Report: NFL owner reached out to Silver about commissioner job
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Jerry Jones may be prepared to go to extreme measures in an attempt to prevent Roger Goodell from getting a contract extension, but the Dallas Cowboys owner is apparently not the only one who has concerns about the commissioner.It seems like a foregone concluReport: NFL owner reached out to Silver about commissioner job
Jerry Jones may be prepared to go to extreme measures in an attempt to prevent Roger Goodell from getting a contract extension, but the Dallas Cowboys owner is apparently not the only one who has concerns about the commissioner.It seems like a foregone conclusion that Goodell is going is going to land a new deal, and part of that has to do with there being no obvious successor in place. However, ESPN’s Seth Wickersham and Don Van Natta Jr. report that team owners have considered options outside the league, with one reaching out to NBA commissioner Adam Silver to gauge his interest in throwing his name into the mix.The owners, though, have considered other successors. A confidant of one owner reached out to gauge whether Adam Silver, the NBA commissioner, would be interested in running the NFL, to which Silver immediately said no. Owners have also considered looking to the International Olympic Committee for someone with global experience to grow the game — or even installing the 76-year-old (former NFL commis Read more