Roger Goodell’s base salary will be less than $4 million with the rest of the compensation incentive-based and at the discretion of NFL owners. Roger Goodell’s base salary will be less than $4 million with the rest of the compensation incentive-based and at the discretion of NFL owners. Photo: carlo allegri/ReutersNational Football League commissioner Roger Goodell’s contract extension has been completed, bringing resolution to a hostile, weeks-long drama in which Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones attempted to forestall the deal. A letter from the NFL’s compensation committee, tasked with negotiating the extension, to owners Wednesday said that a “binding contract extension has been signed by the Commissioner and by Arthur Blank, on behalf of the League entities.” Blank, the Atlanta Falcons owner, chairs the compensation committee. The compensation committee, comprised of the owners from the Falcons, Chiefs, Patriots, Giants, Texans and Steelers, met last Tuesday in New York as part of various league committee meetings this week.

Source: Wall Street Journal December 06, 2017 20:29 UTC