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NFL denies Roger Goodell report out of ESPN

By Adrian Gregory Glover

Roger Goodell, commissioner of the National Football League (NFL), speaks during the Bloomberg Year Ahead Conference in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017. The event will create a 360-degree view of the most urgent topics facing executives in the coming year. Photographer: Alex Flynn/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Roger Goodell, commissioner of the National Football League (NFL), speaks during the Bloomberg Year Ahead Conference in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017. The event will create a 360-degree view of the most urgent topics facing executives in the coming year. Photographer: Alex Flynn/Bloomberg via Getty Images /
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The Roger Goodell mess continues to fester like a soiled open wound for the NFL, which has had multiple issues this season.

Owners such as Dallas Cowboys juggernaut Jerry Jones are not thrilled with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, as he fights for his contract extension with help from a fractured owners group.

On Sunday, ESPN dropped a bombshell that the sitting commissioner  is asking for $50 million per year. Not only does he want a king’s ransom to oversee the game, he allegedly is asking for a private jet to use for the rest of his life.

If there is even a shred of truth to any of this, it’s absolute insanity to think that anyone should receive private travel as a perk after they walked away from a situation.

The good news is that even the NFL agrees with that sentiment. In a press statement NFL Spokesman Joe Lockhart stated very firmly via Mike Florio that this is not the case.

“The only element of the ESPN report that is true is that there is a regularly scheduled Compensation Committee conference call on Monday,” Lockhart said. “There is no basis in fact for any of the other reporting. Those trying to peddle that nonsense are profoundly misinformed or deliberately trying to mislead.”

Regardless of how anyone wants to flip it, what we are witnessing is the unraveling of an administration.

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The fans and players for the most part are not Goodell fans. And now the protector of the shield has found himself on the wrong side of very influential owners.

This extension drama would have gone away by now if it was going to. The owners are good with keeping their internal business quiet. When lavish details hit the street, it displays a collective at war that is fighting over a potential change in leadership.

Caution: objects in the mirror are close than they appear, Roger.