NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell extends contract for three more seasons
The league made his renewal official. He has held the position since 2006, when he signed on to replaced Paul Tagliabue.
Roger Goodell, comisionado de la NFL / Cordon Press
Roger Goodell has extended his contract with the NFL. He will continue to serve as commissioner for three more seasons.
"I'm obviously honored to do this job. It's not going to change how I'm approaching my day-to-day job, and it hasn't to date," Goodell said in statements reported by the NFL after the League's fall meeting in New York.
Regarding what he wants to achieve in these next three seasons, Goodell said "there are still a number of things we want to do as a league."
"There are lot of challenges out there, but there are also a lot of opportunities for us, and we're focused on how we make the NFL better every day, how we become a global sport. I think some very exciting things are happening in that context and I feel really good about where the National Football League is today, but we don't sit around and tell ourselves that. We really shouldn't, and we really focus on what are the things we need to do," the commissioner added.
On September 1, 2006, Goodell took over, replacing Paul Tagliabue. Since then, he extended his contract with the NFL three more times: in 2009, in 2012 and in 2017.
Before being named commissioner, Goodell joined the NFL in 1982 as a manager under Pete Rozelle.
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