Roger Goodell
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Roger Goodell (born February 19, 1959, in Jamestown, New York) is the current National Football League (NFL) Commissioner. He was elected the NFL's eighth commissioner in the league's history on August 9, 2006, by twenty-three of the NFL's thirty-two team franchise owners.[1][2] His involvement with the NFL began in 1982, when, at the age of 23, he worked as an intern in the NFL's offices in New York City.[3] He is known as one of the toughest commissioners in NFL history.[4]
References
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/08/AR2006080801043.html
- ↑ https://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2006-08-08-goodell-commissioner_x.htm
- ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2543365
- ↑ NBCSports.com, Alan Abrahamson, September 14, 2007, "Goodell doesn't back down in punishing Patriots"