Roger Goodell Made One Dollar During the Lockout, and Over $29 Million For the Rest of 2011
Remember when Roger Goodell had a salary of $1 during the NFL lockout in 2011? He didn’t work for free, mind you, but for 100 pennies. Well, he deferred his bonus until the lockout ended. Yesterday, Daniel Kaplan of Sports Business Journal reported that his compensation for that season was $29.49 million dollars, according to tax returns. Just imagine what it could have been if he hadn’t made only a dollar for nearly six months. That number included a $22.3 million dollar bonus once the lockout ended.
If you want to know just how pleased the owners were with how the negotiations and results of the lockout went when it came to getting concessions and results, well, that bonus says it all.
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February 16th, 2013 at 11:11 AM
Well, look at it this way; while getting a decently favorable contract, the NFL lost nothing in terms of regular season games by having a lockout that only ate up the pre-season. A pre-season nobody cares about or likes. In the end the NFL hurt itself more with the ref lockout than the one with the players.
In contrast, both the NBA and NHL had long lockouts to get contracts that they might very well have been able to get without losing any regular season games. Roger is just a better lawyer than Dave or Gary it seems. Can hardly wait for that new NHL lockout though coming down the road. Thanks pathetic hockey fans for coming back in droves. How hard is it to just stay home and watch the game on TV, you rubes?
February 16th, 2013 at 12:00 PM
Bears repeating.
February 16th, 2013 at 12:17 PM
I’m pretty sure Goodell isn’t an attorney. I think his background is in PR. Stern and Bettman are lawyers though.
And I say the 29 million represents one dollar for every concussion that occurred in the season.
February 16th, 2013 at 1:26 PM
The unctuous Commish will tell you, “It’s all about our fans.”
February 16th, 2013 at 2:23 PM
fuck roger goodell.