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Goodell, Richard C. Crepeau
Goodell, Richard C. Crepeau
On Sport and Society
The opening of the new NFL season also marks the fifth anniversary of the elevation of Roger Goodell to the position of NFL Commissioner. It also marks the resolution of the biggest issue that he has dealt with in his role of leadership of the most popular and successful sports league in the United States.
Pharoah And Roger, Richard C. Crepeau
Pharoah And Roger, Richard C. Crepeau
On Sport and Society
In the world of sport or in the world generally, how often can you say that today there are two major pieces of good news? Yesterday was such a day.
Brady And Goodell, Richard C. Crepeau
Brady And Goodell, Richard C. Crepeau
On Sport and Society
The success of the NFL derives in part from its mastery of the electronic media as the league is able to blanket that world at all times and places. There is no off-season for the NFL. On the rare occasion, there can be drawbacks to this dominance. The last seventy-two hours is not what the media mavens at the NFL would call “a good run.”
Selig Retires, Richard C. Crepeau
Selig Retires, Richard C. Crepeau
On Sport and Society
On Sunday, with no real NFL Football to clutter the world of sport, the man who I once referred to as the “Acting Commissioner for Life,” will retire. It turned out that the “Acting-Commissioner for Life” was very nearly Commissioner for Life. It is clear that over his long and rocky tenure as Commissioner of Baseball Bud Selig left a massive legacy. The business and sport of major league baseball was impacted for good and for ill by the man who began his professional life selling used cars in Milwaukee. He will end his tenure as Commissioner by becoming the …