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The first Commissioner of the NFL was Elmer Layden who took the job in 1941. Prior to be called the 'commissioner', the head of the NFL was called the 'president' (the title was changed from president to commissioner in 1941). The first President of the NFL was Jim Thorpe in 1920 when the league was organized.
No one person owns the NFL. Each team has an owner. A board led by Commissioner Roger Goodell manages the league.
In fiscal 2009, Roger Goodell received a base salary of $2.9 million and earned another $6.7 million in bonuses and deferred pay for a total of $9.6 million.
Big Ben Roethlisberger was suspended for the first four games of the 2010 season. His original six game suspension was reduced prior to the season by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
113-200-1 Roger Goodell must intervene in this atrocity.