After months of back and forth the owners tasked with a new extension finally agreed to a new contract extension that will give Goodell another five years worth up to $500 million. The numbers however are more in line with a players contract than his previous contract.
Under Goodell’s current deal his money is guaranteed but under the extension the NFL as a business much reach certain financial milestones in order to generate the maximum financial amount. His base salary will only be around $4 million.
NFL owners want to make sure that their golden egg doesn’t become a Willie Wonka “bad” egg and end up spiraling down into the trash heap.