Roger Goodell Cites Stadium Size While Claiming There’s No Competitive Imbalance For Teams With Fans In Stands

Roger Goodell Cites Stadium Size While Claiming There’s No Competitive Imbalance For Teams With Fans In Stands

Roger Goodell announced this week that all the NFL higher-ups are in agreement that allowing fans in the stands for some teams, and not others, does not create a competitive imbalance. Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk wrote on Wednesday that the commissioner pointed to the fact that stadiums around the league already have different […]

NFL News: Roger Goodell Says He Encourages Teams To Sign Colin Kaepernick

NFL News: Roger Goodell Says He Encourages Teams To Sign Colin Kaepernick

Days after acknowledging that the NFL may have mishandled its response to Colin Kaepernick and other players kneeling during the national anthem, the league’s commissioner, Roger Goodell, said he is all for the idea of teams signing the free-agent quarterback to a contract. As quoted by Bleacher Report, Goodell appeared on ESPN’s The Return of […]

President Trump Fires Back At NFL’s Roger Goodell After Leagues Statement On Race

President Trump Fires Back At NFL’s Roger Goodell After Leagues Statement On Race

On Sunday night, President Donald Trump used Twitter to take issue with National Football League (NFL) Commissioner Roger Goodell’s recent statements on race and Black Lives Matter, Yahoo Sports reported. Last Friday, in the wake of the nationwide George Floyd protests, Goodell issued a statement that addressed issues of racism that, in his words, the […]

Roger Goodell Says NFL Was ‘Wrong For Not Listening’ To Players Who Took A Knee In Peaceful Protest

Roger Goodell Says NFL Was ‘Wrong For Not Listening’ To Players Who Took A Knee In Peaceful Protest

In a video posted to the official NFL Twitter account on Friday, commissioner Roger Goodell said that the league had handled players’ peaceful protests poorly, adding that it does support such activities, The Washington Post reported. Goodell started his statement by acknowledging that the past week has been hard for the country, especially black people. […]

Roger Goodell’s NFL Draft Day Headquarters Will Be His ‘Man Cave,’ Which Was Previously ‘Filled With Dolls’

Roger Goodell’s NFL Draft Day Headquarters Will Be His ‘Man Cave,’ Which Was Previously ‘Filled With Dolls’

Roger Goodell has a “man cave” from which he’ll be attending the 2020 NFL Draft, a room that wasn’t always football-oriented. On Thursday morning, the NFL Commissioner revealed his spot for the big event, but first he had to remove all the dolls that once filled the room from one end to the other. The […]

Football Fans Will Still Get To Boo Roger Goodell During The Virtual NFL Draft — And It’s For A Good Cause

Football Fans Will Still Get To Boo Roger Goodell During The Virtual NFL Draft — And It’s For A Good Cause

The 2020 NFL Draft may be going into unchartered waters with an all-virtual event due to restrictions from the coronavirus, but at least one time-honored tradition will live on — fans booing Roger Goodell. Football fans loudly voicing their displeasure for the NFL commissioner has become a fixture at the draft, with Goodell walking to […]

Super Bowl 2020 Will Pay Tribute To Kobe Bryant, Shaq Still Throwing His Party To Honor His Friend

Super Bowl 2020 Will Pay Tribute To Kobe Bryant, Shaq Still Throwing His Party To Honor His Friend

In 2018, a video of Kobe Bryant celebrating the Eagles Super Bowl victory went viral. Now the deceased sports icon — and die-hard Eagles fan — will be honored at Super Bowl 2020. The sports world has been in mourning since news broke of the tragic helicopter accident which took the lives of Bryant, his […]

NFL Rumors: League Should Ban New England Patriots From Playoffs After Video Scandal, Columnist Says

NFL Rumors: League Should Ban New England Patriots From Playoffs After Video Scandal, Columnist Says

The NFL should bar the New England Patriots from competing in the playoffs after their latest alleged cheating scandal, a columnist says. Gregg Doyel of the Indianapolis Star is calling for the league to come down hard on the Patriots after the team’s film crew was caught illegally taping the Cincinnati Bengals sidelines last week. […]

New Orleans Comes Alive For ‘Boycott Bowl’ As Saints Fans Avoid Super Bowl LIII At All Costs

New Orleans Comes Alive For ‘Boycott Bowl’ As Saints Fans Avoid Super Bowl LIII At All Costs

When the NFC Championship Game came to an end, the Los Angeles Rams were on their way to Super Bowl LIII, but the focus was elsewhere. Near the end of the game, the New Orleans Saints were victims of a non-call, which the NFL admitted was a mistake and that it was a “blown” situation. […]

UFC Head Dana White Says NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Is Underpaid For The Worst Job In Sports

UFC Head Dana White Says NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Is Underpaid For The Worst Job In Sports

