Posts Tagged “goodell”
Posted by admin in Uncategorized, tags: detroit-lions, draw-flags, glazer, goodell, league, ndamukong, rumor mill, situation, staff, the-league, things
Earlier today, Jay Glazer of FOX reported that Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh requested a meeting with the league office to obtain clarification regarding the things he does that draw flags and/or fines. The league has clarified the situation, via email. “Commissioner Goodell and his staff have had many meetings with players, both individually and…
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Posted by admin in Uncategorized, tags: chicago, commissioner, game, goodell, jensen, league, london, media, nfl, roger-goodell, rumor mill, the-league, the-media, top stories, ultimate-goal
As the NFL prepares for its fifth annual regular-season game in London, Commissioner Roger Goodell met with the media to answer questions, some of which understandably focused on the league’s future in London. “The ultimate goal is to continue to expand our game,” Goodell said, via Sean Jensen of the Chicago Sun-Times. “You see from…
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Posted by admin in Uncategorized, tags: commissioner, committee-outlining, eventually-testing, goodell, news, nfl, roger-goodell, saving-blood, the-league, thursday
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell sent a letter Thursday to leaders of a congressional committee outlining the league’s plans for collecting and saving blood samples of players in hopes of eventually testing for human growth hormone.
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Posted by admin in Uncategorized, tags: both-men, commissioner, elijah, elijah-cummings, friday, goodell, maurice-smith, meeting, representatives, roger-goodell, rumor mill, the-meeting, top stories, wrong-frederick
Yes, the NFLPA will be attending Friday’s meeting with Congress aimed at solving the impasse regarding HGH testing. Given that Representatives Darrell Issa (R-Cal.) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and specifically invited NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith to the meeting, both men will be there, right? Wrong. Frederick Hill, Communications Director…
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Posted by admin in Uncategorized, tags: bears, bucs, commissioner, england-last, game-between, goodell, journal, league, league-wants, roger-goodell, rumor mill, second-game, top stories, wembley, year
Despite a concession by the NFL’s point man in London that this year’s game between the Bears and the Bucs at Wembley Stadium won’t sell out, Commissioner Roger Goodell has reiterated that the league wants to add a second game in England. Last month, Goodell told Dan Kaplan of SportsBusiness Journal that he’d like to…
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Posted by admin in Uncategorized, tags: goodell, hopes, jacksonville jaguars, jason-cole, minnesota-vikings, nfl, roger-goodell, san francisco 49ers, top stories, viable-projects
We’ve been hearing (and thus saying) for years that the NFL won’t return to Los Angeles until there are two viable projects that the league can leverage against each other, in the hopes of securing the best possible deal. The squeeze has begun. Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports reports that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell expressed…
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Posted by admin in Uncategorized, tags: congress, executive, goodell, heath-shuler, house, maurice-smith, nfl, plans, representatives, testing-players, the-plans, top stories
Heath Shuler, the former NFL quarterback who’s now a member of the House of Representatives, is one of 14 members of Congress who signed a letter to Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith seeking an explanation about what the plans are for testing players for human growth hormone. Although it was widely…
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Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo may be a hero for leading his team to victory despite suffering a fractured rib and collapsed lung on Sunday. But one former NFL quarterback says the Cowboys’ medical staff is far from heroic. In fact, Boomer Esiason is calling on NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to investigate why the Cowboys cleared…
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Posted by admin in Uncategorized, tags: being-called, bengals, goodell, kenny-britt, lockout, office-before, personal, principal, rumor mill, start, the-principal, top stories
When Titans receiver Kenny Britt and Buccaneers cornerback Aqib Talib weren’t suspended after being called to the principal’s office before the start of the 2011 season, it was widely assumed that Comissioner Roger Goodell wouldn’t be suspending any players who potentially violated the personal conduct policy during the lockout. Unfortunately for Bengals running back Cedric…
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Posted by admin in Uncategorized, tags: appeal, goodell, league, nfl, oakland-raiders, raiders, terrelle, terrelle-pryor, the-appeal, the-league, the-situation, will-issue
Though it’s unknown precisely when NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will issue a ruling on the appeal of Raiders quarterback Terrelle Pryor’s five-game suspension, a source with knowledge of the situation tells us that Pryor’s camp anticipates that something could be decided in the next few days. Typically, the league lets players know about suspensions (or…
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