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Roger Goodell

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first: 2025-01-23
most recent: 2025-01-23
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“Commissioner. No, I encourage it. As a matter of fact, I've met several people, but I think, listen, there's a time frame on how long you do this job. And I think, you know, as you said, Pete Rozelle did this 29 years. I'm 19 now. There'll be a time when it's needed to be a change that's in the best interest of the NFL, and that's an important thing.”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“The policies and the rules of the league are paramount. And so whether it's an owner or whether it's a club executive, whether it's a player, whether it's a coach, if there are violations, you deal with that with discipline, whether that's fines and or suspensions ultimately. And it's important that you be thoughtful on that. It's not my favorite part of the job. And thankfully, it's a small part of my job. But when I first came into this position, it was clear that we needed to make some changes with respect to enforcement of our policies, particularly off the field, because they reflect on every single player or every single coach or every single club and our fans. And so we wanted to raise that bar and we wanted to make sure the great people who played this game coached this scheme and are involved with this game were meeting the highest possible standards on and off the field.”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“No, I try to see them probably well before the game when you're getting ready for a football game and you're in the locker room, the last person you want to see is a commissioner. So I choose carefully when I see them. But I spent a lot of time talking and communicating with players. I think it's important to understand their perspective. They're incredibly smart and passionate about the game and have a really important perspective that is important for us to hear.”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, I'm okay with rooting for a great play because that's what we love to see, right? That's one of the things people come for is the great play. I don't root for a specific team.”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, I always say just don't get 24 owners and one day pissed off at you. That's one thing. But I think the real issue here is, yes, you're hired by the owners, they select you. But I think the commission's ultimate role is to protect the integrity of the game and to grow the game. And that happens by balancing a lot of interest, including players and coaches and owners and partners. And the general public and our fans, they're ultimately you work for all of them. And that's how I look at this job. I look at this job as I have a responsibility to each one of them to make sure that we secure this game for the future, that we put the best product on the field, and that our game continues to grow in a way that I think people are proud of. And so the thing I'm most proud of is not just the quality of the game, but the fact that the NFL has become the big tent that brings people together. And ultimately,”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I'm a football. I could have. I probably wouldn't be with the Jets anymore after, as you know, their tenure doesn't last very long. So I think I made the right choice, David.”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, I was an intern in the public relations department, so I did a little bit of everything. And I guess maybe my two big breaks were the jets at one point needed an intern late in the preseason. And they asked if I wanted to go over and do that. And so I had a chance to be with the Jets for one season. And it was a remarkable experience for me. To be on the club level and understand what they go through, you know it. It's different than what we do in the league level. And it was incredibly valuable experience. But I went back after the season. I was actually asked by one of the coaches, the defensive coordinator, Joe Gardy, to stay and be assistant coach. And I decided I wanted to go back to the NFL, even though I didn't really have an opportunity there. I was still an intern for another year and a half. I thought it was the right thing and what I wanted to do. Pete Roselle was a hero of mine and I wanted to work for him and I loved.”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I wasn't, I took some time after the summer after I graduated and I focused on what I wanted to do. I eventually, because I did not hear back from the NFL,”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, I couldn't be part of my father and the courage he took for him to do something that he knew was the right thing to do. It wasn't popular. And he knew at the time that he would likely lose his seat and lose the election. But he did it anyhow. And I think when we were young, he actually gathered us around. I'm one of five boys with my mother and father and said, I'm going to do this, but I will likely lose the election. But that was a lesson that stays with me to this day, that you have to do the right things, regardless of the consequences.”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, I have a copy of it actually over there. But I would say it wasn't what was written in the letter. I think it was the fact that I wrote 53 times. At one point, the executive director said, if you're ever in New York, come by. And I said, well, I happen to be in New York. He said, well, can you come by at 8 o'clock? I said, of course. The problem, I was in Pittsburgh. So I drove all night to get there. And I think you just have to take advantage of your opportunities and distinguish yourself in some ways of What you're deeply passionate about and what you think you can create value for someone.”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, he was kind. I don't know about it. They get a lot of letters and a lot of interest in becoming an intern. It pushed it off to his executive director. I think it was close to 53 letters later when I got the internship. So it wasn't an immediate response, and you've got a job. It took almost a year before that happened. But I have no idea what I'd be doing today if it wasn't being here at the NFL.”