Roger Goodell received $34.1 million in compensation for the 2014 calendar year. https://t.co/oWIch88Mgq pic.twitter.com/fuEhTtmUXo
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) February 16, 2016
Time for the annual “shock” at NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s $34 million income for 2014. Get over it.
News flash: Goodell is worth the money.
Hog Heaven shakes his head at those of you that see Commissioner Goodell as some sort of government official and think pro sports teams are publicly-owned utilities.
This is business. Goodell’s income is strictly between him and his employers. NFL clubs are privately-owned businesses, not government agencies. His income is public only because the NFL office is a tax-exempt, non-profit organization under U.S. tax laws.
Goodell announced that the league would give up it’s tax status for 2015. Too many politicians hit the “NFL” as a tax-free sponge when they know better. That $11 billion NFL revenue you hear about is the roll-up of all of the franchises’ revenue. Each of them play their own tax, but they are privately held. They don’t have to report taxes to you.
Goodell not elected by you.
Goodell was hired by rich men for his talent to make them richer.
A little perspective here. The average NFL player earns $1.9 million per year. The median wage of the U.S. worker is $44,569, with a substantial number of workers making much less.
Goodell won the war of the 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement. He simply crushed DeMaurice Smith and the Players’ Union in ways that would not have happened if he faced the late Gene Upshaw. The CBA transferred $4.5 billion of revenue from the players’ pocket to the owners bank account. Roger is just getting his share of the kitty.
You can read the grim details in Sean Gilbert’s book, The $29 Million Tip: How Roger Goodell Earned his Big Payday.
As long as Goodell keeps the honey pot flowing to the owners, they don’t care how badly he mangles small potato player conduct stuff.
Essentially each NFL club is paying Goodell a bit over $1 million to, among other duties, take the hits so they don't have to.
— Andrew Brandt (@AndrewBrandt) February 16, 2016
Well played, Roger.
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