At first when I saw news of this largesse, I thought “well who cares, if the NFL owners want to overpay their Commissioner, that’s their problem.” Except…it isn’t, not entirely. The funds flow primarily via mammoth subsidies for NFL stadiums. All told, according to Watchdog.org, the billionaire club of NFL owners and, by extension, Roger Goodell has expropriated $7 billion since 2000 on taxpayers subsidies for stadiums. NFL owners need to follow the lead of New England Patriot owner Robert Kraft and privately finance their stadiums. And Roger Goodell should be given a pink slip rather than an exorbitant new contract.

Source: Fox News November 22, 2017 20:52 UTC