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“With everything Let's start with the selection of it because it usually happens five years out. It's actually a process we go through to select the Super Bowl city. The owners ultimately vote on that and select that city. And then our staff works with that city for roughly five years to get ready for the Super Bowl. Super Bowl Week has gotten bigger. It starts earlier. It now starts on Monday night with a big media event. It's an incredible event that we think is a celebration of football on a global basis. It's a hard week because you're pushed in a lot of different directions. But I couldn't be more honored or more privileged to do it. And it's excitement. When we have 200 million people watching the Super Bowl, which is what the number was, that's an extraordinarily...”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“No, I think it has had a positive impact. Listen, the most important thing is that two young people, Travis Kelsey and Taylor Swift, seem to have a wonderful relationship. And they're both incredible people, which I've had good fortune of getting to know, but we just wish them well. But as far as what it's done, I think it's brought more interest into our game. Taylor Swift is one of the greatest entertainers in the world today and I think has a tremendous following and the fact that she likes football, I think intrigues other people and causes them to be interested in the game. That's all good things.”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“A Christmas Day game was. Netflix, two games that. And those audiences are younger. We're seeing that on some of these new services. And as you know, the media business is changing. And so it's our responsibility to make sure we do what's right in the best interest of our game to partner where we can bring more fans into the game. And so I think we have a nice balance, but we're still very reliant on our original partners who are network partners.”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“We have a few games that are on pay service, but we still close to 90% of our games are on free television for everybody. And I think that is something we're incredibly proud of. And I think it's led to the popularity of our game because people can access it.”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, David, I would say in the NFL it's about as simple as it gets. We are committed. To free television. For the home teams, the home markets, so not just the home team, but the visiting team. They will get their game on free television.”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Don't think we'll ever allow institutional in a controlling position, at least in the foreseeable future. Again, I think we feel very strongly about having a principal owner. Is there operating the franchise responsible for that both in the club level as well as the league”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“One, letting the bad guys in, we really feel like there are things that you all can teach us a little bit about our business and maybe help us think about it a little differently. As you know, that 10% position is a silent position. We believe very strongly in the fact that we like the principal owner. Approach that we've had for years and other sports have had successfully. So we want to make sure that the controlling owner Is the one that makes the decisions on behalf of the club, both at the league level and at the club level.”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I think one that's a franchise that growing up in Washington, I probably have deeper emotional feelings for, but that's a franchise and a great market. And we believe that Going to be a tremendous success there. And I think Josh Harrison, his limited investors are going to do a great job. I'm not at all surprised that they got to that price.”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, we've always, I think, had Super Bowl in a city that has a franchise. And I think that's sort of the core principle that we've had. I think if we have an international franchise, I definitely see that happening. I think as we become global, that'll be something that as we have international franchises that would be logical.”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Listen, we've talked an awful lot about it, and I think there are markets that could, without question, support an NFL franchise. I think there's a lot of issues with expansion of our league that we have to debate on that one, you know, additional teams. We have 32 now. We think that's a really good number for the NFL. But also, I think we would probably look at it potentially as building out by divisions as opposed to individual teams. You have a lot of issues with a team that's in. say Europe and having to travel over playing games. Teams going back over to Europe to play. I think the competitive issues still need to be worked out.”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, as what we're doing around the world. So we're very excited by it. It's just one element of that strategy. You need to have television. You need to have activity and participation in the sport and flag football is a big part of that. So all of those factors, I think, are going to. Be what I think will be a very successful formula to be a global sport.”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“We had five last year. We expect to have eight this year, which will be the highest we've ever had. Our hope would be at some stage to get to 16 games in the next few years. We think we can do that. Think it's an indication of the popularity of our game. Every time we take our game to a new market, Brazil's great example of it. The fans go crazy for it. They sold out the tickets in less than 90 minutes. People had a wonderful time. It was the talk of the town. And I think it will be the basis and the sort of the match that lights the excitement and the popularity of the game in that market.”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“The key aspects of revenue sharing and a salary cap that we've designed with our players, that we have something that I think makes every team competitive. And I think that's unusual. And they have the finances to be competitive. And I think that's an important element that people overlook. And I think it also is just a statement. You know better than I do. You're a great investor and you know this business better than I do. I think it's a statement on the potential successful going forward too.”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“But I think we're fortunate to have a great product. Second, I'd say the business model. We have a tremendous business model. I think when you look at”
2025-01-23 · The David Rubenstein Show · Roger Goodell · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source