This is just one of the countless points that make the NFL one of the most important leagues in the sports world and, without a doubt, a model company both in the organizational aspect and in the economically profitable.

And it is that, during the last years, the National Football League has had an extremely exponential growth, largely thanks to the work of the person who is in charge of managing the threads of this league and company.

His name is Roger Goodell, a businessman who was a sports star during high school, but a series of injuries prevented him from playing sports at the college level, thus ending his dream of playing football professionally.

However, sports frustration did not stop him and he remained determined to fulfill his dream of belonging and working in the NFL, although now he had to do it behind the gridirons.

After graduating as an economist, he bent over backwards to get a place in the league organization, offering to work without pay for the opportunity.

It was his fight and his temperament that made him finally get the opportunity in the lowest administrative position there was in 1982. And from there he began a prolific career that culminated in being named Commissioner of the NFL in 2006, after 5 rounds of votes.

“I've spent my life following my passion.”

He is currently one of the most successful and beloved Commissioners by the owners of the franchises, due to the innumerable multi-million dollar contracts that he has obtained and directed for the benefit of the league, such as: television rights contracts, collective agreements with the Players Association, the development of new stadiums, the launch of the NFL Network, among many others.

Without a doubt, thanks to the excellent management that Goodell has led in the NFL, he deserves the merit to be considered one of the best business managers in the world, and therefore an example to follow when it comes to fighting, perseverance, overcoming and perseverance. not only to achieve professional success, but to continue improving the business model year after year.

A year later he joined the New York Jets as an intern, though by 1984 he returned to work for the NFL as an assistant in the public relations department.

In 1987 he was appointed assistant to Lamar Hunt, president of the American Football Conference (AFC), under commissioner Paul Tagliabue.

Subsequently, and thanks to his good work, he was promoted to Executive Vice President of the NFL and Director of Operations in December 2001.

During this management he was very involved in the collective bargaining agreement with the owners of the NFL and the NFL Players Association (NFLPA, for its acronym in English), as well as having a fundamental role in the expansion of the league. , stadium development, launching the NFL Network, as well as obtaining television deals.

In 2006, following Paul Tagliabue's retirement as commissioner, Roger Goodell, Gregg Levy, Frederick Nance, Robert Reynolds and Mayo Shattuck III were the candidates to take his place.

Finally on August 8, after five rounds of voting, Roger Goodell received the news that he had been chosen as the new commissioner of the NFL, by Dan Rooney, head of the selection committee and owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Since then, Goodell has fought to make the NFL a model league, seeking to protect the integrity of the game by making it safer, though this has earned him endless criticism from players and fans.

From the first day of his commission, Goodell has put his cards on the table for players, warning that any player in legal trouble, convicted or not, would be subject to suspension by the league, in order to to reform their behavior and make them a role model, an issue that has not been to the liking of all athletes.

Thanks to the work of Roger Goodell, year after year the NFL has increased profits in each of the franchises that comprise it, reaching the point of being recognized by Sports Illustrated magazine as the most powerful figure in world sport.

PRIVATE LIFE

His great management has earned him a net worth that is valued at about 75 million dollars, which he shares in his private life with his wife, the former presenter of the Fox News channel, Jane Skinner, with whom he had two twin daughters.