Tag: Roger Goodell

According to reports, the NFL has told outspoken Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones to stay quiet about the issue of player protests during the national anthem.

“The NFL National Anthem Debate is alive and well again – can’t believe it!” Trump marveled on Twitter. “Isn’t it in contract that players must stand at attention, hand on heart?”

During a Friday appearance on ESPN Radio’s “Golic and Wingo,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell brushed off the drop in ratings for his league, saying he “wouldn’t switch ratings with anybody.” “I don’t think you can find anything on television where the

A new report reveals some of what was said among 30 members of the National Football League, at the secretive 2017 emergency meeting to discuss what to do about the growing player protests during the playing of the national anthem.

If Roger Goodell agrees to meet with a group of cheerleaders, settling the lawsuits of two of the cheerleaders who recently filed discrimination claims will cost the NFL a pretty penny, 200 of them to be exact.

Former Vice President Joe Biden took a slap at the National Football League by saying it has not done enough for the #MeToo sexual harassment movement, even after the league kicked in to help host Biden’s new “Courage” awards.

Some might find it odd for a person to travel the country with his legal team to depose the NFL commissioner, while seeking a job in the NFL.

If NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wants to continue the push for an NFL franchise in London, he will find a willing partner in London’s mayor.

Over the last few seasons, the once close relationship between the National Football League and sports cable network ESPN has soured as the network has pursued story after story that tends toward damaging the league.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has agreed to pay the National Football League more than $2 million in legal fees, heading off the prospect of another potentially costly confrontation with the league, it was confirmed Wednesday.

The NFL Scouting Combine is underway and league Commissioner Roger Goodell showed off his wheels Monday. Goodell, dressed in a suit and tie, ran the popular combine sprint in the league’s office, running the 40 yards in 5.41 seconds. NFL Network’s

DALLAS (AP) The NFL is exploring options to get more than $2 million in reimbursement for legal fees from Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones over his threat to derail Commissioner Roger Goodell’s contract extension and support of running back Ezekiel Elliott’s fight to avoid a six-game suspension, said a person with knowledge of the situation.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is set to fine Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones to the tune of “millions,” for trying to derail Goodell’s contract extension, a report says.

The NFL got a lot of bad PR the last couple of seasons, in part due to some players protesting during the national anthem. So what often happens when a big corporation gets bad PR? They make changes to their PR department.

Super Bowl LII’s avoidance of partisan politics will do nothing to help the NFL’s ongoing ratings and public relations problems.

Tuesday on ESPN Radio’s “Golic and Wingo,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell praised his league’s players for the social issues they addressed, saying he and ownership are “proud” of their work. “The incredible thing for me was it certainly opened my

Monday on Fox Sports 1’s “The Herd,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell shrugged off the XFL posing a threat to his league, saying the NFL is focused on improving its own game. The XFL, set to reopen in 2020, says it will differ

Despite the plummeting TV ratings and continued anger of fans over a rising tide of anthem protests, National Football Commissioner Roger Goodell is promising that the league is ready to increase its attention to so-called “social justice” programs and campaigns.

AMVETS officials are saying that the National Football League censored their TV advertisement because it criticized the league’s widespread protests against the country during the playing of the national anthem.

On the Thursday broadcast of his Fox Sports Radio show “Outkick the Coverage,” Clay Travis called on the NFL to apologize to its fans for how it handled the National Anthem protests that have “substantially tarnished” the league’s ratings the last two

Yahoo! Finance Senior Writer Daniel Roberts took stock of the kind of year the NFL had in 2017, and found that it was none too kind to the league. However, even though the league appears to be on a downward trend, Roberts says the league isn’t dying; but it may have hit a “plateau.”

Monday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell shot down the notion that free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick is the victim of a blackballing by owners around the NFL due to his polarizing National Anthem protests. Goodell said that Kaepernick “is

Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones implied that Commissioner Roger Goodell’s contract extension with the NFL would not get done prior to the NFL’s ownership meetings on December 13th.

Several reports emerged last week, suggesting that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s contract extension would be signed, sealed, and delivered, prior to the scheduled December 13th owners meetings in Dallas.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is defending the new $90 million in funds the league is earmarking for so-called “social justice” causes in an agreement made to placate the dozens of players who have been protesting against the country during the playing of the national anthem.

New York WFAN radio host Mike Francesa went after “clown” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Monday over the league allowing touchdown celebrations, saying the NFL is allowing “garbage in the end zone.” “It annoys the heck out of me,” Francesa said

President Donald Trump continued his criticism of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, pointing out another player who refused to stand during the national anthem.

“The NFL is now thinking about a new idea – keeping teams in the Locker Room during the National Anthem next season,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “That’s almost as bad as kneeling!”

There’s an old saying which states: If you can’t beat them, join them. However, if Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones had his way, that old adage would read: If you can’t beat them, disband them.

The clock is ticking and Jerry Jones is running out of options, but the Cowboys owner has one more card to play in his quest to delay/derail Roger Goodell’s contract extension.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter knows the NFL, and if his sources are correct, Roger Goodell’s contract extension could get signed right in the backyard of the man who is trying to stop it.

Herschel Walker had a legendary college and pro football career, in which he absorbed and delivered some of the most memorable hits in the history of the game. Now, in his fifties, Walker is still delivering hits.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wage war on each other, and the league’s media camp followers pick sides.

As the ongoing feud between outspoken Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell continues, Sunday Night Football’s Al Michaels believes Jones has some private support from other owners. Michaels guaranteed Thursday on Mike Francesa’s WFAN radio show that

Both cable sports network ESPN and the National Football League have been losing fans and revenue hand over fist, but despite the cascading failures both entities have offered their chief executives huge contract renewals.