NFL

Roger Goodell Tripled His Salary In 2011, And People Are Angry

According to his tax return, Roger Goodell was paid almost $30 million from the NFL in 2011. That’s triple his 2010 salary:

BREAKING NEWS:NFL paid Roger Goodell $29.49 million in 2011, nearly tripling his pay, according to tax return to be filed later today…

— daniel kaplan (@dkaplanSBJ) February 15, 2013

We at SportsGrid are sad. The nation is sad. Let’s see some insta-reactions.

roger goodell needs every cent of that salary to build his own personal death star where he can fine stormtroopers forever

— Martin Rickman (@martinrickman) February 15, 2013

Well-said.

@nflcommish $30 million? Seriously!? Why?

— _CaptObvious (@TheRealityGM) February 15, 2013

Thank you, Captain Obvious!

I hate roger goodell to begin with but then I see he was paid $29.5 million last year and I really hope that ginger burns now!

— Brad Smith (@badgerz2004) February 15, 2013

Nice burn, man!

Roger Goodell is a punk ass bitch.

— . (@The_RAD) February 15, 2013

True.

@nflcommish you are ruining football

— J.T.R. (@jackranallo) February 15, 2013

do you have a rebuttal i know you don’t

@nflcommish Please keep the Pro Bowl and please please move it back to after the Super Bowl where it’s supposed to be played.

— Shannon Berryhill (@s_berryhill) February 15, 2013

Wait, what?

But don’t freak out on just Goodell.

Roger Goodell’s pay has nearly tripled to $29.5M; Selig/Stern believed to be at about $20M; Bettman at about $8M (via @dkaplansbj

— Eric Macramalla (@EricOnSportsLaw) February 15, 2013

America, don’t feel bad when you chide these guys for ruining sports. Gary Bettman is overpaid by $10 million.

[h/t Daniel Kaplan]