New commisioner

[The_Philster]

Tags is retiring in July...who the heck are they gonna get to replace him? Any thoughts?

[YardRat]

McKay is one of the early names being bounced around.

[ICE74129]

I submitted my resume already.....

[Dicknoze69]

Roger Goodell....Tag's right-hand man

[TacklingDummy]

I think Tags is getting out because he knows the **** is gonna hit the fan soon with the Salary Cap being $112 million next year.

[ajsdx]

Condolezza Rice, baby!!! w00t

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/9324160

[Nighthawk]

I submitted my resume already.....

Screw you, I'm going to be the next commissioner! j/k :rockout:

[patmoran2006]

I submitted my resume already.....

NO comment.

[patmoran2006]

Tags is retiring in July...who the heck are they gonna get to replace him? Any thoughts?

Jim Kelly!!!!!!!!

[tat2dmike77]

Ralph wilson or Tom Donaho

















:lmao:

[Jersey1031]

ESPN said maybe the Patriots owner, Robert Kraft...Who names the next one? The league or Tagliabue??

[DraftBoy]

Rich McKay is the early name and the fans here in Atlanta are praying its not him bc they want him to retain him as the GM.

[Jersey1031]

Does Tagliabue name his successor?

[BillsSabresB.C.T. Fan]

I think it should be a player or coach that has retired from the NFL or from the Old School AFL. Someone that knows the rules of the game that can teach these refs to referee the right way. So they don't make up phantom calls against teams! For example the Buffalo Bills. "Just give it to them" ~ Andre Reed after the game in Foxborough Mass.

[patmoran2006]

Ralph wilson or Tom Donaho

Wilson becomes commish the cap goes down to about $7.5 million.

[tat2dmike77]

Wilson becomes commish the cap goes down to about $7.5 million.

I was just kiding pat

[mybills]

Roger Goodell....Tag's right-hand man
Agree! :up:

[Gunzlingr]

Skooby

[Billsrock4life]

good question i was thinkin the same thing this mournin when i read the newspaper

[JJamezz]

I just read Bill Clinton's name has come up too. No, seriously!

[BillsFever21]

Tags was a good Commish. It's not gonna be easy to replace him.

[BillsFever21]

The new CBA only benefits the rich teams though. Once the salary cap skyrocets to 110+ million the smaller market teams or cheap owners like Ralph Wilson either won't be willing to use up that money or won't afford to be able to.

Ticket prices will also take a huge hike. The higher cap will mean the owners will have to find more income somewhere else to make up for the higher salaries.

The higher salary cap won't mean that teams will be able to bring in a more variety of good players. It just means that the players will be getting paid more.

Had it meant that teams would be able to bring in more impact players or help resign their own that would've been great. The salaries also jumped right up though. That just means the players will get more money and it will end up being just has hard to retain players. The evidence is in the FA market this year.

Last year the same player who would've gotten 3 million a year is getting 4+ million a year now.

[MarvLevy]

Vince McMahon or Jesse The Body Ventura

[patmoran2006]

Vince McMahon or Jesse The Body Ventura
SHouldn't you be talking to FA cast-offs that you'll turn to gems, Marv?
Get back to work

[billsfan0404]

Kinky Friedman

"Why the hell not?"

[justasportsfan]

NO comment.
Haha!

[justasportsfan]

http://www.davidstuff.com/bagdad-bob3.jpg

[dplus47]

Condolezza Rice, baby!!! w00t

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/9324160

without trying to get into a political pissing match, would you really want someone from the bush administration in a job where a huge part of the job is to AVOID conflict between two sides?

[dplus47]

I just read Bill Clinton's name has come up too. No, seriously!

i think football (or at least sports) experience would be a plus, no? are they just throwing around names? how about al sahof, like justa said? he can allow the league to go to hell and tell us all it's okay.

[Dicknoze69]

It'll be either Roger Goodell (Tag's right-hand man) or Dick Cass (lawyer and president of the Ravens)

My money's on Goodell, with Tag's support behind him.

[Buffatexas]

I vote for Justa's Information Minister guy..good find!!!

[TigerJ]

Some tidbits on Goodel from WGR (where Peter King called him the favorite):

Goodell hails from Jamestown and once dated Katerina Witt, the hot figure skater from Germany. I suspect that if he is from Jamestown he might well be the son of the former NYS Lieutenant Governor from Jamestown who has the same last name.

[bills&sabresmvf]

You're absolutly right TigerJ, I'm a sports reporter from Time Warner Cable 8 News here in Jamestown and we talked to Goodell assistant today. He's not taking interviews, but he is from Jamestown and his father was the senator. His cousin still lives in Jamestown. Would be interesting to have some ties in WNY in the NFL's front office!

[Mski]

:coocoo: I think Spitzer should throw his name in the hat for the new commish job! Spitxer is my HERO

[dplus47]

It'll be either Roger Goodell (Tag's right-hand man) or Dick Cass (lawyer and president of the Ravens)

My money's on Goodell, with Tag's support behind him.

goodell's name was the first one i heard mentioned, and it makes a lot of sense. when tagliabue came around, nobody knew who he was, but he had experience as counsel for the league.

the political figures are all too polarizing, and you don't want that as the head of your organization, especially one that's humming along as well as the NFL is. compromise isn't exactly a big part of american politics these days, anyway, and that's not cool for labor negotiations, etc.

i think it would be a big mistake to go for a "name." tagliabue wasn't a "name," and he turned out pretty good. rozelle became one by the time he was done, and that's how it should be. tags' right hand man sounds good enough...

[Mski]

the political figures are all too polarizing, and you don't want that as the head of your organization, especially one that's humming along as well as the NFL is.

well i guess i didnt make the sarcasim obvious enough on my last post, Spitzer would make a horrible commish, and govenor to boot. but who talks politics in sports forums anyway

[Mr. Pink]

JIM BROWN FOR COMMISH! I officially jump on and start the greatest running back in NFL history for commisioner bandwagon now!

[Historian]

Jillian Barberie