Roger Goodell Makes a lot of Scrilla

MSNBC’s Darren Rovell reported today that Roger Goodell made a prorated $11.2 million dollars last season.   For the sake of comparison Rovelle provided the salaries of other CEO’s of similar sized companies: (Based on an estimated NFL market cap of $30 Billion)

 Lehman Brothers – CEO Dick Fuld makes 51.5 million

Hess Corp. – CEO John Hess makes    19.9 million

Nike – CEO Mark Parker makes  10.8 million

So as corporate management compensation is concerned Goodell isn’t overly compensated.  In most corporate structures the CEO makes the most money, however in the NFL, Rovelle points out that Goodell would be the 25th highest paid NFL employee behind notables:

Dwight Freeney – 30.7 million – 10 sacks total the last two seasons

Marc Bulger – 17.5 million – more interceptions that TD’s in 2007

Leonard Davis – 17.0 million – 366 pounds of overpaid man

Reggie Bush – 13.8 million – 3.7 career rush average

A.J. Hawk – 12.2 million – Hideously ugly

Nick Barnett -11.5 million – An assault charge machine

For even more comparison, take a look at what the other commissioners make:

Bud Selig – 14.5 million – He is worth every penny.  I don’t want to see anyone else stuttering before congress, or ending games in a tie or generally looking like ol’ Gil from the Simpsons.

David Stern – approximately 10 million This figure is approximate because the NBA is deemed a “not-for-profit” company and therefore does not have to release compensation figures) Personally I have never heard of a non-for-profit monopoly, but what do I know.

Gary Bettman –  6 million – Despite allowing a strike to occur and playing an All-Star game on a Wednesday,  the former Stern protégé has managed to grift some  significant coin. 

Rovell  tries to make the point that Goodell earns his pay. Goodell does a lot of work in terms of strategy for the NFL and thus far he has been successful, and as Rovell points out, he has a similar salary to CEO’s of companies of similar size.  While I tend to agree that the job of NFL commissioner is a difficult one, but there are hundreds and maybe thousands of high level business people that are capable to doing Goodell’s job. As for the high player salaries, there are very few people (read: maybe one) that are capable of doing the job of a Peyton Manning or Adrian Peterson.  When people complain about high salaries for player, they fail to realize that about .01% of people can run a 4.4 and bench press 400 pounds.  What does Goodell run in the 40? My guess is around 4.8, which isn’t good enough to make an NFL team at his size.

The Angry T

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