NFL’s Roger Goodell costs more than entire football stadiums
The NFL commissioner has taken home $180.5 million since 2009, even though he lacks high-level CEO skills
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s 2014 salary and his career total have been more than the NFL and its owners have been willing to spend on their own stadiums until just recently.
The last public glimpse of the NFL’s financial records revealed one simple truth: The league’s owners care more about their mouthpiece than they do about those keeping their business afloat.
It also makes him more highly paid than all but two athletes who played in the NFL that year: Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger ($46.4 million) and Miami Dolphins defensive end Ndamukong Suh ($38.2 million). As the folks from the “Dennis & Callahan” show on Boston-based WEEI discovered with a bit of
back-of-the-notebook math, the $180.5 million Goodell has earned since 2009 is more than the $162.7 million that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has earned during his 15-year career.
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