ImTheScientist
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You will be missed tags!
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:Merged: Tags to retire in July (1 Viewer)
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ImTheScientist
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This summer....reported on ESPN radio
Ditkaless Wonders
Footballguy
You have my respect Pete Rosell. You too David Stern.
ImTheScientist
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Limp Ditka
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jeter23
Footballguy
(KFFL) ESPNews reports NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue will retire in July.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2376850
NEW YORK -- Paul Tagliabue is retiring as NFL commissioner in July after more than 16 years on the job.
The 65-year-old commissioner has led the league since 1989, when he succeeded Pete Rozelle, and had recently signed a two-year contract extension to complete the television and labor deals.
He finally got that done 12 days ago, finishing the most arduous labor negotiations since the league and union agreed on a free agency-salary cap deal in 1992.
"I believe that now is a positive time to make the transition to a new commissioner," Tagliabue said in a statement.
ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported on March 9 that Tagliabue was expected to exercise a clause in his contract with league owners in which he becomes a "senior executive" consultant with a significant compensation package. Tagliabue and the NFL did not comment at the time.
Tagliabue will be available to serve in a senior executive/advisory role through May 31, 2008 once a new commissioner is selected.
Roger Goodell, the NFL's chief operating officer, and Atlanta general manager Rich McKay are the two leading candidates to succeed Tagliabue. Baltimore Ravens president **** Cass is considered a dark horse.
Goodell has worked side by side with Tagliabue on numerous issues, ranging from franchise stability, new stadium construction, TV contract negotiations and the most recent collective bargaining agreement, in which he was an active participant.
Tagliabue has said he wants to avoid the kind of seven-month deadlock that occurred between him and the late Jim Finks after Rozelle stepped down in March 1989.
Tagliabue called Pittsburgh's Dan Rooney, the NFL's senior owner, early Monday to tell him of the decision.
The announcement was made officially in an e-mail to the other owners at noon ET.
"We have a collective bargaining extension in place, long-term television contracts, and have undertaken many other strong elements in league and club operations," Tagliabue said. "I am honored to have been commissioner since late 1989 and to have been heavily involved with the league, its owners, clubs, coaches, players, fans and media since 1969."
Tagliabue will stay on with the NFL as a senior executive and a consultant through 2008, part of the contract extension he signed last July.
Tagliabue's term will be remembered most for labor peace following strikes in 1982 and 1987. His close relationship with Gene Upshaw, the union's executive director, finally led to a long-term agreement after five years without a contract.
But the bargaining was hard this time, with three straight deadline extensions needed. The agreement avoided the prospect of entering free agency this year with the possibility of an uncapped year in 2007.
It came at the expense of revenue sharing among the owners, an issue that had divided high-revenue and small-revenue teams and contributed to the deadlock. He did it with what has been considered his greatest skill as commissioner, patching together a coalition of nine teams with differing viewpoints to reach a compromise considered satisfactory by all but two teams.
He also oversaw a massive stadium building program. More than two-thirds of the NFL's 32 teams are either playing in or building stadiums that didn't exist when he took over as commissioner in 1989.
Before becoming commissioner, Tagliabue was a league lawyer who spent much of that time as the NFL's representative and unofficial lobbyist in Washington.
"He has been a tremendous asset to our league and the direction we have taken," said New Orleans owner Tom Benson.
"We have experienced very positive growth in the area of revenue sharing and broadcast contracts, we have secured long-term labor peace and have also even encountered some of the worst of times following 9/11, but through it all Paul has been a leader, a friend and a voice that many others within our league and other leagues have followed."
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2376850
NEW YORK -- Paul Tagliabue is retiring as NFL commissioner in July after more than 16 years on the job.
The 65-year-old commissioner has led the league since 1989, when he succeeded Pete Rozelle, and had recently signed a two-year contract extension to complete the television and labor deals.
He finally got that done 12 days ago, finishing the most arduous labor negotiations since the league and union agreed on a free agency-salary cap deal in 1992.
"I believe that now is a positive time to make the transition to a new commissioner," Tagliabue said in a statement.
ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported on March 9 that Tagliabue was expected to exercise a clause in his contract with league owners in which he becomes a "senior executive" consultant with a significant compensation package. Tagliabue and the NFL did not comment at the time.
Tagliabue will be available to serve in a senior executive/advisory role through May 31, 2008 once a new commissioner is selected.
Roger Goodell, the NFL's chief operating officer, and Atlanta general manager Rich McKay are the two leading candidates to succeed Tagliabue. Baltimore Ravens president **** Cass is considered a dark horse.
Goodell has worked side by side with Tagliabue on numerous issues, ranging from franchise stability, new stadium construction, TV contract negotiations and the most recent collective bargaining agreement, in which he was an active participant.
Tagliabue has said he wants to avoid the kind of seven-month deadlock that occurred between him and the late Jim Finks after Rozelle stepped down in March 1989.
Tagliabue called Pittsburgh's Dan Rooney, the NFL's senior owner, early Monday to tell him of the decision.
The announcement was made officially in an e-mail to the other owners at noon ET.
"We have a collective bargaining extension in place, long-term television contracts, and have undertaken many other strong elements in league and club operations," Tagliabue said. "I am honored to have been commissioner since late 1989 and to have been heavily involved with the league, its owners, clubs, coaches, players, fans and media since 1969."
Tagliabue will stay on with the NFL as a senior executive and a consultant through 2008, part of the contract extension he signed last July.
