Roger Goodell Calls for Pay-Scale Change
June 27, 2008 by David Kindervater
Filed under NFL - NFL
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I attended a “conversation” with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell today and one of the more interesting topics he discussed was rookie salaries. If you recall back on April 22, Michigan OT Jake Long signed a five-year, $57.75 million contract (complete with a hefty $30 million guarantee) with the Miami Dolphins. This not only made him the #1 pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, it also made him the highest-paid lineman in the NFL without having played one down of football. Commissioner Goodell sees this as a problem:
“There’s something wrong about the system. The …read more
