Here is all you need to know about NFL commissioner Roger Goodell including his age, career, family, salary, contract extension details and net worth
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell received the eagerly awaited contract extension on Wednesday. In the spring of 2024, his existing contract was scheduled to end.
Roger Goodell contract extension details, salary and net worth in 2023 as NFL commissioner
Having assumed the position of league chief in 2006, this was his fourth extension. Over the course of his 17 years as NFL commissioner, Goodell is said to have earned approximately $700 million in his career. He reportedly receives $64 million year from his contract.
Roger Goodell, the longtime commissioner of the National Football League (NFL), has signed a contract extension that will keep him in his current role until March 2027 but financial terms of Goodell’s new contract weren’t immediately known. Goodell reportedly earned $63.9 million for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons and the 64-year-old Goodell has served as commissioner since succeeding Paul Tagliabue in 2006.
Who is Roger Goodell?
American businessman Roger Stokoe Goodell was born on February 19, 1959 in Jamestown, New York, U.S and has served as the commissioner of the National Football League (NFL) since 2006.
Roger Goodell’s career
Before taking over for Paul Tagliabue, Goodell worked as a menial intern in Pete Rozelle’s and subsequently the New York Jets’ offices. This was not a coincidental development. Goodell really inquired about potential job openings in letters to the commissioner and every NFL franchise.
In 1982, Goodell began an internship in the NFL’s New York office as an administrative intern under Commissioner Pete Rozelle. To get the position, a letter-writing campaign was launched against the league’s management and against each of its 28 teams at the time.
Goodell had a major role in the summer of 2011 collective bargaining agreement negotiations with the NFLPA and NFL owners.
Roger Goodell’s parents, family
Following the killing of Robert Kennedy, Charles Goodell, Roger’s father, was appointed by the president to the United States Senate.
Among his four brothers are Michael, who is married to Jack Kenny, the creator of the NBC series The Book of Daniel, and Tim, a senior vice president at Hess Corporation.
Who is Roger Goodell’s wife?
In October 1997, Goodell tied the knot with Jane Skinner, a former Fox News Channel host; the couple brought twin children into their lives in 2001.
What is Roger Goodell’s net worth?
Roger Goodell is predicted to have an incredible $200 million in net worth by 2023. From 2006 till the present, his job as NFL commissioner has provided the lion’s share of his salary.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is nearing a three-year extension that would push him to $700 MILLION in career earnings.
His most recent annual salary is believed to be nearly $64 million. pic.twitter.com/BYIyRs4X4g
— Front Office Sports (@FOS) October 11, 2023