NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s salary decreased after receiving $44 million in 2012
According to tax returns, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell made $35 million for the league year in 2013. While it’s less than the $44 million plus he received in 2012, it should be noted that $9 million of the $44 million was deferred money from 2011.
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The initial thought when seeing the decrease will cause many to have questions, especially considering the 2014 season the league had with off-field issues, what might be of returns then.
Nevertheless, it was the deferred payments that caused the big jump in his salary from 2012-2013.
The league plans to file their returns with the IRS on Tuesday.
NFL paid commish Goodell $35 mil in '13, according 2 tax return league 2 file Tues. He got 44.2 mil in '12, which had 9 mil of deferred pay
— Daniel Kaplan (@KaplanSportsBiz) February 13, 2015
According to Sports Business Daily, most of Goodell’s salary is performance based.
"Most of Goodell’s pay is bonus-based. In ‘13, for example, the owners paid him a $31M bonus, with the remainder of his compensation salary and other benefits. In ‘12, his bonus exceeded $40M (of which $5M was deferred pay)."
Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank heads the Compensation Committee, which also features Patriots owner Robert Kraft and Panthers owner Jerry Richardson. Together they determine the compensation for Goodell and other league executives.
With the turmoil the NFL suffered this year with domestic violence and other issues, it will be interesting to see if that affects the owner’s decisions in how much performance pay Goodell receives from the owners.
Still, the NFL is as popular as ever, and received record ratings for Super Bowl XLIX between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. If those things factor in what Goodell is paid by the owners, and why wouldn’t they, then Goodell for 2014 should once again be compensated very nicely.
Regardless of if his paycheck was a little less than the previous year, Goodell is still receiving a very handsome paycheck.
[H/T: TheBigLead]
[H/T: Daniel Kaplan]
[H/T: SportsBusinessDaily]
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