More than a month ago, the NFL Players Association rewarded executive director DeMaurice Smith with a $1 million bonus for his role in helping the players come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement that kept them from being locked out for the 2011 NFL season.
Now the man responsible for that deal getting done on the league and owners' side—commissioner Roger Goodell—is getting a different kind of bonus. Daniel Kaplan, of Sporting News sister publication Sports Business Journal, reports the NFL has given Goodell a five-year contract extension that will keep him in his post through March 2019. His previous contract was set to expire in two years.
Now the man responsible for that deal getting done on the league and owners' side—commissioner Roger Goodell—is getting a different kind of bonus. Daniel Kaplan, of Sporting News sister publication Sports Business Journal, reports the NFL has given Goodell a five-year contract extension that will keep him in his post through March 2019. His previous contract was set to expire in two years.
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