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell receives $31.7 million per year. The amount may seem exorbitant for some but for UFC head Dana White, Goodell’s compensation is too small given the kind of job that he has. In an interview with TMZ about football’s latest controversy that involved a cheerleader kneeling during the national anthem, White said […]

Kareem Hunt Was Reportedly Engaged In A Physical Altercation At An Ohio Resort

Kareem Hunt Was Reportedly Engaged In A Physical Altercation At An Ohio Resort

Kareem Hunt, running back for the Kansas City Chiefs, was reportedly involved in a physical altercation with an unknown man. The dispute took place at Bay Lodging Resort in Put-In-Bay, Ohio over the weekend. Hunt had been seen partying it up in several photographs. Everything was fine until Sunday morning, when he was overheard arguing […]

NFL Polled Fans About Colin Kaepernick Prior To The 2017 Season To Measure Effects Of Anthem Protests

NFL Polled Fans About Colin Kaepernick Prior To The 2017 Season To Measure Effects Of Anthem Protests

In a quest to discover how fans felt about the national anthem protests started by Colin Kaepernick followed by his seemingly subsequent unemployment, the NFL reportedly hired a Washington consulting firm to poll its fanbase prior to the 2017 season. According to Charles Robinson at Yahoo Sports, the league enlisted the services of The Glover […]

NFL News: League Considering Penalties For Teams Who Kneel During The National Anthem

NFL News: League Considering Penalties For Teams Who Kneel During The National Anthem

The NFL owners gathered together on Tuesday to discuss something that many may have thought was a thing of the past – the kneeling during the National Anthem situation. After three hours discussing it in Atlanta, it was obvious that it hadn’t been forgotten and is actually a big enough issue to bring about a […]

Secret Tape Of Owners Meeting Reveals That Teams Feared What Trump Would Say If Kaepernick Protests Continued

Secret Tape Of Owners Meeting Reveals That Teams Feared What Trump Would Say If Kaepernick Protests Continued

Colin Kaepernick’s collusion case may have gotten a boost from a leaked tape of the NFL owners meeting that took place in October. Commissioner Roger Goodell wanted to keep the meeting “confidential” but it appears to have been taped. The New York Times obtained an audiotape of the proceedings and it reveals that the owners […]

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Signs Contract Extension Despite Jerry Jones Trying To Derail It

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Signs Contract Extension Despite Jerry Jones Trying To Derail It

The future of Roger Goodell as the NFL commissioner has been up in the air recently, as Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was thought to be derailing the process. However, Pro Football Talk has confirmed that Goodell has signed a contract extension that was approved by the NFL’s compensation committee. According to the Los Angeles […]

NFL ‘Powerless’ Against Jerry Jones’ Objection To Roger Goodell’s Contract Extension, Analyst Says

NFL ‘Powerless’ Against Jerry Jones’ Objection To Roger Goodell’s Contract Extension, Analyst Says

The power struggle between the NFL and its most influential team owner, Jerry Jones, has been making headlines recently. Analysts believe that the drama could further damage the league’s popularity as its TV ratings continue to decline. Jones is reportedly opposing the decision of the NFL’s compensation committee to extend Commissioner Roger Goodell’s contract, and […]

Roger Goodell Contract: Report Claims New Demands Include $50M, Private Jet, Family Lifetime Health Insurance

Roger Goodell Contract: Report Claims New Demands Include $50M, Private Jet, Family Lifetime Health Insurance

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell reportedly went above and beyond with his list of demands for his new contract — and quickly became a target on social media for mockery and tweeted punchlines as a result! According to Bleacher Report, Goodell (who first became the NFL commissioner in 2006) is asking for a $49.5 million salary […]

NFL Won’t Change National Anthem Policy, Players Will Be Allowed To Take A Knee

NFL Won’t Change National Anthem Policy, Players Will Be Allowed To Take A Knee

The National Football League (NFL) will not require players to stand for the national anthem, in contrast to earlier remarks made by Commissioner Roger Goodell that players “should” be required to stand for the song. As the New York Post reports, Goodell and NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice F. Smith issued a joint statement […]

NFL Blasts Trump’s Twitter Statement: Roger Goodell Not ‘Demanding That All Players STAND’ For National Anthem

NFL Blasts Trump’s Twitter Statement: Roger Goodell Not ‘Demanding That All Players STAND’ For National Anthem

Early in the morning on Wednesday, October 11, at 6:47 a.m., President Donald Trump took to his Twitter account to once again amp up the NFL National Anthem controversy. As seen in the below tweet, Trump wrote that it was “about time” Roger Goodell demanded all NFL players stand for “our great National Anthem” and […]

Roger Goodell On Verge Of Signing Contract Extension Through 2024

Roger Goodell On Verge Of Signing Contract Extension Through 2024

Daniel Kaplan, a writer for the Sports Business Journal, was the first to report the news that Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL are close to agreeing to a new contract extension. This agreement would be a new five-year extension that would be extremely similar to the last one he got. The extension would run […]

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