Roger Stokoe Goodell is the Commissioner of the National Football League, having been chosen to succeed the retiring Paul Tagliabue on August 8, 2006. He was chosen over four finalists for the position, winning a close vote on the fifth ballot before being unanimously approv...
[on the loss of Al Davis] He is a true legend of the game, whose impact and legacy will forever be part of the N.F.L.
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Son of Charles Goodell, who served as a Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from New York, and son-in-law of Samuel Skinner, who served as Secretary of Transportation and Chief of Staff under President George Bush.
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Commissioner of the National Football League, 1 September 2006 - present.
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Executive vice president and chief operating officer of the National Football League, December 2001 - August 2006.
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Suspended Pacman Jones for the 2007 season for numerous violations of the NFL's personal conduct policy. (15 May 2007).
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