority of the owners are satisfied with his performance and the direction in which the NFL is headed. What would it take to replace him? Why isn't there a movement in the league to make this happen? Sorry for the rant.

 

I'm sure if the owners put him in the job they can take him out as well. Here's the thing though. The owners primary objective is to make money. All of this other stuff like the player fines, suspensions, safety, etc. is secondary to them so if Goodell's delivering on his job in the revenue department the owners won't lift a finger to toss him out. While many of us contend Goodell's ruining the game, until that's reflected in the owners profits he'll probably have the job as long as he wants it. So the short of it is boycotting the games and the purchase of any NFL products is about the only thing that would get him removed because then you're taking money out of the owners pockets. While many of us hate the guy with a passion very few of us (me included) would be willing to make the sacrifice it would really take to get rid of him because we love watching football every week more than we hate Roger. My guess is outside of Steeler fans most NFL fans either don't even know who he is or could care less whether he stays or goes. Point is you'd never get the kind of fan support that would be needed to push him out of the job unless he screwed up and broke the law or something and unfortunately for us being a clueless idiot isn't breaking the law.

 

Kraft or the devil. Either answer is acceptable.

:godell: x 1,000

 

a piece of sh..

 

Actually, we the fans are his boss. without us, there would be no nfl.

 

While that's noble and all, it's not in the minds of the owners or Goodell.

Personally I think commissioners should be held to either five or ten year tenure's, to ensure that one person doesn't get too powerful and effect the game in a negative way.

 

Tim Tebow.

 

Bill and Marcia

 

Obviously the 32 owners are Goodells's bosses. They put him in and they can take him out, if enough of them so decide.

But for the all the ranting, raving, belly aching that I hear from so many Steeler fans about Rog, it ain't clear to me that the Rooneys are inclined at all to get rid of him.

 

Sorry, but the topic of this thread immediately made me think of this:

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To late!!!!!!! :goodell:

 

I thought I posted on this topic, the other day... hmmm... anyway...

I believe Goodell works for the 32 owners and is supposed to represent a neutral party for regulation of the league. The NFL itself is made up of the 32 teams.

That being said... apply enough pressure to the collective 32 owners, and Goodell goes "bye-bye."

The only way to do that is for NFL fans to band together and hit all 32 owners in their pockets. It would require great sacrifice on our part. But, as long as we continue to pour our money into the NFL via watching on T.V., ordering sports packages, paying for live attendance and purchasing NFL merchandise, then we send the message that we are okay with what Goodell is doing by means of subsidizing a sport that runs on his regulation.

This is similar to the issue with the Cincinnati Bengals. The fans in Cincinnati will not pay for tickets to Paul Brown stadium because they love their team, but they are boycotting Mike Brown (owner/operator Cincinnati Bengals). The media portrays this as them being bad fans, and state that the franchise will move away if they don't support.

So the question becomes simple. Which is worse: Having what you don't like, or having nothing at all?

Thoughts?

 

This is the first time I've heard of the Cincy fan's boycott. If this is true, they are doing a great job of boycotting, because unless the Steelers are in town there are empty seats everywhere at their games.

 

Seriously? You don't think that a majority like him? He has helped grow this league into a multi-billion dollar industry, one which beats out any other sport on the planet, and has continued to increase revenue throw these tough economic times. No matter how much the owners love football, they love the almighty $$$$ more.

Goodell will never be asked to step down, inless the owners find him with $2 Billion in a secret Swiss bank account that he swindled from them.

 

Yup.

 

The fum duckin owners are his boss. They had better get his ass on the first thing smoking out of town, before he ruins this game.

 

Bobby When i saw that in the movie I laughed so hard I stopped breathing for a few

 

I would hope Art Rooney II and the rest of the owners get together
and come their senses before it is too late. They are ruining a beautiful game.
The players no what they signed on for, football is a violent game PLAYED BY VIOLENT PEOPLE.
So please all you soccer moms and dads go back to where you belong and leave the football
playin to real men.

 

I think that the owners are Goodell's boss. I heard Jim McMahon on the radio recently talking about being part of a lawsuit against the NFL over concussions, vets benefits etc. and the new rules and fines that we are seeing now are a result of the lawsuits combined with a Congress that has nothing else better to do that bring in Goodell for a congressional hearing on concussions and now they're doing that with the HGH issue. In a nutshell, the owners are covering their collective legal butts. It sucks for fans but this is an overly litigious society. It is what it is.

 

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