Tagliabue's term will be remembered most for labor peace following strikes in 1982 and 1987. His close relationship with Gene Upshaw, the union's executive director, finally led to a long-term agreement after five years without a contract.
But the bargaining was hard this time, with three straight deadline extensions needed. The agreement avoided the prospect of entering free agency this year with the possibility of an uncapped year in 2007.
It came at the expense of revenue sharing among the owners, an issue that had divided high-revenue and small-revenue teams and contributed to the deadlock. He did it with what has been considered his greatest skill as commissioner, patching together a coalition of nine teams with differing viewpoints to reach a compromise considered satisfactory by all but two teams.
He also oversaw a massive stadium building program. More than two-thirds of the NFL's 32 teams are either playing in or building stadiums that didn't exist when he took over as commissioner in 1989.
Before becoming commissioner, Tagliabue was a league lawyer who spent much of that time as the NFL's representative and unofficial lobbyist in Washington.
"He has been a tremendous asset to our league and the direction we have taken," said New Orleans owner Tom Benson.
"We have experienced very positive growth in the area of revenue sharing and broadcast contracts, we have secured long-term labor peace and have also even encountered some of the worst of times following 9/11, but through it all Paul has been a leader, a friend and a voice that many others within our league and other leagues have followed."
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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dickey moe
Fingerpicker
Wow. Simply, wow.
Wonder if the difficulty associated with the recent negotiations took a lot out of him.
Wonder if the difficulty associated with the recent negotiations took a lot out of him.
makes sence, as Tags would be in his 70's when the next labor deal comes up...a situation that puts years on a man, I'm sure!
Despite telling us to "build a museum" with our stadium money early in the 90's, I felt he did a pretty good job leading the NFL in the direction they are in...
...no labor deal for 5 yrs, w/2 strikes in the 80's turned into labor peace w/a salary cap for the owners and GREAT benefit package for the players
...new stadiums all over the NFL, w/new revenue streams for the owners...great for the fan experience
...balanced league, w/expansion to 32 teams....not making LA 1 of the 32 means to me the only way LA gets a club is if some owner moves there--and it SUX being that pawn!
...TV contracts are at CRAZY money, with new NFL network now getting regular season games
nice job, Tags
Despite telling us to "build a museum" with our stadium money early in the 90's, I felt he did a pretty good job leading the NFL in the direction they are in...
...no labor deal for 5 yrs, w/2 strikes in the 80's turned into labor peace w/a salary cap for the owners and GREAT benefit package for the players
...new stadiums all over the NFL, w/new revenue streams for the owners...great for the fan experience
...balanced league, w/expansion to 32 teams....not making LA 1 of the 32 means to me the only way LA gets a club is if some owner moves there--and it SUX being that pawn!
...TV contracts are at CRAZY money, with new NFL network now getting regular season games
nice job, Tags
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
NFL Commish done
Can you imagine Rich McKay now being the boss of the Glazers? Just a thought. He wouldn't technically be their boss but I bet he would make it a nightmare for them to get a team going of any kind in Los Angeles.
Can you imagine Rich McKay now being the boss of the Glazers? Just a thought. He wouldn't technically be their boss but I bet he would make it a nightmare for them to get a team going of any kind in Los Angeles.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Daggumitt...I put Tagliabue under search before I started my thread.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
I just posted int he other thread...I did a search of Tagliabue...sorry I wasn't using the Tags lingo in the thread topic...daggummitt
Doug B
Footballguy
You're right about not going with an owner. I don't believe any NFL owners are even so much as lobbying for the job.Longtimers will remember that Pete Rozelle was the fresh-faced thirty-something GM of the Los Angeles Rams before becoming the league's commissioner. I like the idea of a young guy who could serve 30 years.
purestrength
Footballguy
I always thought "Tags" acted like a New England Patriots homer.
Sorry, but I won't miss him.
Sorry, but I won't miss him.
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Rich Conway
Footballguy
I hereby submit my resume for the job. The NFL needs a strong leader to guide it for the next few decades. Once the job is offered and accepted...
Act #1: Under the "If it's ain't muddy, it ain't football" rule, artificial turf will henceforth be abolished. Existing stadiums may be grandfathered, but no new stadiums with turf may be built.
Act #2: Under the "I like to watch football without the mute button" rule, any networks employing John Madden, Joe Theisman, or Paul MacGuire as NFL announcers are hereby excluded from bidding on NFL games. All other announcers must pass an official annoying test before being allowed a second year in the booth.
Act #3: Instant replay is removed until a system is devised in which the replay officials can consistently make the proper call. Slowing the game down in order to botch the call more often than not anyway will no longer be tolerated.
Act #1: Under the "If it's ain't muddy, it ain't football" rule, artificial turf will henceforth be abolished. Existing stadiums may be grandfathered, but no new stadiums with turf may be built.
Act #2: Under the "I like to watch football without the mute button" rule, any networks employing John Madden, Joe Theisman, or Paul MacGuire as NFL announcers are hereby excluded from bidding on NFL games. All other announcers must pass an official annoying test before being allowed a second year in the booth.
Act #3: Instant replay is removed until a system is devised in which the replay officials can consistently make the proper call. Slowing the game down in order to botch the call more often than not anyway will no longer be tolerated.
purestrength
Footballguy
No, I don't like the Raiders at all. Fagliabue just always seemed to take the Patriots' side on everything. He and Kraft acted like butt buddies.Are you a radiers fan by any chance?
