NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has taken a 20 percent pay cut and the league staff has been trimmed by 15 percent because of a reeling economy.
The league said Wednesday it has dropped 169 jobs as a result of buyouts, layoffs and other staff reductions. Goodell voluntarily took a cut from the $11 million salary and bonuses he was to receive this past year. He and other league executives are freezing their salaries for 2009. Sportsline
Goodell is a hell of a commissioner and have agreed with a lot of the steps he has taken to make the NFL not look like a prison yard. Although he gets a little power trippy when it comes to celebrations, he has done a great job. It is nice to see someone voluntarily take a pay cut in a league where everyone is trying to get signed for the most they can. Figuring Bud Selig is getting an outrageous pay for not doing much, it is nice to see Goodell actually cares about the product he is putting out and willing to give back a little.
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