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Report: NFL implements furloughs, Commissioner Goodell foregos salary

The pandemic has hit many businesses and the NFL has become another. Commissioner Roger Goodell reached out to all employees on Wednesday via an email regarding pay cuts, furloughs, and other efforts to cut costs due to the coronavirus pandemic.

In the last month, Roger Goodell went to the NFL's compensation committee and had his salary reduced to $0 amid the pandemic, according to a person familiar with the matter.

— Andrew Beaton (@andrewlbeaton) April 29, 2020

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell volunteered to reduce his salary last month to $0, per a league spokesman; it began earlier this month.